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hen I say “rare real estate”, what comes to mind? St Vincent Place, Albert Park; Beaconsfield Parade, St Kilda West; St Georges Road, Toorak; Esplanade, Brighton? Correct. But add Nepean Highway, Bonbeach, to that illustrious list. Don’t choke on your muesli – this suburb indeed boasts a magic scarcity-factor. Agents explain in this week’s feature story that there are just shy of 1000 properties tucked west of the Nepean Highway, coddled next to the foreshore, between Mordialloc and Bonbeach. Check out a map, and see how this sliver of unique residential land splits open at the mouth of the Mordialloc Creek and ends at Carrum, where the Patterson River spills into the bay. Next stop is Frankston and, beyond, the wineries and holiday hamlets of the Mornington Peninsula. Here, you need only take few hundred steps to the beach, and when the wind blows the right way, the salt air will ruffle the curtains. Discover more inside.

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Lift it up and let in the light. There’s no better place to raise the roof than a beachside beauty. This handsome place has the appealing look of a classic but given it was built in 2017 you get the best of both worlds. Framed by productive gardens with olives and oranges abounding, there’s a fine mix of native planting and exotics articulating the thoughtfulness that’s been channelled into both internal and exterior environments. Coastal homes though are all about the light, and here it shines courtesy of the lofty cathedral ceiling in the heart of the home. Illuminating the kitchen, dining and lounge areas, the windows also confer a feeling of space and air as well as providing some great green views. Neutral interior tones get a good lift from the light along with luminous hardwood floors creating a clean, close-to-the-coast vibe. Four bedrooms get the similar bright treatment and a second cosy living room means you can curl up with some holiday reading for the days when the seas turn rough. LOU SWEENEY

OUR COVER 44 Alma Terrace, Newport, listed

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SOUTH YARRA 8 Portland Place $1.85 million-$2 million

LAST WEEKEND

3 Open your camera and hover your phone over the app code to see the listing

A two-bedroom upper floor, boundary-to-boundary open-plan living area, careful restoration and chic design touches make this Victorian terrace an inner-city ontrend house. It’s centrally located

Clearance rate

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What our expert says

between Chapel Street buzz, Prahran Market and Fawkner Park. There’s a bedroom with en suite on each level and bifold doors across the living area open to a small private garden. “It’s the perfect middle ground for a buyer,” the agent suggests. Auction: 12.30pm, August 3 Agent: Marshall White, Fraser Cahill 0400 592 572 Trent Wiltshire

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BRIGHTON

With house and unit

747 Hampton Street

prices rising in the

$1.8 million-$1.98 million

June quarter, the biggest downturn in

Melbourne property prices since the 1980s

Open your camera and

looks to be at an end.

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There’s “a lovely family environment”

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not only in the bayside neighbourhood between the beach and Dendy Park, but also within this single-level 1920s

Highest sale

home, the agent says. Young families drawn to the numerous noteworthy schools within walking distance will find a well-zoned floor plan that separates the bedrooms and the two living areas. The front rooms retain their original style, while it’s easy living in the rear addition. For those thinking ahead to summer, there’s a pool in the front and covered spa out the back. Auction: 11.30am, August 3 Agent: Kay & Burton, Tamara Penno 0409 532 606

$1.86 million BLACKBURN SOUTH

40 Indra Road Sold by Ray White.

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EAST MELBOURNE

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138 George Street

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$2.8 million-$3 million

the app code to see the listing

2 captures eastern and northern light

Downsizers from the Stonnington-

into a glass-roofed sunroom off the

Boroondara corridor who want a

kitchen and flows to two more

garden, a couple of living rooms and a

ground-floor living rooms. Walk to the

study, and a prime city edge location

MCG, Fitzroy Gardens and the CBD.

have dominated inspections of this

Auction: 11am, August 3

property. At the end one of four

Agent: RT Edgar, Sarah Case

attached terraces built in 1978, it

0439 431 020

PARKVILLE

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BLACK ROCK

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19 Benjamin Street

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526 Balcombe Road

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$1.85 million-$2 million

the app code to see

$1.2 million-$1.25 million

the app code to see

the listing

question you could update and add

land and free of owner’s corporation

“Brains and beauty” is how the agent

value and in this residential precinct

Striking timbers, set alongside sharp

onus. Landscaped garden wraps it on

sums up this boom-era terrace house,

you don’t run the risk of over-

white and black, rock the

three sides and a deck extends from

referring to its position in the

capitalising,” he says. The upper level

contemporary coastal look at this

the north-facing living area. Stroll 800

Melbourne University/University High

has bedroom, rumpus or over-sized

single-storey home. Extensively

metres to shops, cafes and beach.

academic zone and its sweet facade

study and a powder room.

renovated by its owners of three

Auction: 12.30pm, August 3

with verandah and decorative parapet

Auction: noon, August 3

years, the corner property of four built

Agent: Buxton, Paul Sibley

in a charming streetscape. “There’s no

Agent: Nelson Alexander, Arch Staver

on a 1970s sub-division is free-

0403 325 423

0417 515 802

standing on 549 square metres of

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B E S T O N S H OW B y CARO LIN E JAM E S

NEWPORT 44 Alma Terrace $2.45 million-$2.65 million

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The adage you cannot tell a book by its cover rings true at this deceptively large entertainer’s dream home with its modest bungalow facade. It has a sophisticated rear double-storey extension with swathes of floor-toceiling windows and an upstairs main bedroom suite, which overlooks its pool and spa zone. Inside, there is a voluminous open-plan living-dining and kitchen with seamless sound system, polished heated concrete floors and three-metre ceilings. There are city views and 579 square metres of land on title. Auction: 12.30pm, August 3 Agent: Greg Hocking, Leigh Melbourne 0414 239 986

ABERFELDIE

ABBOTSFORD

GEELONG WEST

17 Beaver Street

107 Turner Street

23 Wellington Street

$3.75 million-$4.1 million

$1.3 million-$1.4 million

$1.1 million-$1.2 million

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This elegant house has scope for serious

Cleverly renovated to enhance the liveability of this

This renovated weatherboard period house with its

entertaining. Pick between a formal lounge and

two-bedroom, double-fronted house, its arguable

establishment inner-suburb address has a smart

separate dining room, a large open-plan kitchen with

highlight is its internal courtyard with brick chimney

floor plan. Bedrooms are found in a cluster at the

walk-in pantry, or the rear covered area with

and fireplace. Its two period bedrooms claim the

front; open-plan living spaces‚ inside and out‚ are the

barbecue and sundeck, plus a pool and spa. There’s

front position behind its elegant full-width porch.

focus of the rear. There is 587 square metres of land

also a separate studio and workshop.

Yarra River parkland is at the end of the street.

housing a circular garden seat and firepit.

Expressions of interest: close 5pm, August 1

Auction: noon, August 3

Private sale

Agent: McDonald Upton, Joe Zucco 0414 557 895

Agent: Jellis Craig, Rob Elsom 0411 889 660

Agent: Hodges, Jeff Begg 0408 298 201

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In t e r v i e w b y K ATE NAN CARROW Ph o t o b y DANIE L P O CKE T T

“We had two-way radios in our cars. People would come to open for inspections having seen a little sketch in the paper.”

With

in the paper. People are so much more

strategy now in real estate than in the

A N D R E W H A R L O C K from Abercromby’s Real Estate

informed now. In the old days, if you

past. You need a balanced mix of

had five houses open at a weekend,

personalities in your team. My role is

you could have 50 to 80 people

now more to look at our culture and

through that you had to call.

how we work together.

What is the biggest difference

What is your life like outside work?

between working in real estate

We just bought a place up near Euroa,

versus cars?

at Creightons Creek. I had always said

The greatest difference is the highs

I’d love to get something in the

and lows. In cars, you’d have your ups

country. My wife and I saw the place and we both fell in love with it.

he bright lights of Melbourne lured Abercromby’s director Andrew Harlock then a promising footballer - from the country in the 1970s. Initially, cars were his calling, but soon property paired up with that passion for motoring.

What brought you to Melbourne

Describe your path from cars

and downs but not anywhere near the

after you finished school

to property.

extremes you have in real estate. With

in Geelong?

When it came to cars, the training

cars, you got a salary, you drove the

And you have a place in the city?

I got an offer to come up to

program then was really about getting

car – you were always driving the

We actually just sold our house in

Melbourne to train with the Fitzroy

to know the product, so I learnt the

Mercedes – and the commission from

March. We want to spend more time

Football Club. People who played

length and width of every car,

the sale. In real estate, if you missed

up at the farm. We know where the

football then had to have a job as well.

everything about engine capacity.

the listing, you’d get nothing.

market is, and we could have waited

I saw that Lanes Motors was looking

After three years as a trainee, I went

for sales trainees, so I applied for that

into sales and I sold for seven years. I

But the good times in real estate

our lives on hold. We’re renting in

role. There were 250 applications and

had 10 years at Lanes and then I left

are very good, aren’t they?

Hawthorn and I walk our big, black

I got the job.

and went to real estate agency

Yes, but some people can handle

Labrador Archie every morning for

Bennison Mackinnon.

the downs better than others. It’s

eight kilometres around Kooyong Park

a rejection business but it’s how

and Kevin Bartlett Reserve.

Did you continue with football?

but we looked at it like we’d be putting

When I got the job, I didn’t finish work

What was real estate like then?

early enough to go to training. As it

We had two-way radios in our cars.

turned out, I loved my footy, but I

People would come to open for

So, it comes down to personality?

Yes, a station wagon – we almost

wasn’t passionate enough about it to

inspections having seen a little sketch

Yes, a little. I think Abercromby’s has a

deliberately bought it for the dog. My

good range of personalities and that’s

wife says he and I are co-dependent

important. There’s a lot more of the

on each other.

give up a career.

you handle it. And do you still drive a Mercedes?

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The bay’s best-kept secret

ou’re after a house in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs, so close to the beach you don’t have to cross a road to touch the sand, and your budget is less than $2 million? It sounds like the real estate version of a koan – the Zen Buddhist puzzles used to demonstrate the limitations of logical reasoning – but don’t rush to judgment. In the clutch of bayside suburbs stretching from Mordialloc to Frankston (stopping at most stations such as Aspendale, Chelsea, Bonbeach and Carrum) the beachside living dream is a reality not a riddle. “There are only around 440 absolute beachfront properties in all of Melbourne, and hopefully God’s not making any more of them,” says Mike Joy, of Chelsea-based Asset Property Sales. “But when buyers find out a knockdown job with a gate leading directly onto the sand will cost upwards of $3 million in these parts, they move

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Daniel Wright

Buxton

A beautifully renovated Edwardian family entertainer, literally 200 steps to one of the best beaches along Port Phillip Bay.

onto the next best thing, and that’s beachside. There are only about 970 homes in that category between the Mordialloc Creek and Patterson River in Bonbeach, where you don’t have to cross any major roads to reach the sand, and they’re much more affordable.” These houses enjoying their exalted position to the west of the Nepean Highway are surely one of the city’s best-kept property secrets. “Melburnians are slowly cottoning on to the existence of this stretch, which has to be one of the most tightly held corridors in the greater city,” Garry Donovan, of Hocking Stuart Mentone, says. “The beaches are stunning, the water is clear. But it’s also about the infrastructure around you. “Go further down the coast and Portsea and Sorrento are very seasonal places – in summer you can’t find a place to park your car, in winter they’re dormant. “Here, there’s activity all the time in the form of people, cafes and

restaurants, as well as being close to the train to the city.” Potential buyers of such properties are a broader church than most Melbourne suburbs would be used to. There are people eyeing off a holiday home, workers who plan to split their time between city and coast, and young families embracing the sand-between-your-toes lifestyle. There is value to be found in these parts, about 30 kilometres or 50 minutes’ drive from the CBD. The Peninsula Link freeway, which opened in 2013, has seen traffic volumes drop on the Nepean Highway, and these coastal homes have a record of weathering a property downturn. “They’re unique,” Donovan says. “And because of that they’re becoming so desirable that the rate of capital appreciation is quite phenomenal. “Even in this difficult market they’ve held up well. They can only go up.”

TWO OF A KIND

One-bedders B y JACQ UI HAM M E R TO N

PORT MELBOURNE 308 Esplanade East $900,000-$990,000

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By removing a corner wall to

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convert a second bedroom

BONBEACH

into an open-plan living room,

includes a small rear parking

the vendors have given this

space and shed. Generous loft

block-fronted Victorian

storage is reached via a ladder.

cottage a style upgrade and

Auction: 1.30pm, July 27

560 Nepean Highway

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space. The 105-square-metre

Agent: Greg Hocking,

$1.19 million-$1.265 million

hover your phone over

plot in a leafy heritage precinct

Peter Zervas 0405 682 173

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This just-renovated Edwardian house is close enough to Bonbeach’s foreshore to smell the salty air. Its location is so exceptional, almost kissing the water’s edge, that you’ll blink twice in disbelief when you see its green location dot within the listing, on the Domain app. With three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a host of period features such as a return verandah and three working fireplaces, it has its ducks in a row, but there’s more. Buxton agent Daniel Wright has stepped out the distance from the front door to one of the prettiest beaches on Port Phillip Bay, and found it to be just 200 paces. “A place like this is pretty rare, to be honest,” Wright says. “In terms of value for money to be this close to the beach is remarkable.” Not only does the bay stretch out just moments from its front stoop, but the sense of space within this

the listing

property is similarly impressive and expansive. Step inside to find a classic entry hall, 3.4-metre-high decorative ceilings, an al fresco area for entertainers and the option of turning the dining room into a fourth bedroom. Private sale Agent: Buxton, Daniel Wright 0414 788 828

PRESTON 2/159 Dundas Street $350,000-$385,000

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This affordable one-bed

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wonder – one of three singlelevel 1960s-built units – has

handy to transport and cafes.

timber floors in the over-sized

Auction: 12.30pm, August 3

living-dining room and a lock-

Agent: Biggin & Scott,

up garage with access to a

Michael Tomadakis

west-facing courtyard. On the

0431 922 009

Thornbury boundary, it’s

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AUCTIONS Houses and Apartments * ABBOTSFORD 162 Gipps St

3BR

1.00

950-1.04M

Biggin & Scott

4BR

11.00

POA

Woodards

1,7 William St*

4BR

12.30

NPD

Nick Johnstone

58 Hanby St

5BR

2.00

NPD

Nick Johnstone

3BR

11.00

11/3 Huntly St*

1BR

10.30

290-310

Woodards

3/17 Wattle Av*

3BR

11.30

620-680

Woodards

4BR

10.30

POA

Marshall White

2BR

11.30

POA

MW ONE

18/200 Brighton St*

2BR

11.00

650-700

Biggin & Scott

18/69 Palmer St*

2BR

1.00

620-670

Biggin & Scott

31 Canterbury St

2BR

11.00

1.2M-1.3M

Biggin & Scott

503/381 Punt Rd*

2BR

12.00

780-850

Biggin & Scott

1BR

10.00

550-580

Biggin & Scott

2BR

12.00

POA

Biggin & Scott

BLACKBURN 43 Gardenia St

BRIGHTON

FITZROY 48 Bell St

2.2M-2.4M Nelson Alexander

GLEN HUNTLY

GLEN IRIS 31A Erica Av

MONT ALBERT 3/16 Stanhope St*

RICHMOND

SOUTH YARRA 3/28 The Righi*

This warehouse-style house at 48 Bell Street in Fitzroy, listed by Nelson Alexander, is sure to entice buyers come auction day.

ST KILDA 20 Queen St

TOORAK 5/29 May Rd*

1BR

11.00

POA

Biggin & Scott

WEEKEND OPEN FOR INSPECTIONS Houses and Apartments * ALBERT PARK

138 George St

3BR

11.00

NPD

RT Edgar

5 Boston Av

28 Powlett St*

3BR

1.00

NPD

RT Edgar

52 Hotham St

5BR

10.00

POA

Jellis Craig

PARKVILLE

FITZROY 27 Ceci St

NPD

Collins Simms

4BR

12.00

NPD

Kay & Burton

5BR

1.00

POA

Marshall White

POA

Marshall White

18 Mills St

3BR

11.15

POA

Marshall White

HAMPTON

67 Kerferd Rd

3BR

10.00

POA

Marshall White

17 Teddington Rd

19 Tower Ct

2BR

11.00

NPD

Kay & Burton

3BR

11.00

NPD

RT Edgar

4BR

12.00

NPD

Kay & Burton

BRIGHTON

29 Edgerton St

4BR

10.45

POA

Marshall White

BRUNSWICK EAST

12.45

POA

Marshall White

4BR

2.00

NPD

Kay & Burton

NPD

Kay & Burton

26 Edward St

11.30

NPD

Kay & Burton

MALVERN

Collins Simms

4BR

POA

11.30

2.30

POA

Marshall White

3BR

1.00

1BR

11.00

NPD

Biggin & Scott

2.00

POA

Marshall White

1.85M-2M Nelson Alexander

PRAHRAN SOUTH MELBOURNE 274 Ferrars St

3BR

19 Moore St

3BR

1.30

POA

Marshall White

49 Nicholson St

4BR

12.45

POA

Marshall White

8 Portland Pl

4BR

10.00

POA

Marshall White

Kay & Burton

TOORAK

10.15

3BR

NPD

Marshall White

4BR

3BR

11.00

POA

154 Wellington St

21/17-19 Landcox St*

4BR

9.30

KEW

14/17-19 Landcox St*

CLIFTON HILL

4BR

HAWTHORN EAST 13 Clive Rd

4BR

SOUTH YARRA

HAWTHORN

5 Seymour Av

19 Benjamin St

110/220Commercial Rd*

6 Courang

10.30

454 Well St

11.45

39 Allison Av 3BR

14 Chatsworth Av*

2BR

GLEN IRIS

10 Withers St

ARMADALE

MALVERN EAST

EAST MELBOURNE

11/245 Kooyong Rd*

3BR

1.00

NPD

13 Stradbroke Av

4BR

12.00

NPD

Kay & Burton

16 Toorak Av

3BR

11.45

POA

Marshall White

2 Ultimo Ct

4BR

11.00

POA

Marshall White

4 Monomeath Av

4BR

11.00

POA

Marshall White

10 McKinley

4BR

12.45

POA

Marshall White

4/2-4 Lansell Ct*

2BR

2.00

NPD

RT Edgar

4 Johnstone St

3BR

11.00

POA

Marshall White

4/23 Washington St*

3BR

12.00

POA

Jellis Craig

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14/17-19 Landcox Street PRIVATE SALE Brighton East

2/2 Sandown Street Brighton

21/17-19 Landcox Street PRIVATE SALE Brighton East

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Views, views and more views: this elevated 2300-squaremetre house is designed to give every room in its huge expanse sweeping views over Shadow Creek’s welltended 314 hectares and the Strathbogie Ranges beyond. A 28-metre long living-dining room, with a granite kitchen

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690 Mount Macedon Road Positioned right in the hub of majestic Mount Macedon this double fronted colonial style building, enjoying wide street frontage with six rooms and return veranda offers a rare opportunity! On approximately 2998sqm of land, now offering future possibilities to remodel or re-develop (STCA). Excellent leafy location with easy access to the region’s main attractions. Positioned within an hour’s drive to Melbourne CBD, a mere 25 minutes to Tullamarine International Airport, whichever way you look at this property it is an excellent investment in a lifestyle destination. Offered with vacant possession 30/60 days. Zoned RCZ Auction: Sunday 11th August at 11.00am View: Sunday 11.00-11.30am Contact: Jock Langley 0419 530 008 Emma Pierson 0409 182 310 Office 9864 5300

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Unrivalled as a rural retreat, without parallel as a lifestyle property, SHADOW CREEK proves what is possible when quality comes first and money is no object. A spectacular six bedroom mansion reveals three massive living, dining and entertaining areas accompanied by bars, terraces and beautiful views over rolling country and the Strathbogie Ranges. Bespoke Blackwood timberwork, a granite kitchen, cellar and massive store room are amongst the additional attractions of a residence surrounded by a superb lap pool, sweeping lawns and substantial garaging. A four bedroom manager´s residence, helipad, covered stock yards and huge machinery shed emphasize the excellence that defines SHADOW CREEK, an ideal farm for equine or stud cattle. Only 90 minutes from Melbourne. EOI: Closing Wednesday 14th August at 5pm View: By Appointment 24/7 View: www.shadowcreekhomestead.com Contact: Andrew Harlock 0419 379 992 Jock Langley 0419 530 008 Office 9864 5300

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ll roads lead to Milan Design Week when it comes to seasonal trend spotting and, as seen at the 58th edition earlier this year, a new era of architectural design and interiors is set to change the way we will live in 2020 and beyond. It’s time to reconnect to our residential abodes in ways we might not have done before, where curating a place for retreat is ever relevant to our future state of mind. Mindfulness informs design across the spectrum, from architecture to furniture design, with Milan keen to boast about a new age of showing your softer side ever so elegantly.

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We’re seeing more furniture design houses collaborate to expand on their creative potential and choose materials that urge us to slow down and unwind in style. There’s a return to retro with classics remade for our times, a desire for curves and tactile fabrications that remind us to be still and present. An abundance of plant life ruled the stands at Salone del Mobile, with everyone from Minotti to Baxter and B & B Italia nurturing plants in their displays – with cacti and palm trees ever present – reflecting humankind’s desire to connect to nature.

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The future looks bright

Gucci Decor Collection, top; Rob Mills at Milan Design Week, above.

Architects are also reconnecting to land with purposeful intent, while functionality in furniture design is driving an ulterior motive in the home. Keeping us firmly grounded on a sustainable path is French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani, best known for building the iconic temple at Burning Man Festival last year. Mamou-Mani collaborated with fashion label COS for a bioplastic installation titled Conifera, in which he used renewable materials and sustainable processes. Mamou-Mani says the urgency to rethink how we build is stronger than ever before, hinting that 2020 and beyond will see timber take over other materials. “Timber is the future,” he says. “We will see a new dependency between architecture design and forestry. This will be both pivotal and interesting because not only will it potentially replace steel and concrete, but it will mean we need to plant more forests to grow trees in order to use them. “I think you’ll see forest management happening hand in hand with this new type of construction, potentially cities growing within the forests.” Award-winning Australian architect Rob Mills, who has offices in Sydney and Melbourne, was also in Milan to spread the word of the importance of connection to land. Via his new short film The Search, Mills delivered a key message on how land informs great architecture. “The future of architecture comes down to understanding how to design spaces for people and how to create a better place for them to live,” says Mills, who is working on a luxury residential and land development for a client in picturesque Byron Bay. “It’s understanding what that means and then delivering on it.” When it comes to the future of architecture in a suburban setting, Mills says a good architect knows how to create a story that’s equally compelling. “With many of us living in suburbia and in the inner city, it’s important that the future of architecture continues to create an oasis for clients,” he says.

OUR COVER Baxter at Milan Design Week 2019. Photograph by James Stokes Photography.

“Everywhere you looked from lounge settings to bedrooms, it’s all about the plant and a return to greenery which is a connection to land.” “Nature decides what we can be and that is then translated in the design pieces that fill our home.” Russo, who has a soft spot for ’60s retro design and kitsch memorabilia, says when he designs furniture for the home, there’s always a nod to the past but with a mindful eye set on today’s way of living. Whether it’s shelving, coffee tables and space age-like bars for a ’70s throwback, he says people still need to feel a connection to their belongings. “We are moving towards a new rationalism in interiors – the design

Minotti Tape ‘Cord’ Outdoor designed by Nendo, top; Missoni Home, above; and Baxter left.

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“There’s a time in your life when you really need a connection to those four walls around you. It’s about knowing how to get the client to change their mindset within that home. As architects, you need to know how to open a home onto a traditional garden or how to block an apartment complex next door with landscaping to separate clients from the world beyond.” Mills says Salone’s greatest drawcard this year was its Garden of Eden messaging – where plant life reminds us of the cycle of life and the need to take time out from our busy schedules. “The power of plant life was huge this year in Milan,” he says. “Everywhere you looked from lounge settings to bedrooms, it’s all about the plant and a return to greenery which is a connection to land.” According to furniture designer Pietro Russo, who has worked with acclaimed designer Piero Lissoni and brands Alessi and Baxter, Salone sees a return to the ’60s and ’70s, but nature is the key to his future vision. “My inspiration comes from nature and our philosophical connection to it,” Russo says.

we saw in the ’60s and man’s first landing on the moon all allude to space on a few levels,” says Russo. “The future of the interior product I create will play on the idea of space.” World-renowned Italian design house Minotti focused on collaborations at Salone. Under the watchful eye of the company’s art director Rodolfo Dordoni, a new world order was realised.

They collaborated with Japan’s Nendo, who showed at the National Gallery of Victoria with M.C. Escher, to bring a zen garden setting to showcase Italian outdoor furniture. This is where Minotti’s excellence finds respite, while a curvaceous ambition is felt with the arrival of French designer Christophe Delcourt’s Daniels sofa system. These curves and circular lines steer away from the usual cubic forms Minotti is known for, and are set to soften our living spaces. The Gucci Decor pop-up store on Via San Spirito in the centre of Milan was a sure sign of the opulent things to come, where creative director Alessandro Michele’s eclectic vision is proof that what happens on the runway can also translate into the home setting. His is a world of Mad Hattermeets-surrealist wonderment – from opulent dinner plates to handcrafted vases with handles that take two days to make by hand. Forget trends, Gucci Decor is standing on rebel territory and chiming a new household warfare of anything goes. There’s everything from ’60s incense holders to ’70s ashtrays inscribed with the phrase “Lighten Up” – irony served best with a retro smoke ring (if you can blow one) and sure enough to stir even the most politically correct dinner guest. Then there’s the tactile realism of Missoni Home where clashing colours is perfect for the hippy at heart. This is where vertical and horizontal stripes clash elegantly, where horoscope iconography and Aztec prints scream Woodstock, and silk pillows in jacquard prints and shaggy carpets allude to the ’70s. It’s also a reminder that decorating your home needn’t be taken too seriously. Don’t be afraid to add something tactile, make the most of colour and know when it’s time to tune in and tune out.

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The Fontvieille project by Studio Fuksas will feature curved tiers that lead

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here are few places that bring the public together in such vast numbers as shopping centres do. So, it’s welcome news that architects are doing their utmost to think outside the square on when it comes to their design. Chief among the changes is bringing the exterior into the interior. Fusing nature into the design lends shopping hubs a less artificial look and feel and dramatically reduces energy costs.

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Modern shopping centres now boast indoor parks, rooftop gardens and atriums. Now, one of the world’s wealthiest countries is set to lift the bar for green design. Italian architects have unveiled ambitious plans for an open-air, mixed-use building that nestles into a cliff face above a harbour. The coastal project will house commercial and cultural spaces and will soon take shape in Fontvieille, in southern Monaco.

Designed by award-winning architects at Studio Fuksas, the design features a cascade of curved tiers that lead to the sea. Visitors will enjoy scenic walks with each tier open to vistas of the port city. Every tier, which will be adorned with plants and small trees, is connected by ramps and staircases, and a cable car will link to the pedestrian walkways. Different colours chosen to reflect Monaco’s identity will distinguish each floor. The ground floor will be

red to represent the historic tiles at the centre of Monaco, the first storey will be sea-blue and the second floor will be purple to resemble lavender. Earthy tones of ochre will decorate the third floor and the fifth level will be decked in grey tones in reference to the cliffs of the Cote d’Azur. This bold design will replace an outdated shopping mall. “The project provides answers to major commercial, urban, architectural and ecological issues,” a statement from Fuksas explains. “The idea is to observe the natural elements: the sea and the green slopes of the Mediterranean hills. “The curved lines evoke the movement of the waves and the morphology of the bottom of the sea, but also and especially the Monegasque landscape: the curves that gradually reach the sea, cross Fontvieille, already known for 'the rose garden’ and the pastel colours of its buildings.” Australian architect Jarrod Lamshed says architects are pushing the envelope with sustainable shopping centre design. “There’s a lot of innovative solutions coming out such as the project in Monaco that shift the ideas and thinking about how the building should go together, whether the circulation should be on the inside or outside to activate the public domain,” he says. Lamshed is the director of Sydney architecture studio Armada, which was shortlisted in the shopping category of the 2018 World Architecture Festival for its work on Queensland shopping centre

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Chermside. The redevelopment won the Property Council of Australia’s Queensland Retail Property of the Year award last year. In collaboration with Scentre Group Design and Urbis, Armada incorporated a tropical outdoor area at Chermside. “The approach that we take is that essentially retail spaces are an extension of the city,” Lamshed says. “Although it is a privatised environment, the public space still functions in a way that’s similar to a normal public, or you could say, democratic public space, that you would find anywhere else in the CBD.” For decades, shopping centres were typified by giant, hulking forms with minimal daylight or natural airflow. Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas called them “junkspace” – generic, over-airconditioned places devoid of character. But today’s architects are keen to avoid these mistakes of the past. Integrating landscaping and inviting more daylight into retail spaces is a major goal, says Lamshed. “The integration of landscape is critical, whether it’s a retail building, a commercial or residential building. “For us, we consider the architecture and the landscape are almost 50-50 in the design process so what you end up with is an architecture that is talking to the landscape at the same time as it’s a collaboration between the two because they are completely different things,” he says. “You’ve got a soft, natural feature up against a manmade feature.”

At a glance Robinson 37 Robinson Road, Hawthorn Architect: Object Subject Architecture Developer: Outline Interior design: Object Subject Architecture

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ore often than not, Melbourne’s newest residential developments are found on main roads. Whether it’s the fact that land on main roads is cheaper than elsewhere or neighbours are less likely to object to new constructions, low and high-rise projects are commonly located on busy thoroughfares, even in the suburbs. That’s what makes one of Hawthorn’s newest apartment complexes comparatively unusual. Robinson, a development housing 18 two, three and fourbedroom apartments, is off Riversdale Road just one street behind the Auburn Road shops. This area is known as the prestigious Scotch Hill precinct, where mansions date back to the late 19th century.

Number of apartments: 18; six two-bed, 11 threebed, one four-bed Internal sizes (sq m):

Designed by Object Subject Architecture, the townhouses are either two or three-storey with north-facing courtyards and rooftop terraces. Each residence has its own entry off a landscaped laneway featuring a hanging garden crafted by Eckersley Garden Architecture. A sense of luxury inside speaks through the choice of interior materials including marble, timber, stone and brass. High ceilings make the rooms lightfilled, particularly in the living areas that open to the courtyards. In addition to the large bedrooms, the security of the building is sure to be a hit with prospective buyers. Three and four-bedroom homes have private garages with individual access.

Two-bed 111, three and four-bed 152.2-224 External areas (sq m): Two-bed 38.9, three-bed 30.8-138.8, four-bed 83.8. Prices: Two-bed $1.205 million-$1.255 million, three-bed $1.695 million-$2.65 million, fourbed $2.6 million Car parking: Two-beds have one or two car spaces, three and fourbeds have a private basement garage, fourbed has a three-car private garage Completion estimate: Late 2020 Agent: Melbourne Real Estate, Georgina Mellick 0423 909 266

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ts name relegates it to a mere appendage to Malvern proper, the prosaic result of a desperate lack of imagination, but for proof of its importance Malvern East can point to Chadstone Shopping Centre. For just as Prahran Market perversely belongs to South Yarra, Chaddy irrefutably is part of Malvern East, and the raison d’etre for the suburb’s gradual expansion from minor suburb to the supersized home of Australia’s largest shopping centre. Anyone who has looked in vain for parking in the pre-Christmas rush will know it has fulfilled its brief of “a new era in suburban shopping”. When it opened in 1960 it had 72 shops and a Myer department store, but now has more than 550 stores, a Legoland Discovery Centre and quite a bit more. In November, it will become home to the $130 million Bates Smart-designed Hotel Chadstone Melbourne MGallery by Sofitel. It leaves Malvern East with

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the comfortable existential crisis of whether there is any need to head into the CBD, 12 kilometres away. Families are drawn to its larger homes ranging from the Victorian era to modern day; good public transport covering the trifecta of trains, trams and buses; pleasant strip shopping for the mega-mall averse; and parks and gardens, including the Malvern Valley golf course. Central Park is more than seven hectares of flowerbeds and avenues of mature European trees along with the John Landy Oval. The Edwardian gardens are developing their answer to Manhattan cachet with glossy apartments making the most of the green views. Malvern proper still rocks the average house price rankings with a healthy $2.3 million but its eastern sibling nudges just over $1.6 million – plus, it’s got Chaddy, too.

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