A duality of centuries – Albion Terrace, Brunswick East honours the Italianate c1890 Victorian heritage of the landmark building opposite and puts a 21st century twist on its Victorian recessed arcades, the red bricks and the classical balustrades while adding ‘new age’ energy efficient and ingenuity.
Certified as a 7 Star Energy Efficient Building, Albion Terrace will offer a communal roof terrace with barbecue facilities, vegie patches and established trees, solar hot water, solar panels, high performance glass, water harvesting to feed a recycled water fire tank and apartment needs, cross ventilation and energy efficient appliances. The rooftop stands five floors above the street level, ensuring this unique building will have stunning panoramic views of the historic inner-city suburbs of Melbourne and beyond to the CBD, the Dandenongs and the Macedon Ranges.
With an organic wholefoods ethical retailing store, Rewine recycled bottle wine store and Bee Sustainable honey, cheese and yoghurt supplies, coupled with the funky East Brunswick Wine Store, recycling initiative Smug Relish Café and Muscle Shoals Records. Excellent schools are located nearby. Albion Terrace sits proudly within the highly ranked Northcote High School zone and is close to a number of other high-quality educational facilities including the University of Melbourne in nearby Parkville.
Throw away the car keys as you literally have all forms of transport at your call, with the No 1 (Brunswick/South Melbourne) & No 8 trams (Moreland/Toorak), as well as the 503 bus taking you to Essendon at your door. It’s only a short stroll to Anstey station to nip into the CBD, while visitor parking and bike parking is available on site for the on-site retail outlets and friends. Private residential parking is kept separate in the secure basement via Eddy Street.
A boutique collection of only 21 apartments, architecturally and interior designed by award-winning practice Kavellaris Urban Design. Offering 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms designs including 2 penthouses. Creating a new benchmark in urban living, this soon-to-be celebrated building will be softened by oxygen-breathing greenery on the rooftop, thoughtfully designed by John Patrick Landscape Architects. A rare infusion of garden beauty and urban living in the north. These unique apartments are an extension of the attitude of the community – contemporary on-trend flair with cutting-edge sustainable living, bringing beautiful bespoke touches to functional indoor-outdoor designs. Each apartment has their own terrace balcony, secure basement car space, to ensure the right balance of lifestyle living is met.
Setting a benchmark in luxury living, Golden Peak Developments have an uncompromising attitude to both quality and design. They have been involved in many prestige developments in and around Melbourne, and team up with leading contemporary Australian architects and designers to create a new standard in high density living. Golden Peak Developments and their team are unrivalled in their quest for creating projects of the highest calibre and have over 20 years’ experience in both Melbourne and internationally.
Kavellaris Urban Design is an award-winning architect and interior design firm in Richmond, Victoria, dedicated to finding the intellectual and philosophical principles behind the materials, the construct and the people, to create bespoke architecture with an environmental conscious. KUD is world-renowned celebrated in architectural publications, journals and television for their national and international awards for both residential and commercial projects.