150 Clarendon St
Converting Melbourne’s old Mercy Hospital site into luxury apartments was a precise, artistic endeavour for Bates Smart. To stay sympathetic to the historical setting while refurbishing and extending the building to create elegant apartments with magnificent views, the project required high-quality, understated door hardware, which Designer Doorware provided.
Bates Smart is a long-standing, innovative architectural firm that employs a philosophy of creative collaboration to generate unique, highly specific solutions for its clients. With a tireless approach to realising artistic quality, every project it works on is designed with individual expression and charm.
a calming symmetry and simplicity of form
The project was to refurbish and extend the old Mercy Hospital site at 150 Clarendon Street to create 86 luxury apartments. The apartments were to be designed more like homes, well-appointed with generous proportions, and to include spectacular views of the city fringe and the Fitzroy Gardens opposite.
Bates Smart reconciled the leafy, tranquil East Melbourne environment with luxurious building design: a calming symmetry and simplicity of form in a warm, contemporary palette, delivering timeless elegance while respecting the site's historical character. Door hardware needed to blend seamlessly into this theme and complete the level of finish.
The selection of door furniture and accessories focused sharply on quality and a soft, elegant contemporary aesthetic. The Catalina handle in polished chrome offered a pleasing tactile quality and a solid feel built to perform and last.
Circular flush pulls FP902-90 with half moon grips were customised for large sliding doors — a thicker face plate added softness and comfort, while a deeper inside wall strengthened the grip for pulling heavier doors. Edge pulls 2801, half moon DS1 doorstops and cylindrical DS4 doorstops completed the set.
Matching escutcheons, latches, hinges, cylinders, turn snibs, emergency releases and privacy locks — all finished in polished chrome — ensured every element fitted and functioned perfectly. Our range, the availability of quality product and an attentive custom design service gave Bates Smart everything needed to complete the project smoothly, affordably and with a cohesive design.
