Triple Fronted Revival, Ivanhoe East

Project At A Glance

Location: Ivanhoe East, Victoria

Architect: Pleysier Perkins

Interior Designer: Pleysier Perkins

Landscape Architect: Andy Murray Landscape Design

Photographer: Michael Kai

Project Type: Residential Architectural Extension and Renovation

Key Features: Sloping site extension, polished concrete flooring, feature skylight, steel fin façade, structural steel pergola, curved timber screen, roof garden and deck, outdoor terrace connection

Completed: 2019

Project Description Triple Fronted Revival extends a long-held family home in Ivanhoe East, using the fall of the site to add new living space while keeping the original street presence intact. The existing roofline remains the dominant form, with the addition positioned low and largely concealed to maintain privacy and scale. Rear openings are expanded and sheltered, drawing the plan toward the terrace and garden without overexposure to neighbouring properties.

Inside, the home is reorganised around a direct living spine, with kitchen and dining arranged to share light from above and across connected spaces. Polished concrete flooring grounds the lower level, balanced by timber elements that add warmth and precision. A curved timber screen shapes movement and softens thresholds, while joinery is integrated to moderate long sightlines without adding partitions. A feature skylight centres the sequence, washing the middle of the plan with even daylight.

The project resolves at the garden edge, where a steel fin screen and a structural pergola define shade, outlook and separation, and a roof garden and deck add an upper outdoor room. Built by TCON in collaboration with Pleysier Perkins for architecture and interiors, with landscape design by Andy Murray Landscape Design, the works required careful excavation beneath retained fabric and tight set-out to steelwork, glazing and roof detailing across the stepped site. The outcome is measured and durable, with new and existing held in a clear relationship.