“If there were any more bars in this house we’d have to get a liquor licence,” jokes Stephen Javens, director of architecture at K.P.D.O. who designed this Melbourne home alongside the studio’s director of interiors, Kerry Phelan. Their client, a businessman and brilliant host who likes to play jazz for his guests, briefed the pair for a house that offered “occasions for entertaining”. This meant different spaces for different parties – a disco for dancing; a whiskey bar for late-night booze; a Welcome Room for casual cocktails and coffee; an elegant entry outfitted with a regularly
