Country Road Ballarat

External view of Country Road retail store in Ballarat — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

Storefront facade, orange awning over entrance, and heritage building on street corner — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

Side view of heritage building — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

External view of black steel batten windows covering planting — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

Orange awning at storefront looking through to heritage entrance — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

Dark timber walls in store with arched windows and high-ceiling — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

Store interior with product shelving and dark timber walls — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

Two-storey store interior with arched windows and doorway, product shelving, and dark timber walls — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

Internal view of two-toned, two-storey wall featuring arched windows and store products — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

Store fitting room with timber herringbone flooring, warmly backlit mirrors, and individual change rooms — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

Building heritage facade and orange awning — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

Storefront entrance with orange awning and double glass doors — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

Architectural diagram — heritage adaptive reuse — Ballarat — Moloney Architects

Size

1048m2

Location

Ballarat

Completed

2023

Builder

One68

Photography

David Mitchener

Tara Moore

Located on a prominent corner in central Ballarat, Country Road’s new flagship store occupies an 1850’s Victorian bank and 1970’s Brutalist extension. A series of subtle design interventions allow the retention of both buildings, without prioritising one period over the other. A new accessible entry has been created in the Camp St facade, marked with burnt orange steel canopies inspired by the ochre colours in the nearby Black Hill cliffs. Black steel batten screens provide support for creeping vines that will become ‘green shadowlines’ between the disparate structures. Internally, bands of skylights mark the intersection of structures, while a continuous surface of blackbutt wall panelling unifies the ground level interiors. The project has a six-star Green Star Rating with the Green Building Council of Australia, reserved for “highly efficient buildings powered by renewables addressing a significant number of environmental and social issues while contributing to the community”.

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