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    Zagame’s House

    Aug 26, 2019 4 minutes
    Words — Hayley Curnow
    Photography —
    Sharyn Cairns

    Fusing flavours of 1960s design with the bustling urban context of Carlton, Melbourne’s newest boutique hotel, Zagame’s House is playfully unique and comprehensive. Owned by seasoned hoteliers and brothers Victor and Robert Zagame, and designed by Lukas Partners Interior Architecture, the ninety-seven-room hotel, located in the heart of ‘Little Italy’ draws on the brothers’ extensive hospitality portfolio, overlaid with a renewed consideration of contemporary art, design and technology.

    Occupying the building formerly known as the Downtowner Hotel, the project involved a complete retrofit of the existing site that was established in 1967. With its U-shaped layout enclosing a central carpark, the building is in keeping with a nostalgic motel typology, a key driving force

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