Lantern House
Mornings in this pocket of bayside Albert Park in Melbourne are quiet and calm. Apart from the shoe stomping from the odd panting runner and the few local dogs being walked by owners along the sand, the bay with its distant flashing lights and shipping lanes is still and glassy.
This calm before the storm, as it would seem, is promptly replaced by a hubbub of various modes of transportation zooming by, not more than a few metres from the sand bank. On the other side of this busy main road is the outer perimeter of a leafy residential area with minimal front setbacks, wide streets, and significant heritage built fabric.
Topology Studio were commissioned to
