The southern capital’s residential sales record could soon be topped, with the arrival of a contemporary Toorak trophy home that has a guide of $75 million to $82 million.
was asked to design a luxury home for his Toorak client about a decade ago, he was handed two commodities rarely offered in house design: a blank canvas and an open chequebook.
“Our brief was basically the accommodation requirements, and the project developed as we went,” Cortese says “It’s incredibly elegant, and the finishes are sublime.”Sue worked alongside Cortese, and his eponymous firm Ilario G Cortese Architects, over five years to create the four-storey, resort-style retreat located in the heart of Toorak.
“People think because it’s simple, it’s easy,” he says. “But to make things simple takes a lot of thought and design work, and can be more complex than a period-style home.” A room with an X-Golf simulator is located opposite a gym with steam room and aerial yoga fitting, which in turn connects to an art studio with framed views to theNext to the gym is an eight-seat cinema that features a bar, commercial-grade acoustics and a projector imported from France, along with two basement-level bathrooms finished in expertly book-matched black marble.
Up another level via the marble staircase with bespoke nickel balustrade are four large bedrooms all with ensuite bathrooms, while atop sits the aforementioned entire-floor master suite.Cortese, who worked with interior design firm SJB, says warmth and liveability were injected into the vast spaces through shifts in the colour palette and finishes like textured wallpapers, silk carpets, mosaic tiles and glistening plaster walls.
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