Casa Mia is not like the other houses found on its street. Local design guidelines prescribed a “modern-style” in reference to the 1962 Commonwealth Games Village homes nearby in the coastal Perth suburb of City Beach. Set within a newly established high-density subdivision, Casa Mia proposes a contemporary reinterpretation of this modern spirit. Designed by architects and life partners Adrian Iredale of Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects and Caroline Di Costa, this is a home that reflects the character and creativity of its occupants along with a deliberate, often playful, engagement with its surroundings.
Occupying an oddly shaped corner site in a prominent position, Casa Mia teasingly shapeshifts between the image of a castle and the mystery of
