Erskine St. Residence | B.E. Architecture

Set on a 300m2 of land replacing a non-descript 1960s building, in an otherwise heritage streetscape, the Erskine St Residence was designed around a couple’s particular lifestyle needs.

The building is largely inward looking with an almost windowless facade to the street with a series of private, internal walled-picture gardens.

Primarily built from white insitu concrete and grey limestone, it creates a clear singular identity for the dwelling . The stone is detailed as a second skin over the concrete creating a quiet offset between the two.

A series of timber screens are used to divide spaces, where this detail is continued on the doors and wall panelling, softening the massivity of the stone and concrete

While the house is a foreign intervention amongst the surrounding polychrome town houses, its quiet, strong form is not at odds with its heritage neighbours, and feels like it is part of the neighbourhood.