Nightingale Preston looks to the future. A future that pays homage to its past, that looks to regenerate the landscape and the planet while building equity and community. This building aims to find a solution for a housing crisis and climate crisis. The goal was a singular vision of rigorous efficiency. It’s all about using good design to make housing cheaper to build, cheaper to operate, cheaper to maintain.

Nightingale Preston confidently holds the corner of the Oakover village and acts as a signal box straddling the boundary between the industrial rail corridor and the residential community of Oakover village, delivering a new residential village to the north of Thornbury Station, part of Darebin’s commitment to renewal and vibrant communities. The building is designed in three parts to acknowledge three Preston histories. Simple, robust and meaningful. Every material, every finish has been selected for a purpose and built to last.

Photography: Derek Swalwell