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Top: The entry passage neatly bisects
the home. The door to the right
leads back into the double garage.
The kitchen’s glass splashback, at
left, looks across the passage to the
playroom which is directly to the
right.
Above: Looking the other way, the
rear yard and playroom are straight
ahead. The timber stairs access
the study and upstairs bedrooms.
Negative detailing gives the high
walls a floating appearance.

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“The house responds to adjacent neighbours
in different ways,” says Rossetti. “The double
garage seamlessly connects with the garage of
the 1950s home next door in height and colour.”
“The other side of the site is bordered by a
tennis court and a commercial precinct with a
library beyond. To create a balance of scale with
these elements, we introduced a high curving
fence that neatly bisects the front yard, with the
driveway to the left and pool to the right. Large
windows with industrial-look fenestrations in
the living areas complement this commercial
side of the site.”

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The glass-reinforced concrete house has a
modern, air but also captures the spirit of the
wider suburb, which boasts several heritagelisted Victorian homes. Its two-storey height,
floor-to-ceilin r