Inside Troye Sivan’s Mid-Century Melbourne Oasis | Open Door | Architectural Digest

Today Architectural Digest brings you to Australia to visit Troye Sivan at his beautiful Melbourne home. Unpretentious yet expertly decorated, Troye collaborated with designer David Flack of local firm Flack Studio to bring the vision of his sunny, soulful home to life. An erstwhile brick factory and handball court, the property was transformed into a residence in 1970 by architect John Mockridge, preserving the essence of its Victorian-era origins. Today, it’s an eclectically decorated sanctuary - and a home for Troye’s artistic imagination.

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Intercolonial Handball Match.
Author / Creator
Calvert, Samuel, 1828-1913, engraver.
Source: State Library Victoria.

Handball: the intercolonial match.
Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria.


Select artwork by @hotelsofnorthkorea.

Artworks by Jahnne Pasco-White, Nell, Tom Polo and Jahnne Pasco-White, courtesy the artists and STATION Australia. Jahnne Pasco-White, becoming with 11, 2019; Nell, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, nell (washed away), 2010; and Nell, The ghost who walks will never die (TALL BLACK), 2019; Tom Polo, no time to be tender, 2017.
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[ufufu]

this man is living on literal paradise for introverts. i wouldn't leave the house. ever.

[gentlehillracer]

the fact that he has lamps everywhere because he doesn’t like overhead lights... makes me feel seen

[adrenalinejunkie]

troye to literally every room in the house: “This is my favourite room”

[hermine]

something i noticed about australian architecture is the intimate play between indoors and outdoors, maximizing the flow of air and light throughout a day! i truly adore it

[swarnalimukherjee]

So basically Troye Sivan's house is the definition of " Cozy and Comfortable "

[tedros]

This is the only one of these houses that actually made me wish I was rich

[justadragonryu]

This is one of the first celebrity houses I’m actually jealous of.

[stephenbelza]

I'm an architecture student and this house is a real home... one of the best houses featured on this channel... just wow

[emmapasewald]

I love how he has so many chairs that he feels he has to defend himself and tell us that he ACTUALLY uses them.

[longsixth]

as an introvert, this place is a paradise for me that i won't leave nor go outside forever

[raisedbynoodles]

I feel like most of these house tours are of huge villas with entire theaters and waterfalls and the celebs are always like 'yeah, we rarely use this', or 'we rarely come here' for like 40% of the house which is just sad and wasteful, and here you see how much Troye invested in every detail and most things actually have a purpose and he actually uses them. It's refreshing.

[rubywine]

Troye Sivan has stunningly good taste. His eye for colours is incredible. What surprises me is that every single book in the house is about design, architecture, photography, the visual arts. You'd never guess the owner is a singer-songwriter. And now I'm homesick for Australian birds.

[JessBess]

the fact that he can't decide which room is his favourite just shows how much he loves his house

[t.m.d]

Can we appreciate the fact, that he’s so invested in this house. Like he genuinely knows about the designers and artists and is exited to show every little detail. So many celebrities don’t even know of the specialties they have in their houses

[ingerlouise]

Troye seems like he actually loves where he lives, and doesn’t just have fancy/expensive things because he can. He took the time to find things that he likes and wants to have in his home.

[bivodka]

Wow. A celebrity that actually promotes a sustainable way of living and actually understands the value building adaptation and retrofitting. He's downsized to what he really needs. I'm really impressed by the materiality and the beautiful tadelakht and Venetian plaster. Also the ms detailing in this house is insane.

[haziey]

He's one of those few celebrities who actually has a beautiful and useful house and not a house that's just a big flex. I loved the architecture and how historical it is...

[RNthemaking]

Troye Sivan and Dakota Johnson's houses are probably the most comfortable celebrity houses i've seen in AD

[blairvemilson]

I want a home just like this... quiet, peaceful and surrounded by nature sounds.