Article source: b.e architecture

With each project, we seek to find a sense of identity through a key project material, something the client can take ownership of. At Anderson Road, this came in the form of a brick. The brick denotes the domestic, a singular and humble building block when, treated correctly, creates buildings of instant permanence and opportunities for delicate detailing. The dusty pink and red tones of the brick, with the blurring of a flush struck mortar, reference the client’s heritage while providing the physical and conceptual backbone of the new home.

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• Architects: b.e architecture
• Project: Anderson Residence
• Location: Hawthorn, Australia
• Landscape Consultant: Myles Baldwin Design
• Client First Name: Sumitra
• Project Suburb: Hawthorn East
• Total Project Cost: $4.03 million
• Gross Floor Area: 601m2
• Cost per m2: $6,700pm2
• Completion Date: 29th October 2020

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Article source: Edition Office 

Our primary design response for this project was to first recalibrate the entire project site into a large and singular terrace; one grand outdoor theatre for living which peels upwards at each title boundary to form a lush garden backdrop that would appear at every viewpoint from the living areas of the home. Within this garden platform, the house is is defined by a pair of heavily textured concrete shrouds, each with its own proportion and personality, linked together by a walkway and courtyard garden. The arched concrete shrouds evolved as a method of structurally supporting the house with its own skin; designed to be understood as protective cloak rather than as signifiers of support. These shrouds provide the framework for how the spaces within the home relate to each other and to the external environment. From the first floor the context appears denied, however these more private bathing and sleeping spaces are pulled away from the ends of the solid skin which allows each elevated pavilion to look out through full height glazing onto their own private courtyards full of plants, sky and tree canopy. At ground floor within the living, cooking and dining spaces the concrete shells provide clear connectivity with the entire landscape and a sense of unexpected lightness, while carefully concealing the neighbouring context.

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• Architects: Edition Office
• Project: Hawthorn House
• Location: Hawthorn, Australia
• Photography: Ben Hosking
  
• Builder: Flux Construction
  
• Landscape: Eckersley Garden Architecture
  
• Completion date: 2018
  

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