CONTEMPORIST

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 02:06 PM PDT

Neil Architecture designed this home in the Blackburn suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

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.

Visit the Neil Architecture website – here.

Photography by Rhiannon Slatter

Erosion II Dining Table by Joseph Walsh

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 06:13 AM PDT

Irish designer Joseph Walsh has created the Erosion II Dining Table.

Description from the designer:

In this series I have looked to emphasize the pattern of erosion, the energy of material removal which is recorded in the remaining form. This relationship between erosion and the original composition is revealed in a layered fluid pattern.

Visit Joseph Walsh’s website – here.

Photography by Andrew Bradley