The Avenue by Neil Architecture
Neil Architecture designed this home in the Blackburn suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
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Description from the architects:
The concept was developed in response to the challenge of inserting two residences on a single block in an established suburban street without the ubiquitous symmetrically garaged frontage in homage to the car! As a rejection of this prevailing model the project sought to sensitively provide a high quality infill development as a modest and discreet intervention to the streetscape. The key element in the development of the concept is the rammed earth wall, which serves at once as a party wall and boundary identifier, and as an anchor grounding the dwellings and holding them in the landscape. One of our primary aims was the development of a sensitive typology for urban consolidation in what is an established outer suburban fringe setting. The lack of defining boundary elements along the street preserves the original landscape features and serves to unify the streetscape appearance and reinforce the prevailing neighbourhood character.
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Photography by Rhiannon Slatter
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pfarm on 19 Sep 2011 at 6:49 pm #
i can see myself inside this house – beautiful.
sarah on 19 Sep 2011 at 8:20 pm #
And a very young garden by Eckersley Garden Architecture!
Graham Roebeck on 20 Sep 2011 at 2:57 am #
Superb. 5/14 of the photos are from outside the house which is appropriate- a breath of fresh air. The architect has clearly worked hard to make this sit so effortlessly in its suburban setting. The palette of natural materials make it difficult to age this house now and it will age well in future. The landscape formal design is so discrete you don’t notice it until you look for it. Outstanding.
Noel Negara on 21 Sep 2011 at 6:10 am #
I said to my girlfriend that this is my dream house. I’m curious, the 5/14 of the photos is there any glass or something to cover the top?what if it rains?
Maira Evans on 24 Sep 2011 at 12:31 pm #
Beautiful houses, excellent landscape engineering and a very functional approach to the interior. Privacy for the two families is also cleverly dealt with! bravo!