Techne Architecture have designed the Fitzroy Residence, a contemporary home built behind a heritage facade of a property in Melbourne, Australia. This project retains and restores the original frontage while adding a rear addition with three levels of new living space. The built form responds to other human and environmental factors through a courtyard and pavilion configuration, maximizing sunlight, ventilation, vistas and relationships with native landscaping. The interior was developed around the lifestyle of the clients’ young family, incorporating numerous modes of social, working, and living areas as well as integrating art and other sentimental objects into a design that exudes warmth and character.