5-Level Home Lift in St Kilda, Melbourne

St Kilda, Melbourne · 5 Levels

St Kilda, Melbourne

Five levels in a Matt Gibson home

Lift Shop installed a 5-level home lift in St Kilda, in a home designed by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design. It travels more than 12.6 m and stops on every floor.

Matt Gibson designed this St Kilda house as a home for three generations, with stacked glass volumes above a street-level commercial tenancy. It is an adaptable model for city living on a narrow site. Building tall means many levels, and a family of every age needs to reach all of them, so a lift was part of the design from day one.

The lift

LocationSt Kilda, Melbourne

Levels5

Travel12,640 mm

Speed0.50 m/s

Cabin1200 x 1200 mm

DoorsSliding, powder-coated steel

FinishesSkinplate side walls, full rear mirror, stainless ceiling and handrail

Installed2015

Project credits

Builder: DDB Design Development & Building
Sold for: $6,700,000
Sold on: 20 May 2021
Selling agent: Marshall White Bayside

The tour reaches the lift at 3:51.

An architect's home, built tall

Matt Gibson is one of Melbourne's best-known residential architects. This St Kilda home stacks five levels on its site, close to the beach and the city.

With five floors, stairs alone would turn the house into a climb. The lift makes every level part of daily life.

5Levels

12.6 mTravel

630 kgCapacity

2015Installed

Inside the home

Cantilevered glass rooms and brick wall entry of the St Kilda house

The St Kilda house seen across trees and the highway

Living room with grey sectional and tall windows in the St Kilda house, St Kilda

Bedroom with full-height windows facing eucalyptus trees in the St Kilda house

Interior opening onto a planted terrace with city views in the St Kilda house

Floating staircase and marble kitchen inside the St Kilda home

Photography: The Local Project / Matt Gibson Architecture + Design. Video stills: Marshall White.

The lift

Five stops, 12.6 metres

At 12.6 metres, this is a tall ride for any home. The electric traction drive moves at 0.50 m/s, so the trip from bottom to top stays quick. The cabin carries 630 kg.

Inside, Skinplate side walls meet a full mirror on the rear wall. The ceiling, profiles and handrail are stainless, with LED lighting.

DriveElectric traction, 0.50 m/s

Landing doorsSliding steel, x5

Cabin wallsSkinplate with full rear mirror

MachineControl cabinet on level 4

Sliding doors on every floor

Powder-coated steel sliding doors serve all five landings. The control cabinet sits on level four, so no machine room was needed.

More than a decade after installation, the lift still carries the house.

Why it works

Five floors, one ride

The lift stops on every level of a tall city home.

Quick at height

0.50 m/s keeps a 12.6 m trip short.

No machine room

The control cabinet tucks into level four.

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Why Lift Shop

Custom built. Every time.

Lift Shop has installed more than 12,000 home lifts across Australia. Every one is built in Italy and made to measure for the home it serves, from the cabin size to the last finish.

12,000+ installsAcross Australia, in homes like this one.

8-year warrantyStandard on every Lift Shop lift, covering parts.

Made for the homeCabin size, doors, walls and lighting tailored to every floor plan.

Custom Italian finishesFrom brushed bronze to real glass, made for your home.

Lift Shop cabin with mirror walls and a custom stone floor

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