Victorian Villa, Brighton

Project At A Glance

Location: Brighton, Victoria

Architect: RossTang Architects

Interior Designer: RossTang Architects

Landscape Architect: Matt Walsham Landscape Architecture

Photographer: Sharyn Cairns

Project Type: Heritage Architectural Extension and Renovation Key Features: Victorian façade restoration, curved rear volume, ribbed metal cladding, curved roof form, helical stair, pool courtyard, full-height glazing, curved plaster junctions

Completed: 2022

Project Description Victorian Villa renews a heritage home in Brighton through a rear addition shaped by curved geometry and a controlled relationship to the garden. The Victorian façade is restored to the street, while new work is gathered into a rounded volume behind, set back to minimise its presence within the established streetscape. Ribbed metal cladding and a curved roof reduce visual bulk, and full-height glazing is placed where privacy can be maintained to bring light into the main living rooms and address the pool courtyard.

Inside, the interior is organised around a helical stair that links levels and provides a clear point of orientation. Curved plaster junctions and continuous ceiling lines carry the geometry through the plan, while light wells and carefully positioned glazing balance the deeper parts of the house. Integrated joinery consolidatstorage and services to keep rooms calm, and thresholds are resolved through consistent alignments rather than shifts in finishes.

The helical stair becomes the project’s centrepiece, drawing movement from retained front rooms into the new living spaces in a continuous sequence. Built by TCON in collaboration with RossTang Architects for architecture and interiors, with landscape design by Matt Walsham Landscape Architecture, the build required disciplined set-out to curved walls and roof structure and tight coordination at junctions where ribbed cladding meets glazing and plaster. The result is composed and durable, with curvature operating as structure, circulation and spatial definition.