The Boneo Road Residence, designed by B.E Architecture, is set on a large grazing property positioned on top of a crest overlooking the sea.
With the spectacular views comes the exposure to the strong winds and weather directly off Bass Straight.
With this in mind, B.E Architecture selected bricks as the primary building material.
The design of the house was a series of brick ribbons.
They divided the house into its various components.
The masonry construction used long thin concrete bricks developed explicitly for the project by National Masonry.
The bricks were laid with flush-struck mortar using cement that matched the brick colour for a more homogenised finished surface.
Unlike its clay counterparts, the cement brick was chosen for its ability to develop a soft patina over time.
That was more suited to the houses’ rural environment.
Project Details
Completion Date – 2018
Building Levels – 1
Project Team
Architecture
B.E Architecture
Based in Melbourne and led by directors Broderick Ely, Jonathon Boucher, and Andrew Piva, the B.E Architecture team is young, dynamic and multicultural, with a range of personal interests and specialities.
Photography
Derek Swalwell
Derek is an architectural and editorial photographer from Melbourne, Australia. His name is synonymous with the photographic representation of the architectural landscape in Australia and beyond.
Having crossed the globe numerous times since starting out on his photographic journey over twenty years ago, Derek’s work documents some of the world’s most iconic built environments and visually articulates them in an entirely unique light.
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