Chan Architecture on Lunchbox Architect
Chan Architecture is a Melbourne practice based in Collingwood, working on heritage renovations, bespoke houses and multi-residential developments. They act as principal consultant, guiding clients from feasibility and design through approvals and construction, and aim for designs that are "not only beautiful and sustainable, but also practical and commercially sound." As they put it, they measure success "by how well the finished building works for you."
They have a dozen homes on Lunchbox, many of them clever reworkings of Melbourne terraces and cottages. Abbotsford Residence hides a rational home behind a curved facade, Fitzroy North Residence makes a statement on a tight, difficult site, and Brunswick House creates a modern, flexible, bright space on a narrow block. There's also an Artist's Studio you could happily live in, McCrae Bush House, a Zen-inspired retreat, and terrace renovations in Hawthorn, Middle Park, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne.
See Abbotsford Residence, Brunswick House and more of their work on Lunchbox below.
Abbotsford Residence: Behind the Curved Facade is a Very Rational Home
Don't be deceived by the curved exterior. Abbotsford Residence is rational -- inside and out -- to deal with a heavily constrained site.
Hawthorn House Embraces the Challenge of Renovating a Terrace
Renovating and extending a typical Victorian terrace always poses a unique set of challenges. Hawthorn House exceeds those challenges.
Fitzroy North Residence Tackles Tight Difficult Site with a Statement
Heritage controls, difficult soil, tight access and a small west-facing block. A delightful, light-filled home on a difficult site…
Could You Live in an Artist's Studio Like This?
This Artist's Studio is a beautifully detailed, creative space for painting and sculpting to encourage and inspire creativity…
A Typical English Cottage Style House is Transformed Into Modern Home
A series of separate, disconnected rooms are transformed by a central, open planned living space that maximises north light.
How to Create a Modern, Flexible and Bright Space on a Narrow Block
Renovating an older, inner-city home comes with a peculiar set of challenges - how to make it seem bright and spacious when it's not.
A New Home Makes the Most of an Unusual Site in the Inner City
It's not often you get to build a new house in the inner city. What would you do if you had a clean slate?
Laser Cut Screen Shields Addition and References Heritage Building
The lace-like screen protecting the rear of this home is a way to tie old and new together while also dealing with practicalities.
New England-style Home Needed an Addition to Complement Not Copy
An addition to this period home sits comfortably alongside the original, oriented to catch the light and open up the backyard.
A slice of zen at this beach house nestled in the bush
With stunning bush and ocean views, this home is perched to soak it all in and create a space for relaxation and rejuvenation.
How to make your home feel spacious, even if it's on a tight site
Just because your home is on a tight, inner-city site doesn't mean it can't feel spacious. You just need to use the right tricks!
A renovation and extension of a heritage house reorients the home...
This beautiful double-fronted home in a heritage precinct of Hawthorn East is renovated and extended for 21st century living...