Tackling period buildings such as these can be a tightrope between celebrating the past and ending up with a pastiche,” says interior designer Hamish Guthrie of Hecker Guthrie, referring to this heritage home in inner Melbourne. And, with their judicious mix of classic arches and slick contemporary metal, he and partner Paul Hecker have smartly sidestepped the latter, never putting a foot wrong in a project that honours its history while boldly embracing its future.
Part of a grand 1860s Victorian residence, sporting in-vogue polychrome brickwork and once home to a Melbourne Lord Mayor, the two-storey townhouse was one of four created when subdivided in the 80s. It
