Residential

Halo House

Glen Iris

Taking inspiration from the ‘halo effect,’ a biological term used to describe the thriving ecosystems surrounding icebergs in the Southern Antarctic Ocean; Halo House provides a sanctuary for its inhabitants, while allowing for increased activity in and around its perimeter. Designed by Breathe Architecture with landscape design by Eckersley Garden Architecture, the home was scaled to house a large family and a home business, with a focus on collective wellbeing.

Halo House also incorporates Breathe’s customary sustainable design, including a large solar PV array, electric heat pumps for hydronic heating and hot water, rain water tanks, as well as passive solar design features, operable shading and low impact material selections such as natural concrete, painted recycled brick and raw brass. All materials were locally sourced and environmentally sustainable where possible.

Halo House featured in Habitus Magazine in October 2018, and ArchitectureAU in October 2017.

Bellairs Avenue

Seddon

Kerferd Road

Albert Park

Fido Projects’ first Kerferd Road project was the brainchild of its renowned architect owner, in conjunction with Foomann Architects. It involved attention to detail to every material, junction & process. The house is externally clad in Western Red Cedar & internally fit out with American White Oak to the joinery & floors. Over 50 specialist trades were used throughout the build.

Architecture
Foomann Architects.

Photography
Willem-Dirk du Toit.

Göteborg House

Albert Park

The Göteborg House was a collaboration with Clare Cousins Architect. The existing single fronted Victorian terrace was completely stripped out & refitted with a Scandinavian interior. A coordinated blonde palette was complemented with black & bronzed fittings.

Cassiobury Avenue

Mount Eliza

A new kitchen to this post war peninsula house. Features included spotted gum cladding & open shelf, black Dekton benchtops, black 2-pac doors with custom recycled spotted gum pulls, hand made Moroccan tiled splashback & black appliances & fittings.

Linden Court

Prahran

The Linden Court project is an ongoing collaboration with Design of Wonder which has had Fido Projects return a number of times to complete various stages within this magnificent inner city Spanish Mission house: a testament to the relationships Fido Projects nurtures with their clients & designers.

Works have included replacing existing windows with new double glazed arched windows & French doors, relocation of a ground floor laundry to provide additional living space & building a compact European laundry on the first floor, construction of a new Bluestone & Terrazzo tiled outdoor terrace, new parquetry flooring, a bathroom renovation, re-carpeting & internal repainting.

Campbell Road

Deepdene

Design By Wonder brought this project to Fido Projects. Works involved a modern extension to the back of an existing double fronted single storey Victorian terrace, including a complete refurbishment of the front of the house. Hard materials of tiles, glass & exotic stone were complimented by a solid American Oak floor. An impressive external cantilevered roof over an entertaining area was clad in Silvertop Ash, finished with Porters Palm Beach Black.

Tarrengower Street

Yarraville

Generated from the quality of works on the Bellairs Avenue project, the nearby Tarrengower Street project designed by Three Bird Shoes involved the rebuilding of a single fronted weatherboard clad miners cottage. The tight site created design challenges as well as building challenges. Maximising space resulted in joinery being installed from floor to ceiling in every room. Cantilever Interiors developed the owners’ design to produce extremely functional work & storage spaces. Other space saving initiatives included a Hills Hoist, salvaged during demolition, which retracts into the living room ceiling & two different sized pivot dining tables, which also retract, this time into the kitchen joinery, when not in use.

Alma Road

Caulfield

This Foomann Architects project involved a new 2 storey balcony made entirely from recycled Spotted Gum sourced from Queensland by Timber Revival. Works also included hard landscaping & pool works & the rejuvenation of the existing façade.

Holden Street

Fitzroy