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Brunswick East, Victoria · 2024 · Four townhouses

Barkly Street

Four townhouses on an inner city corner block, with basement carparking and a rooftop terrace.

A reference from the architect and the building surveyor is being arranged.

How the project started

The developer had worked with Camden on previous projects and asked us to take on Barkly Street. KUD Architects also welcomed our involvement, confident we could deliver the design and manage the site's challenges.

The challenge

The inner-city site required basement excavation and heavy rock breaking beside occupied homes. The project also continued through the COVID pandemic.

Location
Brunswick East
Completed
2024
Type
Four townhouses
Camden role
Builder
Architect
KUD
Addresses
2, 4, 6 and 8 Truscott Street

The detail

What we did

  1. Basement carparking on an inner city block

    Excavation on a constrained corner site with neighbours on two boundaries.

  2. Rock breaking beside occupied homes

    Heavy drilling next to habitable houses, managed so people could keep living in them.

  3. Built through COVID

    The programme absorbed the disruption rather than the design being cut back to catch up.

  4. Council addressing

    The four dwellings are addressed 2, 4, 6 and 8 Truscott Street at council's request, though Barkly Street is the road people know.

The build, in full

The four Barkly Street townhouses at dusk with the rooftop terrace lit Living room with fluted joinery, gold handles and herringbone timber floors Kitchen and dining with a curved marble island and a gold pendant

Plans

Floor plan, 6 Truscott Street Floor plan, 8 Truscott Street

The outcome

It came out perfectly as designed. V-Zug and Liebherr appliances, wave-textured cabinetry, curved marble islands, herringbone timber floors and gold finishes throughout.

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