St Kilda House, Melbourne Villa, Victoria Building, Architecture Images
St Kilda House near Melbourne
Real Estate restoration in Victoria, Australia – design by Jost Architects
3 Mar 2017
St Kilda House
Design: Jost Architects
Location: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
St Kilda House

The project was the complete revival of small home on death?s door. Other than applying the standard functional and aesthetic requirements of a small family within their financial considerations, urgent architectural CPR was required. Despite the misgivings of others, the clients? and project team recognised an opportunity to create a unique home, embracing the history of the building and meeting the obvious challenges with excitement.
The council Heritage Overlay meant that the original, severely dilapidated Boston prefab Cottage shipped from the US and erected in the 1850s could not be ?bowled over? (the first thought of every person who ventured into the house); instead it was lovingly retained. Part of the enjoyment of the process for everyone involved was learning about its past life, something which I often ignored, not intentionally, by concentrating on the ?new part? of a project where an old building is refurbished and extended. The framing was marked with Roman Numerals to enable it be put together after it being shipped and delivered on site and to be taken down and relocated if required. There were layers of building linings both inside and out such as wallpaper from the 1870s...