Justin Mallia

Justin Mallia is a Melbourne architect whose Lunchbox projects are small, innovative multi-residential developments that make the most of difficult urban sites.

Yan Lane in Richmond creates a small new street on a narrow sliver of land with no street frontage, hidden between the backs of shops and the backyards of houses. Undertaken on a small budget, it uses architectural thinking to drive a development that meaningfully fills an ignored space, creating a building of two homes and extending services from the main road.

Oak Grove in East Malvern is two identical houses, rotated 90 degrees on the site for cost efficiency, with a folded facade giving each its own identity and aspect, and a garden feel borrowed from large street trees.

See Yan Lane and Oak Grove on Lunchbox below.

Inner-City Lost Space is Transformed by this Infill Development

We don't often feature multi-residential projects. But when we do, they're beautifully innovative projects like this one.

Folded Facades Give Two Identical Homes Their Own Identity

For cost efficiency this project creates two identical houses, but thanks to a clever folded facade each home fits the site.