Transformer sounds like a mission statement but the truth is more prosaic: the grand warehouse tucked behind Vegie Bar on Rose Street was a light factory in its past life. Breathe Architects have turned it into something else: a stunning indoor-outdoor space that embraces its past – the soaring ceilings, the rugged brick and timbers – with the understated bling of speckled concrete, black mesh screens and walls of foliage. It represents a magnificent escape from Melbourne Design Template 101.
