{"id":9234,"date":"2026-06-12T10:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=9234"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:05:12","slug":"mrtn-architects-extends-melbourne-home-with-cluster-of-red-brick-volumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/mrtn-architects-extends-melbourne-home-with-cluster-of-red-brick-volumes\/","title":{"rendered":"MRTN Architects extends Melbourne home with cluster of red-brick volumes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australian studio MRTN Architects has completed Laneway House in Melbourne<\/a>, extending a Victorian terrace with a “collage” of forms in red-toned brick<\/a>, metal and timber.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located in the suburb of Carlton, the home sits within a network of Victorian laneways, where homes present traditional frontages to the street and back onto alleyways defined by an accretion of small-scale extensions, outbuildings and sheds.<\/p>\n

Tasked with expanding the existing home, MRTN Architects<\/a> added a cluster of volumes at the end of its garden, finished in a mixture of red brick, timber and metal that nods to the hotchpotch character of the neighbouring alley.<\/p>\n

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MRTN Architects has extended a Victorian terrace in Melbourne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We conducted a deep dive study and photographic survey of the various approaches people had taken when adding on to their homes that backed onto bluestone laneways over the decade,” MRTN Architects director Antony Martin told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“This study informed a collage approach to the design of both material and form,” he added.<\/p>\n

The extension addresses the laneways with a central two-storey volume that has its own dedicated entrance and garage.<\/p>\n

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The home combines red-toned brick, metal and timber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This allows it to act as a separate residence, with a view to accommodating future changes in living arrangements and allowing for ageing-in-place.<\/p>\n

Atop a red-brick base with a curved corner, this two-storey volume contrasts deep red standing-seam metal cladding to the south with timber planks to the east.<\/p>\n

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A cluster of volumes were added to the garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Laneway House’s taller entrance volume steps down towards the existing home to the north, to which it connects via a skinny galley kitchen enveloped in brick tiles and bookended by two chunky concrete columns.<\/p>\n

This single-storey volume appears to pivot around one of these columns, forming two arms that hug a central garden overlooked by a timber bench-like windowsill beneath full-height sliding doors.<\/p>\n