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A refined collection of 9 private residences in East Melbourne, including the heritage-listed Kilburn Mansion and its Stables. The development is grounded in sensitivity to place and a respect for East Melbourne’s architectural heritage. Referencing English traditions, it evokes a quiet and considered luxury— understated, enduring, and personal.

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Kilburn Mansion

Luxury property has never before had a greater responsibility to provide for a conscious lifestyle. A lifestyle and world built on how it feels to be alive and to live with fulfilment. A place with social, environmental, and cultural importance where a personal wellbeing is considered and prioritized. We design for this world.

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Maison Savoy

Located on one of Melbourne’s most culturally charged streets, No.1 Gertrude brings together architecture, craft and outlook in a limited series of just eleven homes. Each residence is conceived as a distinct expression, unified by a sense of permanence, refinement and quiet confidence. Designed for those attuned to quality and character, the project draws from its Gertrude Street context—layered, nuanced and worldly—offering a considered approach to contemporary living.

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Gertrude

There is a geometry to the way wind moves across water. Bel Air borrows it. The overlapping interference patterns that form when air meets surface, translated into a scalloped facade that curves continuously along Oxlade Drive.

The result reads less like a building and more like something that has always been there. Planting spills from each slab edge, blurring the line between structure and garden. Inside, terraces are treated as primary living spaces: deep, shaded, oriented to the breeze. Each of the 22 residences has its own aspect and its own relationship to light. Cross-ventilation is designed in, not added after. The rooftop carries the same logic upward, where the pool and garden open up to the sky.

Bel Air

River

Our work at Collins Wharf is shaped by the study of light, atmosphere, and the site’s island-like presence on the water’s edge. To imagine this new residential precinct, we drew inspiration from artist Clarice Beckett, whose quiet observations of place captured the mood and rhythm of early Melbourne. Her poetic lens guides a design language that feels grounded, fluid, and emotionally resonant.

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Collins Wharf

Port Melbourne

Breakfast Creek

Wildcoast

A feeling of openness is achieved through a careful articulation of natural light, harnessing aspect while maintaining privacy. The interior experience embodies a considered hierarchy of space, volume, and light. The project is the elegant sum of many parts, each shaped through a unique and meticulous creative collaboration with award-winning architect and interior designer Pete Kennon.

Central to Studio Kennon’s approach is an ongoing interest in how design shapes the human experience—how it fosters connection to both people and place. This sensibility is embedded throughout Ruby Penthouse, where spaces are designed to feel enduring and familiar, allowing subtle narratives of time, material, and context to emerge.

The design gestures to the function of an art gallery, whereby spaces connect, yet are separated through blades and the careful control of proportion. Kennon recalls the experience of being within Constantin Brancusi’s studio in Paris, where sculptural objects are layered with natural materials, and depth is found in its curation—referencing sculptural forms, proportion, and balance.

These ideas are expressed architecturally through vaulted volumes and a restrained, honest material palette of limestone. A quiet sense of luxury is achieved through tone and texture—rather than excess.

Spatially, the planning prioritises clarity and flow. Movement is intuitive, and moments of pause are carefully framed. Interior and exterior conditions are closely connected, allowing natural elements to permeate the space while creating a backdrop that supports the presence of personality.

Ruby Penthouse

Felix Forest

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Our clients first met in California, one standing in front of the camera, the other behind it. That chance encounter marked the beginning of their love story and led him to return home to city of Melbourne, where their next chapter would begin.

The other character in this story is the light: the light remembered from their time in California; the light we hoped to bring to their home—a classic Victorian terrace, and the lightness of two people whose joy radiates.

Guided by these recollections and shaped by a rural Australian upbringing, the house balances both a lightness and a grounding energy. Amongst calm sandy walls, the design details draw inspiration from the green landscape with a formal front dining room, and the deep ocean with a navy sofa, creating a balance to the home's softness.

Through the restored and readapted archways, the tone of the house shifts. As you move towards the rear landscaped courtyard, the house lightens and softens. A soft wall colour, and curves are intended to reflect the client’s own presence. A playful, large Nathan Hawkes painting brings a bounce of energy and joy.

Layered within the house are bespoke timber furniture pieces from craftsman in Los Angeles, who we commissioned specially to bring those early Californian memories back into the home through the tactile instruments.

Where golden memories once flourished on the sands of Malibu, they now find new life in the heart of South Yarra

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A formal structure in both plan and volume Studio Kennon begins with a classical base, where spatial qualities are prioritized from the outset.

The power of this architecture expresses an interest into the idea of living well.
How to wake, how to bathe, where to cook and where to rest, this is a composition of thoughts and a desired pattern of movement. Embodying the full floor top floor with 360-degree outlook, the living spaces are positioned to the morning and daytime sunlight at the east and north of the building – a considered plan sensitive to location.

The interior is considered with layers, a white marble as base used in various formats and implementations carry the solid kitchen form in large mirrored slabs is an anchor to the main living space. Underneath slips mosaic marble tiles that transitions in scales through-out room thresholds forming lines in delineation to the subdivision of space.

Formal ideas are used in a contemporary manner bringing a touch of mischief and playfulness to a traditional room layout and bold architectural language – an expose into Kennon’s taste for expressing details in subtle methods, a quiet luxury.

Small and refined motifs suggest a larger grandeur is present, moments explore opulence then appear to withdraw and recede – a connection from detail and material rigour that carries a minimalistic like softness, a feeling that is calming and ever present in Kennon’s fast-growing body of work. A finesse in restraint underpins a refined elegance, the core interior architecture and programmatic function enables the studio’s skill in furniture curation both custom design and sourcing to complete The Eighth Penthouse as one powerful piece of work.

The Eighth Penthouse

A place of new beginnings, quiet growth, and subtle evolution. Initially envisioned as a full-scale renovation, the project began with a simple refresh: a tidy-up and a fresh coat of paint. But as the design took shape, stage one became the only stage needed. Through thoughtful use of colour and texture, along with the addition of an ensuite, a walk-in wardrobe, and a kitchen renovation, the home transformed.

Guided by their natural style—layered whites, greys, and neutrals, effortlessly elegant—we embraced a softer, more nuanced palette in the house. We leaned into grey, a hue that felt both calming and grounding. It spoke to the red brick exterior, creating a space that deepened in the front room—our client’s retreat, a den where work and rest intertwined.

Throughout the home, a quiet language of curves develops. Fireplaces, softened into gentle vertical arcs. The kitchen, shaped by flowing, rounded edges. The entry shelf, carved in stone, echoes this motif. This sense of movement extends beyond the walls, into an outdoor space with cement integrated seating, a built-in barbecue, a space for gathering.

At the heart of our vision stood a tree in the rear and west of the property. Its branches cast shifting shadows across the living spaces, dappling the walls, warming the home as the light changes throughout the day. A presence both fleeting and constant, it gave the project its name—Warm Shadow.

Warm Shadow

This project is a study in balance—both in design and in life. Within each of us, masculine and feminine energies exist in varying degrees, shifting between strength and softness as we evolve. This space embodies that dynamic, embracing both power and restraint, much like we do within ourselves and our relationships.

Set within an Edwardian red brick home, the design leans into the household’s masculine energy, creating a sense of retreat in tune with the family’s lifestyle. Dark, moody spaces unfold through slick charcoal-toned carpets and deep grey walls, adding depth and richness. In the master bedroom, a bold red carpet intensifies the drama, while subtle variations of grey stone tie the interiors together in a cohesive palette.

Beneath the home, a newly built basement is accessed via a striking red marble staircase—a bold descent into a space that is both grounded and expressive.

The result is a home that feels unapologetically strong yet deeply personal—a reflection of the family’s essence, layered with depth and character.

The house stands as a testament to that harmony, offering spaces as distinctive and grounded as those who call it home.

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Masculine Energy

Derek Swalwell

This house is built on the principle of permanence—crafted from concrete, it stands as a structure that stands the test of time, yet it is alive with the pulse of daily life. It is a place where the raw power of material meets the warmth of human connection, where strength and intimacy coexist.

Our first private residence, the design began with intuition, an enquiry into the clients’ story and weaving it into every detail.

The heart of the home is the family room, where a generous island bench—the “everything table”—that serves as both anchor and gathering point. Casual meals, afternoon teas, late-night drinks, or homework sessions, this table is the centre of life, endlessly versatile, always in use. The space flows between zones, allowing for moments of togetherness, privacy, and aspect to the garden.

We perceive architecture as a physical object, yet remember architecture as an experience. Often, the greater the experience, the more memorable it is.

It is in this interaction between form and feeling that we find our human connection to both the interior and the exterior.

The material of the home—an in-situ concrete—creates a foundation that feels as lasting as it is intimate. Its raw, weighty presence is softened by neutral tones within, introducing a subtle femininity that tempers the boldness of the architecture.
The house retains its Victorian façade, preserving the charm of its street presence while remaining unassuming of what lies inside. The new addition flows organically with the landscape and the character of the existing home, its modern design responding thoughtfully to the natural slope of the land. Expansive and open, the living room connects directly to the garden, framing views of sky and water, bringing the outside in with every shift of light.

Concrete—often regarded as harsh and unyielding—takes on a lighter quality in this project, its weight softened through thoughtful detailing, hidden engineering, and a careful balance of space and form. It forms a lasting foundation for both the structure and the life lived within it.

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The first time you find yourself at Wategos Beach you notice that something feels different. One can feel the 20,000 year-old tales of a land of healing, or the geophysical lines of obsidian crystal veins. Wategos is a special place where an enlightened meaning is found. 

Working with local expert Ecologists, Bushfire Consultants, Landscape Designers and with support from the First Nations Arakwal Community, together we propose the largest private littoral rainforest re-vegetation strategy in Byron Bay.

With over 9900 new native trees and plants proposed for the site – heavily integrated into the architecture - this design will provide a new life and landscape for the local flora and fauna with evident benefit for the surrounding community.

A subtropical architecture of place promotes protected outdoor living spaces, permeable sea breezes and program for a large and growing local family to live.

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Wategos Estate

This beachside site holds deep significance as a place where healing unfolds across social, emotional, and physical realms. For our clients, it is a space to reconnect, to gather, and to restore. Time spent here offers a rare sense of respite, as if the landscape itself extends a quiet generosity. We have named it the House of Healing, an architecture shaped to honour place and deepen the bonds between those who share it.

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The estuary is a natural point at which Belongil Creek and the ocean meet. A junction where multiple ecosystems merge to form a sanctuary teaming with sea and bird life. A celebration of biodiversity. This is Byron Bay at its most natural - and the most special place for a private family who have always called Byron home.

Paperbark

Sitting at the highest point in Portsea, Spyglass takes in uninterrupted 360-degree views of the coast. Surrounded by windswept natives and tea tree-covered dunes, its elevated position captures the atmosphere of the back beach — the mist in the air, the golden afternoon light, and the distant sound of surf. Quiet and private, it stands as a gentle tribute to the wild beauty of the Victorian coastline.

Spyglass

Proportion is the meaning of volumetric order, a house functions because of the order of program where each room is experienced through the proportion of space. In this home, we embraced the dominance of proportion in plan, allowing our interior interventions to layer over the architecture like a quiet dialogue, bringing forth our client’s character while respecting the integrity of the space.

Wayne Gillespie is part of a Melbourne architectural tradition. He achieved a personal style that is instantly recognizable to both the trained eye and the passer-by.

When our client purchased this property, they understood its origins but saw how time and past alterations had diluted its essence. We restored the home to its original state while introducing a refined, sympathetic and contemporary interior.

We believe in classical architectural principals. Symmetry, order and proportion.

At the heart of the home, a double-height entry lobby is anchored by stone flooring, its scale and presence sets the rhythm for the spaces beyond. Textured walls soften the interior, ensuring the vibrancy of the flooring and the bold energy of Dale Frank artworks never overwhelm but instead sit within a carefully measured balance.

Inside, classical ideals extend into the detailing. Influenced by artist Donald Judd, a master of proportion, the kitchen island and stone elements echo the architectural language of the original design. Contemporary materials and thoughtful interventions bridge past and present.

A curated collection of Australian artworks and an eclectic mix of furniture styles complete the residence, intertwining history and modernity, structure and softness, order and warmth.

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Treetop House sits on the boundary of the Torquay national park, pressed close by eucalypt on all sides. The project began with a particular understanding of place. Not the town in summer, crowded and bright, but the coast in its quieter months: heavy skies, damp tracks through the scrub, the subdued palette of the park once the season has passed.

The house responds by inverting the conventional plan. Living spaces are lifted to the upper level, where full-height glazing retracts entirely and the canopy becomes the room. The breeze moves through. Branches and birds are constant company. In winter, the same space closes around a fire, the park held beyond the glass.

Materials were selected to enhance their connection to the landscape beyond. Board-formed concrete carries the grain of its timber formwork. Japanese plaster walls curve through the plan, softening a heavy build. The interior palette was drawn directly from eucalypt bark and forest floor. The architecture holds two seasons of Torquay at once. It was designed for both.

Treetop

Palm Beach

Positioned along the waterfront in Drumcondra, this residence sits directly on the esplanade with uninterrupted views of the bay. The design takes inspiration from the sailing boats that move across the water; a constant, graceful presence that informed both the orientation and detailing of the home. The façade subtly mirrors the form and movement of sails, creating a poetic connection between the architecture and its coastal setting.

Drumcondra 

Roman Anastasios

Back Beach House sits on the edge of the Mornington Peninsula’s National Park, where native wildlands meet the coastline. A thoughtful addition to a classic Australian beach house, the project was documented four years after completion, allowing the new landscape to settle and blur the line between home and parkland. 

Timber and existing materials connect the home to the Blairgowrie tapestry, while new interventions introduce a quiet contemporary rhythm. A concealed stainless steel shower behind the fire zone completes the retreat, embracing the unassuming ease of coastal living.

Blairgowrie

Poised high on the sunny side of the hill with views over the northern national park escarpment, Sunnyside is a highly textural family residence. It opens to the aspect while layering with the landscape to provide privacy.

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Anson Smart

The Strand Arcade has housed Sydney's most considered retail since 1892. Its upper gallery, with ornate ironwork balustrades and polished timber floors, carries a sense of ceremony. It is an appropriate address for SIR.'s sixth Australian store and its third in Sydney.

The brief called for intimacy over grandeur. Drawn by the concept of the solar: the private upper-storey chamber found in English and French medieval manor houses, reserved for the household's closest circle. Smaller than the great hall, more finely appointed, and deliberately withdrawn from the activity below. That quality of earned privacy became the design's organising principle.

At 23 square metres with 4.5 metre ceilings, the space is taller than it is wide. Every decision was made to ground you and to pull the eye down. It builds warmth from the floor upward. The palette is monochromatic, drawn directly from The Strand's own ornamental browns, deep reds, and aged silvers, but reads as layered rather than flat through textural shift across ribbed tile, concrete flooring, smoked glass, and silver detailing.

The result feels accumulated rather than resolved. Vintage furniture and objects carry signs of life that no new piece can replicate. Fur-lined walls are made from the fabric of a SIR. supplier, ceramics are selected from local artists, the leather-wrapped hangers are made from garment off-cuts. These curated quirks reveal themselves gradually, rewarding exploration with something unexpected. The store is new, but it doesn’t read that way.

SIR. The Strand

Fortis Gallery is designed as a layered interior, where movement from street to suite is gradual and considered. Multiple project displays are accommodated within a flexible plan, shaped by warm materials, controlled lighting, and integrated technology. The space supports a range of uses, from private meetings to larger presentations, within a calm and resolved environment.

Fortis Gallery

Tedder Avenue has lived through periods of real glamour. Restaurants full every night, streets lined with cars that had no business being anywhere near a beach. Gold chains, gold tans, gold watches. The Golden Coast.

Bar Ricci is a renaissance of that strip. Designed by Studio Kennon, the venue takes its cues from the café trattoria in the Milanese tradition, the kind of eatery that glows from the inside out, built on energy, conversation and a love of food.

The design’s anchoring idea came from the restaurant’s name itself. Ricci means Sea Urchin in Italian. A delicacy with a rough exterior and a warm, peachy interior. That tension between hard edge and warm core runs through

the entire project. Outside, a rough render holds its texture against the street. Inside, the warmth reveals itself.

Deep yellow, warm red and gelati green draw on the Gold Coast’s own collective memory, the effect of a place that has absorbed its surroundings over time. Travertine, timber and textured surfaces deepen the character of the room.

Waiters move with pace. Conversation runs loud and animated. The smell of house-made focaccia moves through the room like a pulse. The space holds this energy while still making room for quieter moments: a table for two, a late lunch, a drink after the rush. The result is a room that feels vibrant and intimate at once.

Bar Ricci

Tom Ross

Nestled within Cremorne’s industrial heart, Cubitt emerges as a striking new
architectural work that redefines the relationship between creativity, context,
and the built form.


Cremorne, with its narrow streets, warehouses, and compressed urban grain,
has long been defined by its industrial heritage. Within this environment,
Cubitt takes a different stance. Sculptural in form and highly considered in
detail, the building rejects the conventional podium-and-tower model. Instead,
its façade is drawn deep into space, carved into shelves that invite planting
to weave with architecture - softening Cremorne’s industrial hardness and
offering back to the street.


Inside, the design continues its dialogue of contrast. Textured glass brick filters
light with subtlety, while stainless steel brings precision and edge, recalling
the toughness of the site. The interiors unfold as layered spaces of weight and
lightness, solidity and openness - a composition that invites both focus and
release.


Comprising six levels, Cubitt has been envisioned as more than a workplace.
It is a place for creativity and expression, a space that allows its occupants
to move, to breathe, to create. While Cremorne’s streets may feel tight and
frenetic, Cubitt Street opens into calm — establishing a balance between order
and freedom.


Cubitt reflects the concept of architecture as release. A generous, purposeful
composition designed to nurture creativity, foster connection, and provide
space for new ideas to unfold.

Cubitt

Hugh Davison

EQ Wellbeing was created as a response to the pace of modern life—a space designed to offer calm, clarity, and the chance to step away. We shaped an environment that evolves with the seasons, offering a sense of rhythm and renewal throughout the year.

Recognising that the essence of EQ lies in its dynamic nature, we designed a space that is inherently adaptable. Each season introduces a new atmosphere—through sound, light, scent, and even the flavours in the tea. To facilitate this fluidity, we employed a muted palette of concrete tones and mosaic details, establishing a serene and timeless foundation. Transparent and custom-designed furnishings allow the seasonal elements to take centre stage, ensuring the space remains fresh and engaging without overwhelming the senses.

Drawing inspiration from traditional bathhouses, the architecture features soft curves, mosaic tiles, and filtered light, creating an environment that encourages relaxation and introspection. Every material and design choice was made with the intention of fostering a tranquil atmosphere that evolves in harmony with the changing seasons.

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Equilibrium

Positioned on the top floor of Harry Seidler’s iconic Melbourne tower, the studio reworks a former corporate office into a creative and collaborative environment. The original plan is retained and reinterpreted, following the building’s sweeping curved spine while introducing a softer, more tactile material palette.

Organised as a continuous, open studio, the space connects a series of working and gathering areas—from the library to the garden terrace—allowing for a fluid and shared way of working. Elevated above the city, each space is shaped by expansive views and a close connection to light, air, and sky.

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Designed to harness the power of sunlight, the building challenges traditional approaches to energy use, demonstrating that innovation and aesthetics can coexist.

Drawing inspiration from advanced European glazing technologies that seamlessly embed photovoltaic cells into glass, the project brings innovative sustainability to an urban context. A collaborative effort between local suppliers and international experts made this vision a reality, setting a new precedent for carbon-neutral design.

Reduces CO₂ emissions by 70 tonnes annually

5.5-star Green and 5-star NABERS ratings.

1,182 solar panels generate 142 kWp, producing more energy than consumed.

Self-Sufficiency: Immediate electricity use eliminates battery storage and carbon emissions.

Solar-integrated rooftop façade garden design enables green rooftop space

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Catching the Sun

Timothy Kaye

The 1890s Victorian Italianate building once served as The State Savings Bank of Victoria, a landmark structure with opulent detailing that had lost its lustre over the years.
The facade hadn’t changed, but inside there were layers of walls, lowered ceilings and darkness. We stripped it all back and now, instead of tapping on false walls, you feel the integrity and bones of the existing building. Part of a brand overhaul, the renovation went beyond the revamping of the interiors to include the enhancement of the client experience. A hair salon, after all, is more than just a place where you get your hair done; it’s also a place where one can unwind from a hectic week, have some “me time”, socialize and regain a sense of community.

Drawing from the opulence of the salon’s historic premises, Kennon’s interior design marries classical elegance with contemporary minimalism. Meticulously restored ceiling cornices and ornate archways that evoke the building’s architectural heritage are complemented by a custom marmarino plaster finish, while the bold use of dark grey terrazzo for both floors and furniture seamlessly tie everything together. A re-evaluation of an existing business, the functional plan, operations and audit of brand-identity. Identity in retail design is experiential, the small moments of delight that surprise a customer. Things are felt, not just visual. The design restores the existing romance of the building and embeds a contemporary experience-based interior

The 1890s Victorian Italianate building, once home to The State Savings Bank of Victoria, stood as a landmark with opulent detailing, though time had dulled its former glory. While the façade remained intact, the interior had become encumbered by layers of walls, lowered ceilings, and a sense of darkness. We stripped back these alterations, revealing the building’s true structure and essence.

As part of a larger brand overhaul, the renovation aimed not just to update the space, but to enhance the client experience. A hair salon is more than just a place for a haircut—it’s a space to unwind, recharge, socialize, and reconnect with a sense of community.

Drawing inspiration from the building’s historical richness, the design blends classical elegance with a modern, minimalist approach. Restored cornices and ornate archways reflect the building’s heritage, while a custom marmarino plaster finish adds contemporary texture. Bold dark grey terrazzo on both the floors and furniture brings cohesion, grounding the space in a timeless yet fresh way.

Beyond the physical transformation, the renovation also focused on rethinking the salon’s functionality and customer experience. Retail design, after all, is about the experience—the small, often unnoticed moments that delight and surprise. In this project, the design honours the building’s original romance while integrating a contemporary, experience-driven atmosphere.

Joey Scandizzo Salon

Through the redesign of both the Melbourne and Sydney office spaces we developed a new interior & brand experience platform for a forward thinking financial services company. Each project created a place that represents the formative and contemporary values of the business, and individually pays tribute to each office location - in this case Melbourne.

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Corporate Clubhouse Melbourne

Through the redesign of both the Melbourne and Sydney office spaces we developed a new interior & brand experience platform for a forward thinking financial services company. Each project created a place that represents the formative and contemporary values of the business, and individually pays tribute to each office location - in this case Sydney.

Corporate Clubhouse Sydney

The Ritz-Carlton Gold Coast is designed as a hotel destination for entertainment and human connection, drawing inspiration from the surrounding Broadwater landscape. Curving in both plan and section, the building takes on a sculptural, natural form — as if shaped by wind, water, and time. Keeping low to the ground, the curvaceous lobby opens onto a generous public plaza, creating a seamless connection between hospitality and the coastal setting.