{"id":17826,"date":"2018-03-19T10:53:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T10:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/?p=17826"},"modified":"2018-05-02T11:51:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T11:51:05","slug":"minimal-luxury-contemporary-home-rob-mills-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/minimal-luxury-contemporary-home-rob-mills-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimal Luxury: The Contemporary Home of Rob Mills Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Armadale Residence is the ultimate expression of Rob Mills<\/strong>\u2019 ability to integrate architecture<\/strong> <\/em>with a highly resolved interior design<\/strong>.
\nThe original warehouse at Armadale Residence, in the Melbourne suburb of\u00a0Armadale, has been a central building for Rob Mills, as he connected profoundly with its expansive interior space<\/strong> while residing there himself, before embarking on its renewal as his family residence.<\/p>\n

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See also:\u00a0Minimalist and Modern Apartment in the Heart of Paris<\/a><\/p>\n

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As it is a personal interior design project<\/strong>, renovating the space has been challenging. \u201cWhen you design<\/strong> for yourself there are no frames of reference,\u201d says Mills. \u201cI was keen, however, to ensure that there is enough light, that the materials push a strong design ethos and, moreover, that it becomes a family home as opposed to a bachelor pad.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The building has been divided in a way that is functional and inspiring. There is a complete two-bedroom minimalist apartment<\/strong> on the ground floor, which can be rented or used for extended family, while the main living area<\/strong> on the first floor \u2013 in the European tradition \u2013 has expansive ceiling heights of 3.4 meters.<\/p>\n

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\"Minimal<\/a>There is a sense of minimal\u00a0luxury,<\/strong> not only in the space but in the selection of refined materials and modern furniture<\/strong>, how they are used and interact. The walls are rendered and velvety stucco, the stone floors are\u00a0from a sixth generation quarry in Verona,\u00a0 while the tour de force of the brass contemporary kitchen evokes a spirit of art<\/strong> rather than domesticity.<\/p>\n

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The spiral staircase<\/strong>, a signature Rob Mills element, sits under glazing, while the soft rendered wall surface allows the eye to glide, unimpeded, to the sky above.
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Door frames are deep and brass-lined, while the cocooning \u201cwinter room\u201d, influenced by his studies of the traditional English house, with its timber panels and recessed windows, takes on another character entirely.<\/p>\n

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Source: Robb Mills Architecture\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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