House at Caulfield

[2] The house is an important work of its period demonstrating the Modernist architectural movement of Melbourne during the mid 20th Century, and in 2018 was added to the Victorian Heritage Register.

[4] The house is composed of protruding bays and timber mullioned window walls, shaded by deep eaves, stone and brick construction with steel supports.

[6][7] The style of glazing is representative of the Modernist movement and follows a staggered rectangle pattern with a blue coloured fill on the lowest panes.

[8] Kagan worked with some of the prominent architectural practices of the 20th Century, which included Seabrook and Fildes, Joseph Plotel and with German architect Walter Gropius.

Using materials consistently throughout the design such as brick, stone and concrete for the main structure, and using the motif of the flat roof were also popular of Australian architecture in the 1950s in which Kagan was directly influenced by the works of Roy Grounds, Fredrick Romberg and Robin Boyd.