Profile House by Black Line One X Architecture Studio

Profile House: not your average boundary space
Profile House, designed by Black Line One X Architecture Studio (BLOXAS), in Melbourne, gets its name from its key design feature: its western elevation. Rough-sawn Victorian Rough-sawn Victorian Ash timber planks unmistakably define the house's profile and boundary wall
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Californian-style bungalow

Originally a low 1920s Californian-style bungalow of 90sq m, the house has been redesigned and extended by a further 83 sq m

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Profile House is home to a family of five

Profile House is home to a family of five, whose brief to BLOXAS was to achieve 'a feeling of openness, lightness, and visual continuity throughout their home and landscape'. The structure now features clear openings, such as an internal courtyard and a light well to the west, which connect it to its surroundings

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Courtyard

Profile House's open plan also achieves uninterrupted visual connections across different parts of the house and its courtyard

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Different ceiling heights

Different ceiling heights help give each area in the house a distinct identity

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Furniture and fittings

Furniture and fittings are clean and minimal

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Living area

The main living area

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Concrete-floored living, dining and kitchen, bedrooms

The timber- and concrete-floored living, dining and kitchen areas wrap around the courtyard and lead through to the bedrooms, tucked away at the back of the house

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Bedroom

Bedrooms are airy and open

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Master bathroom

The master bathroom features a high, sloped ceiling

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The timber wall acts as a privacy screen and a security fence

The timber wall acts as a privacy screen and a security fence, protecting the interiors from prying eyes

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The house is located in Melbourne

The house is located in Melbourne's semi-industrial inner northern suburb of Brunswick East

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Profile House is one of a string of Melbourne residential projects

Profile House is one of a string of Melbourne residential projects by BLOXAS, two of which are expected to be completed later this year

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Ellie Stathaki

Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).

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