At its core, the Prahran Hotel offers everything you’d expect from your local pub – a charming public bar to share a beer with your mates, a bistro, private dining, a beer garden and dedicated functions spaces.

While the soul of the re-invigorated Prahran Hotel remains very much the same, the addition of 17 over-sized concrete pipes stacked to the skyline is the defining feature that has drawn much attention from around the world. Designed to emulate a stack of beer kegs, the concrete pipes double as an external façade and an internal dining space, lined with leather banquette seating that can be reserved for groups of two, six or 10 people.

Each apartment is finished in the most tactile and honest materials – muted tones of driftwood, hammered stone, linen and woven grasses matched with copper and bronze.

Some units emphasise organic, cool finishes while others have a more intense, spicy flavour.

Takada has incorporated sliding timber screens of solid and perforated slats that open up spaces or conceal kitchens from living areas. Sliding the screens aside and the transformation is profound, and delightful.

Internal light gives the effect of a softly glowing lantern with a wooden tree-house, blending with the foliage outside.