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DREAM HOME

Most renovations of heritage homes aim to restore them to their former glory. The revamp of this mid-century-modern property went one better, reimagining it through the lens of the original architect’s probable inspiration to achieve its unrealised dreams.

Located in the bayside Melbourne suburb of Frankston, the house was conceived in 1963 by architect/famous footballer Jack Clarke, a director of the Small Homes Service project launched in 1947, which offered Melburnians an economical way to build humble but well-designed family homes from a range of architectural plans. Only 49 homes were to be built in Victoria from any

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