2/16 Yuille Street, Brighton, Vic 3186

Hidden beyond the tall gums of this iconic address, this breathtaking home makes modern architectural history. Designed c.1968 by leading architect and academic, Graham Gunn OAM, and built by Merchant Builders in approx 540sqm grounds, this substantial home is now reimagined as the family home of the builder Darren Swan. 

Reinterpreting Gunn’s Modernist vision for today’s modern family life, award-wining architect Paolo Pianezze extends on the home’s original solid-brick base with an up to five-bedroom, 3.5 bathroom floorplan centred on a broad-lawned north-facing pool-garden. Rising across multiple zones and two lofty levels, this expertly crafted design places all that's needed at ground-level (including a garden-access master-wing, a clever home-office/fifth bedroom and free-flowing formal, casual and alfresco zones), while adding a dedicated first-floor level for kids, grandkids and fortunate guests - complete with a second suite and third living zone.

Curated with respect for the home’s notable Modernist origins with a lofty vaulted roofline retained in place, and wide walls of windows echoed in full-height double-glazing, the home’s uncompromising architectural specification sets it unquestionably in today. Starring a state-of-the-art Miele kitchen with four ovens (2 pyrolytic, steamer and combi), the home entertains at the highest level with a full-depth butler's pantry (with second integrated fridge and dishwasher) plus a fully-appointed al fresco kitchen with dual bar-fridges and a wok-burner. 

When the entertaining is done, the home offers a perfect escape in the pool-view master-wing with skylit dual-vanity ensuite (wrapped in stone and cocooned beyond a corridor of robes), while the upper-level bedroom wing encourages a little homework with a desk for each robe-fitted bedroom. Showcasing an inspired curation with rich natural marble and super white stone (from benchtops, to gas fire surround), the home’s French Oak floors are echoed by coastal Oak-style cabinetry, while Emporite paint-finishes feature on internal doors. 

But perhaps the greatest homage to the home’s architectural integrity lies in the practicality of its design and appointments; with hydronic heating complemented by triple zone climate-control, and video-intercom, 4-camera CCTV and alarm coming together to enhance security along with a generous double auto-garage and screened entry. Set within the broad lawns, the solar-heated pool has a clean-lined Modernist edge (with subtle Spanish mosaic tiling and invisible glass-fencing), while an elegant, raised kitchen-garden echoes the vintage 1960’s vegie patch (complete with lemon-tree).

Hidden away at one of Brighton’s most high-profile addresses, this architectural treasure can be found within a heartbeat of it all. Just one block from Were St Village and Oli and Ari café, the property has Brighton Beach station within four blocks, Dendy St beach’s bathing boxes and new Lifesaving Cub within a short stroll, Haileybury and St Leonard’s Colleges within a walk, and Church St and the central Brighton schools just one stop down the line.   

Please contact Julian Augustini on 0418 558 408 or Romana Preston on 0401 066 909 for further details.