EIGHT MURPHY
SOUTH YARRA IS MORE THAN JUST A SUBURB, IT’S A DESTINATION. A RARE OFFERING UNPARALLELED IN POSITION, EIGHT MURPHY HAS UNDERGONE A METICULOUS DESIGN PROCESS. THE RESULT IS A PROJECT THAT IS UNIQUE, UNEXPECTED AND LUXURIOUS
EVERY SO OFTEN, A BOUTIQUE DEVELOPMENT COMES ALONG WHOSE STATURE AND DESIGN SETS IT APART FROM ALL OTHERS. POSITIONED ON A SITE OF HERITAGE AND CHARACTER, EIGHT MURPHY PRESENTS AN EXCITING NEW APPROACH TO APARTMENT LIVING: ONE THAT EPITOMISES TIMELESS ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND AMENITY. CREATED BY AWARD-WINNING CARR DESIGN GROUP AND URBAN DESIGN ARCHITECTS, EIGHT MURPHY IS BOUTIQUE IN SCALE, COMPRISED OF JUST 33 APARTMENTS AND FOUR RESIDENCES. WITH A CHOICE OF TWO OR THREE BEDROOM FLOOR PLANS, EACH APARTMENT HAS SPACIOUS LIVING AREAS, GENEROUS BALCONIES OR LARGE TERRACES, AND THE HIGHEST QUALITY FINISHES AND FIXTURES.
EIGHT MURPHY IS POSITIONED IN THE HEART OF SOUTH YARRA, MINUTES FROM FAWKNER PARK, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND THE CALM OF THE YARRA RIVER. CAFES, RESTAURANTS, BARS, SPECIALIST FOOD STORES, FRESH PRODUCE MARKETS, STUNNING BOUTIQUES AND HOMEWARES SHOPS ARE JUST SOME OF THE AMENITIES ALL WITHIN CASUAL WALKING DISTANCE. IF YOU’RE IN SEARCH OF ENTERTAINMENT BEYOND THIS, THE ARTS CENTRE, HAMER HALL, MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND AND AAMI PARK STADIUM ARE ALL JUST A SHORT TRAM RIDE AWAY.
LOCATED IN ONE OF MELBOURNE’S MOST VIBRANT RETAIL PRECINCTS, EIGHT MURPHY HAS THE BEST ACCESS TO WORLD-CLASS BOUTIQUES AND SHOPS
KINGS DOMAIN BARBER SHOP I LIFE WITH BIRD I LE LOUVRE I BOTTLE HOUSE I PRAHRAN MARKET
EIGHT MURPHY IS SURROUNDED BY SOME OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL TERRACED HOUSES AND ART DECO APARTMENTS
BEVERLY HILLS, DARLING STREET, SOUTH YARRA
CLOSE TO WALKING TRACKS, PARKLANDS AND LARGE OPEN SPACES, EIGHT MURPHY IS INTRINSICALLY CONNECTED TO THE OUTDOORS
FAWKNER PARK, SOUTH YARRA
FROM RELAXED CAFES TO CONTEMPORARY BARS AND ICONIC RESTAURANTS, EIGHT MURPHY OFFERS A MELTING POT OF DINING EXPERIENCES
CAFFE E CUCINA I FRANCE SOIR I THIRTY EIGHT CHAIRS I TWO BIRDS ONE STONE
“ EIGHT MURPHY IS THE RESULT OF A UNIQUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN CARR DESIGN GROUP AND URBAN DESIGN ARCHITECTS. EACH WAS SELECTED ACCORDING TO ITS DESIGN PRINCIPLES, ITS OUTSTANDING PORTFOLIO OF WORK AND HISTORY OF CREATING PROJECTS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE OF VALUE TO PURCHASERS IN THE LONG TERM “
LAZZCORP PROPERTY GROUP
INTERIORS AND ARCHITECTURE
CARR DESIGN GROUP, HEADED BY THE MUCH AWARDED SUE CARR, IS ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST INFLUENTIAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN FIRMS. FOR OVER 40 YEARS, CARR HAS EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS. OUR ARCHITECTS LED BY CHRIS MCCUE AND INTERIOR DESIGNERS DIRECTED BY DAN COX MAINTAIN A POSITION AS LEADERS OF DESIGN PRACTICE AND THINKING. A HOST OF SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES AND LONG-STANDING CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS ARE TESTAMENT TO OUR TEAM’S CONSISTENCY AND COMMITMENT. CARR HAS THREE CORE SPECIALISATIONS TO ADDRESS DESIGN FOR WORK, HOME AND LEISURE; EACH DISCIPLINE BENEFITS FROM THE KNOWLEDGE, RESEARCH AND TESTING OF THE OTHER. OUR CLIENTS EXPECT MORE THAN DESIGN: EXTRAORDINARY HOMES THAT ELEVATE QUALITY OF LIFE, HOSPITALITY SPACES THAT REDEFINE AMENITY AND ATTRACT GUESTS, WORKSPACES THAT ADVANCE BUSINESS AND ARE AS PRACTICAL AS THEY ARE INSPIRING, SUPERIOR FINANCIAL RETURNS ON INVESTMENT. SPACES THAT STAND THE TEST OF TIME.
URBAN DESIGN ARCHITECTS IS AN ESTABLISHED ARCHITECTURAL FIRM LED BY MARTYN TRIBE AND LOCATED IN INNER MELBOURNE. OUR EXPERTISE IN DESIGNING RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL PROJECTS SPANS OVER 30 YEARS. WE STRIVE FOR A COLLABORATIVE DESIGN PROCESS BETWEEN DESIGN TEAM, CLIENT AND OTHER RELEVANT AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE A DESIGN OUTCOME THAT IS PERSONALISED AND RELEVANT TO ITS SURROUNDINGS. EACH DESIGN IS AN INTELLIGENTLY CONSIDERED PRODUCT OF THE SITE CONSTRAINTS AND OR POSSIBILITIES AND ENDEAVORS TO MAXIMISE THE SITE POTENTIAL. UDA IS COMMITTED TO APPLYING ESD PRINCIPLES TO THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS IN ORDER TO CREATE A SOCIAL, EFFICIENT, ECONOMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE. URBAN DESIGN ARCHITECTS TAKES PRIDE IN THE STRENGTH OF REPEAT BUSINESS FROM MAJOR DEVELOPERS AND INVESTMENT INSTITUTIONS – A TESTAMENT TO A PERSONALISED AND PROACTIVE APPROACH AIMED AT PROVIDING A COMPLETE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE COMMITTED TO ONGOING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS AND DESIGN EXCELLENCE.
ESTABLISHED OVER 30 YEARS AGO, LAZZCORP PROPERTY GROUP IS A RECOGNISED INDUSTRY LEADER IN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT. LED BY THE EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM OF JIM LAZZAROTTO, OUR PASSIONATE TEAM DELIVERS EXCELLENCE ACROSS A RANGE OF PROJECT LOCATIONS AND COMPLEXITIES. LAZZCORP PROPERTY GROUP TRANSFORMS LANDSCAPES AND LIFESTYLES WITH ELEGANT, SOPHISTICATED BUILDINGS AND HAS A REPUTATION FOR RECOGNISING THE POSSIBILITY EACH INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY REPRESENTS. ON THIS FOUNDATION WE CREATE DYNAMIC DESIGNS AND DISTINCTIVE STRUCTURES, OFFERING OWNERS OR INVESTOR’S PREMIUM RESIDENCES WITH SUPERB AMENITY. ITS FAMILY COMPANY VALUES COMPLEMENT A HANDS ON APPROACH AND STRONG TRADITION OF ASTUTENESS, VALUE AND CUSTOMER CARE. TODAY OUR OUTSTANDING PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING EXPERTISE ARE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED.
MARTYN TRIBE I CHRIS MCCUE I SUE CARR I NINA YU
WHAT WAS THE BRIEF PUT FORWARD FOR 8 MURPHY STREET?
WHAT INSPIRED THE ARCHITECTURE FOR 8 MURPHY STREET?
MARTYN TRIBE (ARCHITECT): THE BRIEF FOR EIGHT MURPHY WAS TO CREATE A BOUTIQUE BUILDING WITH BASEMENT CARPARKING.
CHRIS MCCUE: INSPIRED BY THE TYPICAL TERRACE OR ROW HOUSE TYPOLOGY FOUND IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, THE DEVELOPMENT IS COMPOSED OF THREE BAY TERRACES. LIKE A LOT OF THE ICONIC VICTORIANS – WHICH POSSESS THEIR OWN INTRICACIES AND ARCHITECTURAL QUIRKS – EACH OF THE THREE FORMS ARE SUBTLY VARIED FROM THE OTHER.
COLLABORATING WITH CARR DESIGN AND LAZZCORP, WE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CREATING A PROJECT THAT IS DIFFERENT TO EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE MARKET. THE ANTITHESIS OF THE ‘BIG GLASS BOX’, LAZZCORP REQUESTED A DESIGN THAT IS ELEGANT, SOPHISTICATED AND ENDURING. THIS LITTLE POCKET OF SOUTH YARRA IS SO UNIQUE; LAZZCORP WERE KEEN TO CREATE THE TYPE OF HOME THAT IS TRULY RARE IN TODAY’S INNER-CITY REAL ESTATE MARKET. RESPONDING TO A CONTEMPORARY LIFESTYLE, THEY WANTED EACH APARTMENT TO BE SPACIOUS, LUXURIOUS AND COMFORTABLE. THIS MEANS LARGER LIVING AREAS, GENEROUS BALCONIES AND TERRACES, HIGH-END FINISHES AND FIXTURES AND DUAL CAR PARKS. WHAT IS THE OVERRIDING IDEA FOR 8 MURPHY STREET? MARTYN TRIBE: THE DESIGN OF EIGHT MURPHY WAS PARTICULARLY INFLUENCED BY ITS LOCATION WITHIN A HERITAGE STREETSCAPE. LIKE MOST OF SOUTH YARRA, THIS AREA IS RENOWNED FOR HAVING SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND PRESERVED TERRACED HOUSES IN MELBOURNE. WE ASPIRED TO CREATE A DESIGN THAT WOULD COMPLEMENT AND PRESERVE THE STREETSCAPE’S UNIQUE CHARACTER AND AESETHTIC. CHRIS MCCUE (ARCHITECT): IT WAS ESSENTIALLY ABOUT RECOGNISING AND STRENGTHENING WHAT’S THERE, AND PROMOTING NEW IDEAS ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE. IN THIS CASE, IT’S THE INTERESTING AMALGAMATION OF NEARBY DOUBLE - SOMETIMES TRIPLE - STOREY TERRACED HOUSES, AND THE ROBUST AESTHETICS OF GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE. WE’VE AIMED TO INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE PRINCIPLES AND OFFER A CONTEMPORARY DESIGN AS A NEW WAY OF LIVING. THE OUTCOME IS A THOROUGHLY MODERN, DISCREET AND WELL MANNERED APARTMENT BUILDING. IT IS A FORM THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE FAMILIAR TO THE VIEWER, YET ENCOURAGES THEM TO THINK ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE IN A NEW AND INTERESTING WAY.
ALTHOUGH THE ELEVATION AND THE PROPORTIONS REFERENCE THE TYPOLOGY OF VICTORIAN HOUSING, THE FACADE TAKES ITS CUES FROM GEORGIAN INFLUENCES AND SUGGESTS A MORE CONTEMPORARY FORM. UNLIKE TERRACES WHICH HAVE A GREAT LEVEL OF ORNAMENTATION AND DECORATIVE BRICKWORK, THE FACADE IS MONOLITHIC, ROBUST AND DEVOID OF DECORATION. DETAIL IS EXPRESSED IN THE ARTICULATION OF THE BALUSTRADES, HANDRAILS, SPANDRELS AND FENCING. THE MAIN PODIUM OF THE BUILDING IS THREE LEVELS TALL, OFFERING DIFFERENT HEIGHTS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ACTIVITY OF THE STREET. THE DEEP BAYS OF EACH FRAME DEFINE THE BALCONY FORMS, RECESSES TO BEDROOM WINDOWS AND JULIET BALCONIES. ACCORDINGLY THE BALCONY TREATMENT LIGHTENS WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING. THE LOWER FLOORS REQUIRE A GREATER LEVEL OF PRIVACY FROM PASSERSBY, SO THE BALCONY BALUSTRADES ARE VISUALLY ENCLOSED. THE UPPER LEVELS HOWEVER, ARE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH A CRISP, CONTEMPORARY DETAIL. THE MATERIAL FOR THE LEVEL FOUR RESIDENCES CHANGE FROM THE SOLID MASONRY FORM TO CLADDING MORE EVOCATIVE OF THE METALWORK DETAIL FOUND IN THE BALCONY BALUSTRADES. THIS ENSURES THAT THE TOP FLOOR SEAMLESSLY FITS INTO THE BUILDING’S DESIGN. TO PROVIDE SOLAR PROTECTION TO THE WEST, A VEIL OF OPERABLE ALUMINIUM LOUVRES PERFORM, FRAMED BY A FURTHER LAYERING OF METAL CLAD BAYS. HOW DOES EACH APARTMENT’S FLOOR PLAN REFLECT HOW PEOPLE LIVE TODAY? SUE CARR (INTERIOR DESIGN): AT THE MOMENT THERE IS AN INCREASING DESIRE FOR PEOPLE TO SWAP THE QUARTER-ACRE BLOCK FOR PREMIUM ACCESS TO AMENITY, LIFESTYLE, SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND CULTURE. THERE IS NO OTHER PART OF MELBOURNE THAT BETTER SERVES THESE PURPOSES THAN SOUTH YARRA. OUR DESIGNS HAVE ALWAYS ELOQUENTLY REFLECTED WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CONTEMPORARY LIFE, FORMULATED AS A RESPONSE TO THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE TODAY.
MOST FLOORPLANS HAVE A LARGE OPEN-PLAN LIVING AREA, WITH EACH SPACE CLEVERLY BROKEN DOWN INTO A SERIES OF ZONES – LIVING, DINING, KITCHEN AND STUDY. THIS FLEXIBILITY ALLOWS MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS, SO IT MIGHT BE THAT AT ONE END OF THE LIVING ROOM SOMEONE IS WATCHING A MOVIE, WHILE AT THE OTHER END FRIENDS ARE CASUALLY GATHERING AROUND AN ISLAND BENCH. THE KITCHEN IS A COMPOSITION OF HIGH END APPLIANCES, STREAMLINED CABINETRY AND QUALITY MATERIALS. THE ISLAND BENCH AND THE SUSPENDED RANGE HOOD ARE QUITE MONOLITHIC, REFLECTING THE SCALE OF ARCHITECTURE. THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED EDGE DETAIL CREATING A CLEAN-CUT, SEAMLESS DESIGN. IN MANY OF THE LARGER APARTMENTS WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A SCULLERY WHICH AS AN EXTENSION OF THE KITCHEN, NOT ONLY SERVES AS AN EVERYDAY STORE BUT ALSO PROVIDES A PARTICULARLY USEFUL ADDITION OF WORKING SPACE. WE HAVE DIVIDED THE MASTER BEDROOM ZONE INTO THREE PARTS – SLEEPING, DRESSING AND BATHING. ALL THREE AREAS SEAMLESSLY FLOW ONE TO ANOTHER, CREATING A LUXURIOUS SPACE. REFLECTING THE INCREASING NEED TO ENTERTAIN AND BE CONNECTED TO THE OUTDOORS, EVERY APARTMENT INCLUDES A BALCONY OR TERRACE, EACH EXTENDING THE LIVING SPACE. WHAT MAKES 8 MURPHY STREET INTERIOR SPACES SO EXCEPTIONAL? CHRIS MCCUE: EIGHT MURPHY DEMONSTRATES THE STRENGTH OF A SINGLE IDEA AND THE POWER OF UNDERSTANDING A BRIEF TO ACHIEVE PRACTICAL AND COMMERCIAL OUTCOMES. THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE FACADE WITH THE FINE DETAILING TRANSLATES INTO THE INTERIOR SPACES. EACH APARTMENT REFLECTS CLEVER SPATIAL PLANNING AND METICULOUS DETAILING TO ENSURE THAT THE INTERIORS FIT WITH THE OVERRIDING THEMES OF THE PROJECT – A QUALITY IN MATERIALS, SIMPLICITY OF FORM AND AN EMPHASIS ON LIVING. THIS CONSIDERED APPROACH IS EVIDENCED EVERYWHERE – FROM THE CUSTOM C-DESIGN BASINS TO THE OVERSIZED PORCELAIN TILES AND THE CRISP WHITE JOINERY THAT HOUSES A VERITABLE TROVE OF STORAGE SPACE. IT’S A CLEVER PLAN, WITH NO WASTED SPACE AND ITS ADAPTABILITY WILL CATER TO A DIVERSE RANGE OF LIFESTYLES.
SUE CARR: AT CARR, DESIGN IS WHAT DRIVES US AND OUR BUSINESS. WE FIND THAT GOOD DESIGN IS A RESULT OF PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW PEOPLE INHABIT THEIR SPACES. A BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED INTERIOR NOT ONLY ADDS VALUE TO THE PROPERTY BUT IT CHANGES THE WAY WE THINK AND FEEL. ALL APARTMENTS ARE FITTED WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY MATERIALS TO REFLECT A CALMING SYMMETRY AND SIMPLICITY IN FORM. A NATURAL COLOUR AND MATERIAL PALETTE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY SELECTED TO OFFER A CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENT WHICH ALLOWS EACH OWNER TO PERSONALISE THEIR SPACE. THE EUROPEAN OAK FLOORBOARDS ARE NOT ONLY PRACTICAL BUT THEY ADD WARMTH AND TEXTURE. HOW MIGHT YOUR DESIGN RESPONSE PROFIT THOSE PURCHASING 8 MURPHY STREET APARTMENTS IN THE LONG TERM? MARTYN TRIBE: COLLABORATING WITH CARR, WE SPENT A LONG TIME DISSECTING THE BRIEF. AT ITS CORE, THE BRIEF IS TO CREATE APARTMENTS THAT HAVE LONG TERM GROWTH AND FINANCIAL GAINS. CHRIS MCCUE: THE ARCHITECTURAL QUALITIES OF EIGHT MURPHY ARE TIMELESS. THEY ARE TIMELESS NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE A SYMPATHETIC AND CONSIDERED RESPONSE TO THE EXISTING HERITAGE STREETSCAPE, BUT THEY ARE TIMELESS BECAUSE OF ITS USE OF MATERIALS AND ITS SUSTAINABILITY CREDENTIALS. MATERIALS SUCH AS ZINC, METAL, ALUMINIUM, STEEL AND CONCRETE NOT ONLY LOOK DYNAMIC AND CONTEMPORARY, BUT THEY DEVELOP BEAUTIFULLY OVERTIME. SUE CARR: WHEN WE DESIGN A SPACE, WE DON’T JUST THINK ABOUT OUR LIFESTYLES TODAY. WE ARE CONTINUALLY ASKING OURSELVES WHAT WILL THE FUTURE BUYER WANT: WILL THEY FAVOUR A BALCONY OVER MORE LIVING SPACE? WILL THE KITCHEN STILL BE THE HEART OF THE HOME? WILL THEY NEED A SCULLERY? AS THE WORLD AROUND US BECOMES INCREASINGLY BUSIER, HECTIC AND CONGESTED, THE FUTURE BUYER WILL CRAVE PRIVACY, PEACE AND TRANQUILITY. AS THE COST OF LIVING RISES AND OUR WORK LIVES BECOME MORE DEMANDING, THEY WILL WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME AT HOME. THEY WILL PREFERENCE HOME ENTERTAINING OVER EATING OUT AND WILL DEMAND SECURITY AND SPACE, WITHOUT THE MAINTENANCE. THEY WILL WANT INTIMATE PODS WHERE THEY CAN SET UP THEIR LAPTOP, IPADS, PHONE AND CONNECT. THESE ASSUMPTIONS ALLOW US TO CREATE A DESIGN THAT’S LUXURIOUS BUT COMFORTABLE, TIMELESS BUT FUNCTIONAL. EIGHT MURPHY IS MORE THAN JUST DESIGN, IT’S AN EXPERIENCE.
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ALL IMAGES, VIEWS AND DIAGRAMS ARE INDICATIVE OR ARTISTS’ IMPRESSIONS ONLY. DIMENSIONS, AREAS, FITTINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE INDICATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. FURNITURE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE. ESTIMATED FLOOR AREA IS MEASURED TO THE OUTSIDE FACE OF ALL EXTERNAL ENCLOSING WALLS AND TO THE EXTERNAL FACE OF ALL CORRIDOR WALLS AND TO THE CENTRELINE OF ALL SHARED WALLS. PURCHASERS SHOULD CHECK THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS INCLUDED IN THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT OF SALE CAREFULLY PRIOR TO SIGNING THE CONTRACT.