Architect Kevin Borland’s house for the Rice family is now on the market. It is one of Melbourne’s more interesting experimental houses that was built with a very tight budget in Eltham.
“The Rice House – designed by Kevin Borland, 1951
The Heritage listed Rice House is a rare, one owner-occupier iconic modernist architectural property. It’s idyllic location, sited on the top of the big hill directly above central Eltham enjoys both a convenient yet wonderfully private one acre+ bushland setting, with unsurpassed distant views to the Kinglake ranges and beyond as well as glimpses of the hills to the west/north-west. Deemed a building and property of significance, both ctesiphon-arched structures and all the land was registered as a Heritage Victoria listed property in 2006.”
The property is very unique so is not being sold through an agent, but a private sale, and the vendors are asking for expressions of interest. For more photos, information and details on the expression of interest go to the website:
http://www.thericehouseineltham.com/
Mt Waverley residents may recognise that the structure is very similar to Robin Boyd’s Ctesiphon Supermarket, High St Road, Ashwood, which also is heritage listed: http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/…/5210/download-report
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Secret Design Studio
Secret Design Studio is a small, boutique building and interior design studio that specialises in retro homes of the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s.
The butterfly roof, as seen in these photos of the 'Hickford House', Anglesea, is one of those architectural elements that can cause great joy with its simple upswept roofs and also great anguish if not properly maintained. In 1930, Le Corbusier, the Swiss-French architect, was one of the first users of the butterfly roof form in his design of Maison Errazuris, a vacation house in Chile.![]()
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With a butterfly roof, two roofs form a valley and run down to a central box gutter, collecting rainwater, leaves, branches and stray tennis balls. Their design means it is more difficult to spot any damage that might have occurred to the roof or when maintenance is required, as much of the roof is hidden by the pitch of the roof.![]()
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They are not widely used today as they have a long, tragic history of getting blocked, overflowing and causing wood rot and other damage to the roof structure.![]()
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Fortunately, the vendors of this beauty in Anglesea have realised the potential for catastrophic damage and have kept the box gutter, the roof and the rest of the property in fairly good nick. Let’s hope the new owners keep up the maintenance…![]()
Currently on the market…![]()
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