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| | COMMENDATION FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS Connolly Residence, Lindsay Holland
| Jury Citation |
This striking house of steel and glass
is sited centrally on a tiny plot – 7x
21 metres – with vehicle entry off a
cul-de-sac. It is an uncompromising
piece of carefully resolved
residential architecture. Finely
crafted and detailed, the lightness of
the structure is immediately
apparent. The house is in total
contrast to its masonry neighbours,
yet the skills shown in realising its
iconoclastic form allow it to fit into
its context.
In architecture, as in art, the more
you reduce, the more exacting your
standards must be; the more you
strip down and eliminate, the
greater the pressure on that which
remains. This house is architecture
as industrial design; a house as a
refined and understated piece of
machinery – bolted, welded and
galvanised – a wrench and oxywelder
is all you’d ever need to keep
it in tune. Its power derives from a
relentless attention to detail and its
resolution as an object independent
of its context.
The refinement extends to the
internal spaces, which work well and
which convey the same sense of
transparency that exists outside. The
interior contains all the
appointments that a discerning
client would require, and there is no
conflict between the minimalism of
the architecture and the client’s
mode of living.
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| Project Credits |
Connolly Residence, St Kilda
Design Architect Lindsay Holland. Project
Architect Lindsay Holland. Project Team
Paulo Sampaio, Joseph Reyes. Structural
Consultant Tim Hall and Associates.
Landscape Architect Lindsay Holland.
Interior Design Lindsay Holland. Builder
Sebastian Fitzpatrick, Fulcrum Building
Services. Photographer Eddie Jim, The
Age Photo Sales.
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