3 Waterloo Street, Melbourne

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DKO inserts floating perforated box to house residences in melbourne

Tasked with a heritage and listed façade, Australian architecture firm DKO has sensitively adapted this building into a apartments in Melbourne. The original exterior has been retained on the north, south and east sides, with the blend of old and new defined by a carefully placed insertion. This addition is visualized as a perforated ‘floating’ box set back at 1.3 meters from the existing brick perimeter.
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