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The cream-colored bricks continue to the interior and reinforce and indoor/outdoor living experience. The vintage Stilnovo wall light is from Nicholas & Alistair.

A suspended steel stair adds a sculptural element to the home.

Australian Sustainable Hardwoods GOODWOOD boards wrap the interior for a warm and cozy feel. Hydronic slab heating is installed beneath Perini honed bluestone internal tiles.

The minimalist kitchen features Fibonacci Stone Pavlova terrazzo counters and backsplash and Australian Sustainable Hardwoods GOODWOOD joinery. An operable mesh screen slides out to "shut down" the kitchen at night.

A bronze mesh veil fitted to the dining room window provides privacy while allowing for views of the street. The space is furnished with a Boyd table from KFive + Kinnarps Australia, Thonet No. 18 dining chairs, Schiavello Furniture stools as well as lights by Neri&Hu and CRITERIA.

"The colonnade arches are turned upside down as they are better for sitting in and for playing (bombies into the pool and chasing through the garden)," say the architects.

A glimpse inside the bridge-link hall that connects the period house with the contemporary extension. To mark the threshold between the two structures, artist Nadine Keegan crafted a stained glass window (not pictured) that depicts imagery of the current city, fruit trees from the Greek and Italian immigrant families, and the Yam Daisies that had been grown in the area by the Wurundjeri people.

"A long linear space without specific use is an oddity, but by locating open garden towards the street and siting the new pool behind the link, we could make a pathway space that’s all about swaying greenery and the rippling, reflected play of light," explain the architects. The link also serves as a sunroom in winter and opens up in summer.

Likened to a "colonnaded Roman bath," the backyard pool is housed a room-like space.

The "bridge-like link element" that connects the original structure to the new extension also sits between the street-facing garden and a linear pool tucked behind.

“The upper level curved forms come from a desire to avoid a stepped building form – the curved form comes out to make a vertical street wall and also makes the space for 2 roof decks," explains Bright. " The curved forms gently turn the corner and allow spaces to flow and circulate easily. It’s not a hard corner and allows the form to gently shift direction.”

The new concrete wall along the western perimeter contains a walled garden with a secondary entrance. Cream-colored LOHAS Nilo Rustic bricks clad the new extension to remain "sympathetic yet differentiated" from the existing red-brick Edwardian.

The custom modern steel basin in the kids' bathroom was inspired by schoolyard drinking troughs.

Strongly contrasting colors were used to differentiate bedrooms and bathrooms. The master bath is awash in reddish hues with a custom freestanding vanity by Studio Bright.

Though the original house offered finite space, a decorative stained-glass transom features an infinity symbol used in the couple's wedding invitations.

The second kids' bedroom, featuring a wall of storage clad in new wallpaper

One of two children's bedrooms

The renovated second bedroom, outfitted with a wall of storage

The bathroom was enlivened with a wall of hexagonal blue Pratt & Larson tile.