MERMAID MULTIHOUSE BY PARTNERS HILL WITH HOGG AND LAMB

Intriguingly, Mermaid Multihouse by Partners Hill with Hogg and Lamb is described by the architects as a “demonstration project,” signalling its value as a scheme with qualities and outcomes worth reproducing. In these terms, the design proposes a judiciously original and intelligible vision for the dual occupation of a suburban block.

Pooling their resources for a dual occupancy rebuild on the site of their former family home on Queensland’s Gold Coast, a multi-generational client pair (a mother and her adult son) set the path for Mermaid Multihouse, seeking a better outcome together than