Architecture and Design
Refined Classiques can design the perfectly proportioned classical building in any classical style you require, both exterior and interior.
We can deliver you a design for an English Manor, a true French Provincial Home, a Neo-Classical Mansion, a stately government building and everything in between.
We do not design McMansions or Faux Châteaux with conflicting styles and elements, wrong proportions and incorrect use of materials and colours.
The building we design for you will have features from a selected classical style, adhere to the correct proportions, the language and the grammar of the classical orders. The interiors will be as accurate and as impressive as the exteriors. The building will be indistinguishable from an actual historic building - of course with all the modern conveniences hidden behind the scenes.
This is the completely unique key differentiator which makes Refined Classiques special; unlike the others.
This is a very bold claim. Contact us to understand exactly why we can do what the others cannot; and in fact have not; for over 100 years.
Supply of Accurate Historic Components
One of the main restrictions to getting the details right is the availability of components. Throughout history, there where rich sources for intricate and detailed custom made components. Today there are only cheap imitations, usually designed such that they can be easily mass produced, with only the convenience for the manufacturer in mind. These are obviously not real or historic and always appear as cartoons or caricatures of real classical elements.
At Refined Classiques, we have redeveloped methods to re-create the intricacy of the past, in such a way that is affordable and cost effective, but also indistinguishable from the historic masters.
When we design a building and provide you with a set of plans, we also provide a pathway for the realisation of the end result. We offer you an avenue for the supply of the unique custom parts to complete the build, parts that are made by Refined Classiques, and exclusively for our clients. This is how your vision is realised.
Full Construction Service
If you are based in Melbourne, Australia (or surrounding areas), through a unique partnership with our affiliated registered builder, we can offer you a full turn-key service, from design and planning, through to end of construction and handover.
If you build with Refined Classiques, none of the details shall be overlooked, and the fundamental ethos of the design will not be missed.
This is the best guarantee that the end result will match the vision perfectly.