Some of you may have seen pictures (on Desire to Inspire or elsewhere) of this Melbourne house by Kavellaris Urban Design. It has a perforated metal facade (to comply with local planning regulations about retaining the local character of an innner urban suburb) with walls which open out to let in the rain and dry hot heat.
A few people have criticised this house (you can see this debate here) but to me it is a very Melbourne structure, and is not a 'one off'. It blends in, and hides its beauty within.
A few people have criticised this house (you can see this debate here) but to me it is a very Melbourne structure, and is not a 'one off'. It blends in, and hides its beauty within.
Melbourne is not a thrusting look at me city. Unlike Some Other cities to the North
Her best features are sometimes hidden behind high ficus covered walls. (And I don't care what anyone says - I love ficus. I love its thick greeny leaves which hide all manner of ills and ugliness.)
or knobbled red brick warehouse facades
or hidden behind a mirror facade, which cheekily reflects the 'heritage' all around it:
House in Tyson Street, Richmond, by Jackson Clements Burrows
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complete with hidden roof top deck:
or turned into a commentary on our celebrity culture:
(Pamela Anderson house, in Albert Park, by Cassandra Fahey)
or maybe just a metal facade or wooden slats will do the necessary job of hiding:
Toorak house by SAAJ Design
(Not sure, have lost source for this)
and for the ultimate hidey hole, why not half bury the house underground:
(Narveno house, Hawthorn, McBride Charles Ryan)
Is there anything better than house as fortress and protection from the outside world?
(Images (1)-(3) KUD (5) Glimpse of Style (6) JCBA (7) Flickr (8) SAAJ (10) McBride Charles Ryan)
