A brindle whippet greets me at the door, all dainty limbs and shining eyes. Behind her, the door’s pane of rippling glass falls somewhere between olive green and a goldy brown. Beneath her paws, tessellated tiles in brown and white step out beneath an arched portico crafted in brown brick, like so many of its peers from this era of suburban Melbourne architecture.
While 1970s residences of this ilk have not always received the love they deserve, architects Tara Ward and Jessie Fowler of Melbourne studio Fowler and Ward saw an opportunity to deftly meld the nostalgic and contemporary. Like-minded clients with a well-honed design sensibility had lived in the house for a few years prior
