For the owners of St Martins Lane, a crossroads had been reached. The family was bursting at the seams and on the cusp of relocating to gain additional space, of both the built and garden variety. But, unwilling to let go of their location – wedged between two of Melbourne’s more beautiful green spaces in the Royal Botanic Gardens and Fawkner Park – the owners approached Matt Gibson Architecture and Design to see what was possible.
The existing house, built c. 1910, is one of four modest Victorian terraces fronting the narrow St Martins Lane. Thanks to the density and mixed nature of the building stock in the area, the number of eclectic alterations that
