So there’s a lot of New Brutalism around these days - this is a new house on Beaconsfield Parade Middle Park - my first reaction was, ‘how about some windows’ ? Then I thought, we’ll if that’s the lounge room up top, then yes great views, and the other rooms below might be bedrooms, so … Continue reading Bayside Brutalism
Tag: Albert Park
Edwardian verticality in Albert Park.
26 July 2022: The wonderfully eccentric Machin & Shepherd, #EstateAgents, built c1902 (here till the 80s!). Fantastic #Edwardian #Queenanne #3D design over extremely narrow proportions, obviously designed to be as tall as possible to stand out. Big chunky projections, topped with a with a kind of #occulus, an arch over a gap with the steep … Continue reading Edwardian verticality in Albert Park.

