St. Kilda–based firm OOF! Architecture gave a Victorian shophouse in Melbourne a new addition and a bold exterior treatment, turning the formerly dysfunctional space into a neighborhood gem.

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Project Credits:

Architect: OOF! Architecture, Fooi-Ling Khoo / @fooilingkhoo

Planning + Heritage: David Brand

Collaborating Artist: Rose Nolan

Engineer: A M Daly Structural & Civil Engineers

Building Surveyor: Anthony Middling & Associates

Builder: Anthony Adams, CBI Complete Builder's Insight

Bricklayer: Rob Fuchshofer, R&K Fuchshofer

Joiner: John Matkowsky, M & J Cabinets and Joinery

Electrician: Linked Electrical Services

Painter: All Shades Painting

Concrete Floor Polishing: JV concrete

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