{"id":10144,"date":"2026-06-21T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=10144"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:23:50","slug":"century-old-melbourne-corner-shop-transformed-into-family-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/century-old-melbourne-corner-shop-transformed-into-family-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Century-old Melbourne corner shop transformed into family home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Local studio Kister Architects has turned a former 1910 corner shop in Melbourne<\/a> into a family home<\/a> with a lush internal courtyard<\/a> entrance designed to bring greenery to the urban site. <\/span><\/p>\n

Aptly named The Corner Shop, Kister Architects<\/a> adapted a “milk bar” that served the local community for over a century before closing in 2016, later reopening as a series of cafe’s.<\/p>\n

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Kister Architects transformed a 1910 corner shop into a family home in Melbourne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Located at the corner of Murray and York streets in Melbourne’s Prahran suburb, the original 287-square-metre corner shop plot was combined with a 90-square-metre site adjacent, which became available during construction, making space for a garden that was integrated into the plan.<\/p>\n

Renovated<\/a> by the studio’s founder Ilana Kister for herself and her daughters, the three-storey home was designed to introduce elements of nature and greenery to inner-city\u00a0living.<\/p>\n

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The original corner shop facade was preserved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a bid to preserve the character and street presence of the original shop, Kister retained the shopfront facade and bottle-green tiles while replacing street-facing windows with glass bricks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the external palette combines grey and black render alongside silvertop ash timber cladding, interspersed with climbing vegetation and rooftop planting.<\/p>\n

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Glass bricks replace street-facing windows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Glass bricks preserve the facade rhythm while completely changing how the openings function,” Kister told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“From the street, the building still reads as a corner shop \u2013 from inside, the space fills with diffused dappled light while maintaining privacy.”<\/p>\n

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The Corner Shop entrance opens onto an internal courtyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The original corner shop entrance leads directly onto a lush internal courtyard filled with an array of plants.<\/p>\n

“Making the entry a courtyard was the single most important decision in the project,” said Kister.<\/p>\n