Red Hill Architects

Davidov Architects works in Red Hill and across the Mornington Peninsula on residential architecture and interiors, including new homes, rural-coastal retreats, renovations and extensions. We begin with light, shelter, and orientation, shaping atmosphere through sequence, proportion and a disciplined material palette.

We often use courtyards and sheltered outdoor rooms as planning devices, creating a protected centre where light is borrowed and daily life feels grounded.

Nestled close to Melbourne yet seemingly a world away, Red Hill & Main Ridge occupies a distinct part of the Peninsula, where the landscape feels open, rugged and elemental. The architecture needs to respond not only to outlook, but to wind, weather, privacy and the scale of the surrounding landscape.

Architecture in Red Hill demands a careful relationship between comfort and openness. Outlook is valuable, but so is enclosure. Light is abundant, but it needs calibration. Shelter is never decorative here. It is the foundation of atmosphere.

Working in Red Hill

Working in Main Ridge calls for a careful reading of place, planning controls and environmental conditions. Many sites are shaped by vegetation, bushfire requirements, landscape character, heritage considerations and local planning provisions. These conditions need to be understood early and carried through the design process with consistency. Our experience across these settings helps us guide clients with clarity, maintain momentum where possible, and protect the intent of the architecture.

Our architectural approach is refined and restrained, not as a style, but as a discipline. We focus on solid, resolved forms and natural, durable materials chosen for the way they sit within the landscape and weather over time. Courtyards, deep thresholds, protected edges and carefully placed openings are often used as planning devices, grounding the architecture, creating privacy and relief from exposure, and shaping atmosphere through borrowed light and shadow.

We work closely with clients through concept design, design development, documentation and construction. The process is collaborative and guided. We explain decisions clearly and refine the work carefully so the final home feels coherent, calm and enduring.

We are proud to have completed several notable projects across Main Ridge & Red Hill, including EPSC Residence, HMM Residence and Polperro Winery.

Prospective clients are welcome to contact the studio to arrange an initial conversation.