5/19/2023 0 Comments Small house designThe materiality is simple, honest, and beautiful, with natural raw materials that require minimal maintenance and will endure many lifetimes. Each block is articulated with slate cladding, providing legibility and continuity with the surrounding context. Inside austin maynard architects’ slate houseĭespite being a larger building, Austin Maynard Architects’ Slate House is broken down into smaller volumes, with forms reminiscent of the bathing boxes wrapped in slate, terracotta, brick, and white masonry. The main entrance on Bleazby Avenue is pedestrian, while the Male Street facade incorporates the entry to basement parking but has the appearance of a much more private residence, relative in scale to the larger homes along the street. The building is sited on a T-shaped block, allowing for two frontages, each exhibiting a different identity. The resulting design is a careful articulation of built form that responds to the character of the street while still making a bold statement. The architects achieved this by taking inspiration from the surrounding built fabric, including the former Primitive Methodist Church with its steeply pitched slate roof. Images © Tess Kelly | t-shaped footprint and pitched slate roofĭesigning its Slate House, one of Austin Maynard Architects’ main goals was to create a building that would fit seamlessly within the context of the suburb, which is known for its large, often Victorian-style homes and brightly colored bathing boxes. ‘ Slate House is a culmination of our best ideas from the past twenty years,’ the design team explains, ‘ teamed with the learnings from our multi-residential projects Terrace House and ParkLife.’ Developed by Lucent, the project features fourteen spacious homes across three levels, each realized with a contemporary design language, respect for the residential context, and a sustainable focus - according to the architects, Slate House is Brighton’s first fossil-fuel-free multi-residential apartment building. Camouflaging a multi-residential apartment buildingĪustin Maynard Architects completes its Slate House as a new multi- residential apartment building located in Melbourne‘s bayside suburb of Brighton.
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