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Issue 61 - Vintage Modern Issue

Issue 61

Vintage Modern Issue

The breadth and scope of Habitus has always been extraordinary. With how we live at heart of every issue, we have stepped it up with Guest Editor David Flack of Flack Studio shaking the ‘how’ and looking at new ways to make a house a home. With Vintage Modern as the issues theme, we look at the way iconic design has stayed with us, how daring pieces from the past can add the wow factor and how architecture and good design defy the pigeon hole of their era.

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A Minimalist Residence in Toorak
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A Minimalist Residence in Toorak

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Robert Davidov is the architect of Toorak’s LSD Residence, a stunning and spacious home that uses a neutral palette to create warmth.


Designed for a couple of soon-to-be empty-nesters, the LSD Residence is a striking, asymmetrical, and cement-heavy home in Victoria’s Toorak. Contrasting with the concrete walls are generous ceiling to floor glass windows on the second floor, with the blinds creating an intriguing pattern when the house is viewed from afar, and allowing residents privacy from the outside world.

LSD House - Davidov Partners Architect | Habitus Living

The site of the house is narrow and long, and Davidov designed the residence itself to consist of three central blocks with two glazed interstitial zones containing the entrance and staircase, as well as the kitchen area. Wanting both a communal alfresco and bar area for social gatherings, and a separate kitchen for the real cooking and cleaning, the house features a butler’s kitchen placed in close proximity to the larger central island open kitchen.

LSD House - Davidov Partners Architect | Habitus Living

The master bedroom makes the most of the cement and travertine composition of the residence, with a curved concrete slab concealing a shower and LED lighting contrasting with the natural lighting that is a principle feature of the rest of the house. For Davidov, “The curved wall of the shower animates the stark façade of the building, which, depending on the lighting levels and time of day emerges and submerges from view from the street.”

LSD House - Davidov Partners Architect | Habitus Living

The LSD Residence plays with a palette of neutral colours, contrasting the cooler concrete with warm, blonde timbers, and prominent double-glazed glass.

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Photography by Jack Lovel

LSD House - Davidov Partners Architect | Habitus Living
LSD House - Davidov Partners Architect | Habitus Living
LSD House - Davidov Partners Architect | Habitus Living
LSD House - Davidov Partners Architect | Habitus Living
LSD House - Davidov Partners Architect | Habitus Living

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Issue 61 - Vintage Modern Issue

Issue 61

Vintage Modern Issue

The breadth and scope of Habitus has always been extraordinary. With how we live at heart of every issue, we have stepped it up with Guest Editor David Flack of Flack Studio shaking the ‘how’ and looking at new ways to make a house a home. With Vintage Modern as the issues theme, we look at the way iconic design has stayed with us, how daring pieces from the past can add the wow factor and how architecture and good design defy the pigeon hole of their era.

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