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Topology acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which our studio stands. The Yalukit Willam people of the Boon Wurrung and the wider Kulin Nation. Each of us pay our deepest respects to the elders past, present and those emerging. We pledge our commitment in caring for this land and its first people. We promise to respect its history and continue to speak the truth.

All content © Topology 2026

Topology acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which our studio stands. The Yalukit Willam people of the Boon Wurrung and the wider Kulin Nation. Each of us pay our deepest respects to the elders past, present and those emerging. We pledge our commitment in caring for this land and its first people. We promise to respect its history and continue to speak the truth.

Topology Studio

1/192 Bridport Street
Albert Park
Victoria 3206

Contact

studio@topologystudio.com.au

instagram topology_studio

Amy Hallett (Director)
amy@topologystudio.com.au
0450 171 630

Darren Kaye (Director)
darren@topologystudio.com.au
0428 839 823

Hannah Fitzgerald
hannah@topologystudio.com.au

David Aquilina
david@topologystudio.com.au

Olivia Wright
olivia@topologystudio.com.au

Topology Studio

1/192 Bridport Street
Albert Park
Victoria 3206

Contact

studio@topologystudio.com.au

instagram topology_studio

Amy Hallett (Director)
amy@topologystudio.com.au
0450 171 630

Darren Kaye (Director)
darren@topologystudio.com.au
0428 839 823

Hannah Fitzgerald
hannah@topologystudio.com.au

David Aquilina
david@topologystudio.com.au

Olivia Wright
olivia@topologystudio.com.au

Lantern House

Albert Park

On the lands of the Bunurong Boon
Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation.

Our Client’s Victorian terrace overlooks Nairm, Port Phillip Bay. Some mornings the bay is still, the lilac hue punctuated by bright jerseys of cyclists and lamps along the pier. This is Beaconsfield Parade at its most peaceful before the promenade fills with people strolling, paddling and driving. Later the wind rises, throwing waves onto the pier and foam onto the shore. At night stillness returns and lights of the shipping lane guide ships through the rip.

The brief was to reorganise the plan to improve light and outlook to the garden whilst providing a sense of entry from the lane. A single-storey, north-east facing pavilion is inserted below the existing building between the brick walls of the neighbouring terraces.

A stepped masonry wall forms a kind of lantern adjacent to an existing brick wall. Inside the plywood ceiling sweeps up, enabling light to fall deep into the floor plate. The volume created provides a high gallery wall whilst the rest of the addition is level with the adjacent boundary walls.

The lantern is the only part of the addition visible from outside of the property. This discrete intervention has improved the environmental performance of the home without compromising the heritage values of the place. The lantern is a welcoming engagement with the lane and surrounding built landscape.

Commendation – Residential Dwelling: Alteration/Addition
The Design & Development Awards, City of Port Phillip, 2022