Tarakan Street was one of 36 featured projects in a curated exhibition at the Hawthorn Arts Centre as part of the Open House Melbourne weekend. The exhibition tackles the housing challenges facing Melbourne by showcasing, through built projects, how well-designed density can provide amenity to both the residents and the wider community. NH Architecture and Bird de la Coeur were pleased to have our social housing project featured as an exemplary project in "Density Done Well'. 

Curator: Victorian Chapter Housing Committee, Australian Institute of Architects, with special thanks to Sarah Buckeridge
Photo: Gosia Sum
Venue: Hawthorn Arts Centre
Sponsored by Open House Melbourne and the City of Boroondara

Over the Open House Melbourne weekend Density Done Well will be exhibited at the Hawthorn Arts Centre. Tarakan Street Social Housing, by NH Architecture and Bird de la Coeur Architects is included.

Hosted by the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects, the exhibition showcases 36 exemplary housing projects designed by architects from across Melbourne. The exhibition tackles the housing challenges facing Victoria and demonstrates how well-designed density can provide private amenity for residents and public amenity for communities. Curated by the Chapter's Housing Committee.

Hawthorn Arts Centre
360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn

Friday 24 July 12-5pm
Saturday 25 July 12-4pm
Sunday 26 July July 12-4pm

Our Niddrie Quarry Housing - Canopi Valley Lake - has been Awarded as a Finalist in the 2025 Victorian Premier's Design Awards in the Architectural Design Category!

Canopi is 104 affordable – energy efficient, timber - townhouses in the former Niddrie Quarry. it demonstrates the repair and transformation of a well-located but highly damaged brownfield site into medium density housing.

In 1999 community activism saved the site from becoming a toxic dump. Now home to wetland sanctuaries, a lake, 100s of new trees and houses that tap into existing established infrastructure, like schools, hospitals, transport and shops.