Acute House is the transformation of a 'renovator's nightmare' into a compact 21st century family home. The severe limitations of a tiny, very triangular site and the demanding heritage context have resulted in a pointy new wedge of house that is designed to exploit its problems. 

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Architects: OOF! architecture

Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia

Architect: Fooi-Ling Khoo (OOF! Architecture)

Area: 145.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Nic Granleese

Planning + Heritage: David Brand (OOF! Architecture)

Interior Design: OOF in collaboration with JPILD

Engineer: Mark Hodkinson Consulting Structural Engineers
Building Surveyor: Anthony Middling & Associates

Builder: Mitty & Price | Michael Briese (Builder/Director) Christian Klueter (Foreman) External Cladding | Advanced Metal Cladding

Pickering Joinery : Windows and Doors

Joiner: TT Cabinets + Design

Steelwork : Redon Forge

Plumber: Innerline Plumbing

Electrician: Warner Electrical

Heating + Ac: Marshall's Heating & Air conditioning Pty Ltd

Concrete Polishing: Lumic

© Nic Granleese

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