Each residence at Domaine has been meticulously crafted to embody timeless architecture and enduring materiality.

Each residence at Domaine has been meticulously crafted to embody timeless architecture and enduring materiality. Solid concrete construction anchors the homes in strength and stillness, while slender bespoke brickwork and steel-framed windows evoke a refined European sensibility. An architectural oculus crowns the upper level, a sculptural gesture that draws light inward and acknowledges the character of the surrounding precinct.

The composition is elegantly restrained, defined by proportion, light, and texture rather than ornamentation. Inside, high ceilings, expansive glazing and natural materials create a sense of calm generosity. Every detail from Artedomus Elba stone to Jack Merlo’s landscape design, has been chosen to age with beauty and integrity.

Individual homes with secure private entrances, lush landscaping, and thoughtfully integrated 7-star sustainability.

Each home is crafted for enduring comfort and efficiency, featuring solar power, provision for EV charging, and hydronic heating that delivers gentle, consistent warmth throughout the seasons. Highly efficient hydronic slab heating and cooling further elevates thermal performance, ensuring a stable indoor climate with reduced energy use. Passive design principles maximise natural light and ventilation, creating interiors that feel balanced and temperate year-round.

With spacious double garages and no basement, life unfolds seamlessly and without compromise. This is effortless living in its most sophisticated form.

Domaine embodies a considered approach to modern living—where environmental intelligence enhances wellbeing, and luxury is defined as much by comfort as by craftsmanship.

From the Architect

For over thirty years, my practice has been dedicated to crafting homes that are as individual as the people who inhabit them. Domaine represents the culmination of this journey — a collection of six homes that reinterpret Melbourne’s historic row house in a contemporary, highly refined form.

From the outset, our intention was clear: to create residences where privacy, autonomy, and elegance coexist. Neighbours live adjacent, yet each home is entirely self-contained. Shared lifts and underground carparks were consciously avoided, replaced instead with generous, landscaped street frontages, side-by-side garages, and thoughtfully composed interior flows.

The architectural language draws on the timeless elegance of French Deco, reinterpreted for contemporary living. Steel-framed windows frame carefully composed views; stone-clad brickwork and subtly curved forms convey solidity, tactility, and quiet sophistication.

The full concrete structure underpins the homes with permanence, energy efficiency, and acoustic serenity.

Internally, the homes are layered for living and entertaining. Upper levels celebrate Melbourne’s most cherished vistas, while carefully conceived zones allow families or couples to move seamlessly between togetherness and solitude. The crowning floor is an open, elevated setting for gatherings — complete with terrace, bar, and BBQ — yet an open fire beneath a sculptural oculus transforms it into an intimate winter retreat.

Every design decision was made with longevity in mind. The material palette, architectural proportions, and structural integrity ensure that Domaine is not only relevant today but will endure gracefully for generations, both as architecture and as lived experience.

Nicholas Murray —
NMA Architects