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Multi-residential architects
Multi-residential architects in Melbourne
Apartments, townhouses and social housing designed for yield, amenity and approval, by the practice behind Hampton Quarter, Smith & Co and East Brunswick Village.
In short
JAM Architects designs apartment buildings, townhouses and social housing across Melbourne and Geelong. Projects include Hampton Quarter (170+ apartments), Smith & Co in Collingwood (230+ apartments), the buildings of East Brunswick Village and 137 social housing homes at Lusher Road, Croydon.
Multi-residential architects
Density that earns its place
Multi-residential design is a balancing act: enough yield to make the project work, enough amenity to make the homes worth living in, and enough care with the street to win the planning permit. We have been finding that balance for developers, builders and community housing providers across Melbourne for more than 25 years.
Our multi-residential work ranges from Bakehouse Terraces in Fitzroy North, which keeps a 1902 bakehouse and reinterprets the terrace house, to Hampton Quarter, four buildings and more than 170 apartments along a bayside rail corridor.
Every project is shaped by shared space: courtyards, rooftop gardens and laneways that give residents somewhere to meet and give the building a generous face to the street.
What we design
Apartments, townhouses and community housing
Apartment buildings
Mid-rise and large apartment buildings such as Hampton Quarter, Ballarat Road (139 apartments) and Coppin Street (145 apartments).
Townhouses and terraces
Townhouse and terrace projects such as Bakehouse Terraces, Fitzroy North, that bring density to established streets.
Social and affordable housing
Lusher Road, Croydon: 137 social housing homes delivered under the Victorian Government's Big Housing Build for Community Housing Victoria.
Precinct housing
The residential buildings of East Brunswick Village, including Fasteners Way, Elm Grove and 149 Nicholson Street.
Sustainable apartments
Passive design, rooftop solar and efficient services, with 149 Nicholson Street averaging 7.5 NatHERS stars.
Planning and yield
Feasibility, massing and planning applications that test what a site can deliver before you commit.
Featured projects
Selected work
Hampton Quarter
A mixed-use urban renewal development that consolidates several under-used parcels and an existing car park.
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Smith & Co
"A complex arrangement of retail, commercial and residential spaces" on a large site in Collingwood's busy shopping strip.
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Bakehouse Terraces
The site's original brick bakehouse was built in 1902 for baker James Willmott, whose shop was at 392 Queens Parade.
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Lusher Road
One of the largest projects in Victoria's Big Housing Build, Lusher Road is "the redevelopment of an existing industrial site into a social...
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Ballarat Road
The redevelopment of a large vacant site into a six-storey residential complex.
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Fasteners Way (EBV)
Fasteners Way "completes the northern edge of East Brunswick Village and is the first purely residential building." A contemporary brick facade is...
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Coppin Street
An "exercise in renewal" of an abandoned industrial site close to the Bridge Road retail precinct, within an established residential area.
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Elm Grove (EBV)
Part of East Brunswick Village, one of the inner north's largest urban renewal projects, planned as a self-sustaining community where daily needs...
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Montvue
Set within the natural landscape of Melbourne's urban fringe, the apartments respond through greenery and views: "The architectural facades create...
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Services that support it
Planning Permits & VCAT
Planning applications, council negotiation and VCAT representation.
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Asked and answered
Do you design apartments for developers?
Yes. Most of our multi-residential work is for developers and builders, including Banco Group, epc Pacific and Kayhill Properties. We design with yield, buildability and saleability in mind from the first feasibility.
Do you design social and community housing?
Yes. Lusher Road in Croydon delivered 137 social housing homes for Community Housing Victoria under the Big Housing Build, with courtyards, rooftop terraces and 105 basement car spaces.
Can you tell me what a site will yield?
Yes. We prepare feasibility studies with massing, yield and planning advice before purchase or before a planning application. See Feasibility Studies.
Do you work on townhouse developments in Geelong too?
Yes. Our Geelong studio designs townhouse and apartment projects across Geelong and the Bellarine. See Architects Geelong.
Next step
Tell us about your project.
A site you are buying, a planning permit, a new home or a full precinct: start with a conversation with one of our directors.
Contact
Start with a conversation
Tell us about the site and what you have in mind. A director from our Melbourne or Geelong studio will come back to you to talk it through.
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Melbourne studio
Geelong studio