Despite its grand scale, the Ian Potter Southbank Centre, home of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, is a building of remarkable generosity, whose design is grounded in encouraging the artistic.

The Stella Collective on their drive to create projects that instill genuine happiness and their relationship with Artedomus which culminated in a project described as “a love letter”.

Subtly interweaving old and new, the St Kilda East House does not seek to transform the stately art deco original, instead enhancing a sense of connection between the contemporary and the existing.