Heide II - Best House In Australia | Mid-Century Modern Masterpiece by McGlashan Everist Architects

[@atadamobrien]

When Andrew says a house is better than one of his own you know it's special! Great video thanks

[@Archimarathon]

It’s a masterpiece.

[@stewarthicks]

What an amazing piece of architecture. Thank you for sharing and the analysis.

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks Stewart. It’s amazing how little know this building is outside of Melbourne.

[@worldofwoodrow3192]

More of this type of video! Very informative and enjoyable

[@Archimarathon]

Yes these types of videos from seminal projects from around the world were always the original intentions when we started the channel. Covid19 got in the way unfortunately.

[@cosmos964]

it's so amazing the way you pay attention to details (like tiles).. i'm a big fan of you guys.

[@Archimarathon]

Thank you. Just wanted to show how we see buildings and why we appreciate the really great work.

[@morneschroeder6255]

Thank you for introducing this amazing house Kevin and Andrew! More of this please!!!

[@tarunifalconer]

I visited Heide ii again last week with a US colleague. Visit this piece of magnificence again and again! It so generously yields glorious gifts.

[@jennyeddison]

Best house! So many features could be so easily incorporated in any building.

[@miriamwallace5530]

You guys are my new happy place.... you speak my language! Ahhhh getting excited about the tiles lining up! Yes! Love it 😀

[@gregsparrius9576]

That was great, I noticed a lot more from your tour through than last time I visited... hope to see more of these videos!

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks. And I hope you enjoy the Villa Mairea plan t-shirt.

[@harpersherman2753]

What a mastery of the fundamentals, an absolute delight!

[@Archimarathon]

Too good not to share with the world

[@rehamwilliam358]

Thanks so much, I am architect and I read the amazing book “living in landscape Heide and houses “ many times. Also I have been more than five years volunteer at Heide … and I loved your version of how you see and feel Heide Modern. I love your fun attitude and totally agree we can not live without the children in us 😊

[@cinemaipswich4636]

Great design. There are more than 25 basic things that I would want in my home. Congrats to the Architect.

[@srijakmaurya4477]

i love the way you capture the video, telling different stories of different spaces. I m an architecture student from INDIA & i admire the way you do the videos. Been looking for this kind of fun architecture videos for a long time. Thanks !!

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks. Glad you are enjoying them. Are you on our Discord server yet?

[@nejihyuga7160]

Such a wonderful space and your discussions make it all the richer! So fun to watch as well. Keep up the fantastic work, would definitely watch more of these tour/discussion type videos regardless of length!

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks. Got the find the right balance in regards to length somehow.

[@AdamDimech]

Great video, guys. I really love how you explained the design aspects of the house in a comprehensive but down-to-earth way. I've visited Heide a few times over the years but brought my infant daughter with me for the first time recently. Lockdown meant that the building was closed but she thoroughly enjoyed exploring the secret gardens and walkways outside. I wish I could go inside and see the current exhibition with the original furniture. Thanks so much for a really great video.

[@Archimarathon]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@judithp8552]

Love your vlogs...🤗very interesting, fun to watch and educational too.

[@robertrusso877]

Simplicity is not an easy thing to accomplish. Thank you for introducing me to this amazing place!

[@susieare]

Thank you from the UK for sharing this - I didn't know about this house and I absolutely love it. So inspirational and the detailing is really my thing - it all needs to line up to be right!! I feel inspired 💕

[@susieare]

Also, the way my 18th C cottage is built means I will one day (once we've done the work) be able to sleep in a separate wing from the kids - deffo the way to go 😆

[@Archimarathon]

Great to hear from the UK and that you enjoyed it. Cheers

[@urbancolab]

This is an amazing house. The decisions made at every line are just perfect. Thanks for sharing I'm glad I discovered your channel.

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks and welcome to our channel.

[@TheGuitarNewby]

I particularly appreciate this video, because it steps me through your thinking when considering architecture. More videos like these, please!!

[@Archimarathon]

Yes. That’s the basis of Archimarathon. Learn to see architecture. See to learn architecture. Will try to find more projects to show before being able to travel and go see interstate and international stuff.

[@TheGuitarNewby]

@@Archimarathon Thanks so much, Kevin and Andrew! Cheers, from South Africa :)

[@Archimarathon]

Cheers. Stay safe.

[@sparkl3dust17]

+1 for more joy in building. Love the sustainability concepts in this home. 100% agree with the shower having access to a green view - makes the experience so special. Love the limestone and pine. The entire place feels like a sanctuary.

[@english4architects]

Everything is aligned 💔👏🏼🥲😁 Fantastic building and a great tour. I can only join to all other comments and say thank you for telling about this place and sharing your appreciation of the design with others.

[@markhogan77]

Love this channel.. speaks volumes for passionate well considered design

[@Dev1nci]

You know guys, this type of architecture review is really what makes for an excellent lecturer. So energizing and inspiring for a student and for anyone practicing after qualifying too.

[@Archimarathon]

We are just trying to share the joy

[@mirakarchitect7945]

Yeah. I agree.🙌🏽

[@janelte]

Also for we know nothings who want to understand more of why some houses uplift the senses and make us feel contained and safe but connected to our environment, and others are just life-sucking profit for developers. I really enjoy these reviews. Thank you.

[@browniestube]

Sublime house, thanks so much for the tour!

[@Archimarathon]

You are welcome.

[@WelcomeToSteph]

I watched this a few days ago but didn't get a chance to comment... I've been thinking about this building ever since - how is this not taught more at uni?! How is this the first time I'm encountering this building?! Just brilliant.. Seems like Heide II did DfMA before it was cool. Also, this video kind of seems like Andrew's audition tape to be the new host of Grand Designs (or similar, since Andrew probably wouldn't stoop to Grand Designs....) Looking forward to visiting when I next come to Melbourne!

[@Archimarathon]

Yes it’s odd that it’s not more well known

[@kudzaishemakweta211]

This surely reverts me back to the fundamentals of spatial planning while having the user experience as the driver of the design.. Well done guys, keep up the good work. All the way from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

[@Archimarathon]

And a simple set of formal rules that they played with

[@atelierdarq]

Mcglashan Everist was a great discovery for me. Please make some more visits to modern Australian buildings. Specially Leplastrier, Stutchbury, Murcutt.

[@pazbelenbraga4567]

I visited the museum today and I have to say this my favourite space I have ever experienced. I came to look at the art, not knowing anything about the house and was completely blown away. I immediately fell in love with the architecture and the feeling you get when you are both inside and outside. I came away wanting to know more about the house and who designed it and found this video, thank you for such a wonderful explanation. I am not an architect, so the breakdown of why it is so great was very educational. I would love to have a home like this one day, it is perfect in every way, I am in love.

[@Archimarathon]

Glad to hear you enjoyed the house and the video. Cheers

[@gabybordino6024]

Ooooh, what a beautiful house! I didn´t know it and I´m loving it. Thanks for the ride :) All the details are exquisite and yet so simple. It blew my mind Now I really need to go to Melbourne. Perhaps it´s not an Instagram/Perfect Photo material, but it seems that being there is such a great experience.

[@Archimarathon]

Yes and perhaps that’s partly why the younger generation don’t know it. I hope our video did it justice as it is pretty hard to capture.

[@RyanJohnsonD]

Never knew about this house. Excellent episode. Thank you!

[@tstanley1580]

Awesome 👏. I now have a few more things to do next time I make it to Melbourne!!

[@Archimarathon]

Yes. It’s a must.

[@lucasosborn9143]

Love how Andrew knows the exact dimensions of his stairs at his house

[@Archimarathon]

Haha, well he did design it!

[@gerrysatrapa4586]

Most architects and designers have a secret love/hate for stairs - just ask them What 2R+G is equal to ha ha

[@royalfonsi]

If only I knew about this when I was visiting that side of the globe...

[@Archimarathon]

You can always come back in the future

[@murderzoomouse]

I' m so glad I found you guys. Just finished with the university life and your videos are filling up my travel wishlist. :) Keep up the good work. Greetings from Greece

[@Archimarathon]

Great to hear though travel seems like such a strange concept now since we are locked in due to closed borders. I can’t wait to travel again and I still haven’t been to Greece. I know I know.

[@anthonykrithinakis7431]

@@Archimarathon go to greece! i read the houses on the Cyclades inspired Glen Murcutt

[@pompei1009]

So much to learn from a single house. All about the journey and surprises, like a mini version of an urban landscape.

[@Archimarathon]

I can barely do it justice by filming it. All we want to do is to bring people’s awareness to this amazing building. Did you know about it before?

[@pompei1009]

@@Archimarathon Nope, I have no idea about this house before and I am embarrassed to say that my interest in modernist houses only came in a year ago.

[@Archimarathon]

How come only a year ago? But yes that means our assumption about not knowing this interstate is true.

[@pompei1009]

@@Archimarathon To be honest I do not know. I guess the older I get the more I can appreciate modernist architecture. Probably also due to my focus on other types of architecture such as contemporary architecture. Your other episode about Walsh Street House and Tim Ross's Designing A Legacy further reinforce my interest in modernist architecture.

[@Archimarathon]

Yes the more experience you have the more you’ll appreciate, see and understanding good work.

[@GraemeChapman-d6z]

Love this house. Brilliant modernist design. It has a fantastic indoor outdoor relationship. It’s a shame it’s not lived in.

[@vanessaeileen7963]

That T-Shirt is so unbelievably nerdy - and I have never wanted anything more...

[@brendanleenders61]

attention to detail can make any house outstanding . Anyone could nearly replicate this for modern living

[@brendanleenders61]

im thinking double stack the stone where it allows the glass walls to retract away opening up the home to the outdoors even more.

[@getrealnow73]

thank you for turning me onto Australian architecture

[@adrielrowley]

I am glad stumbled on this channel and been following the recommendations. You all are right, this needs to be known international. Though the conversion takes away from the original beauty.

[@attichatchsound-bobkowal5328]

Just recently discovered guys. Nice change from the ASMR slow- motion stroller videos you see for modernist buildings.

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks. That’s exactly what we think about most architecture videos too.

[@attichatchsound-bobkowal5328]

@@Archimarathon Now you need to come to Detroit! Some truly unique important buildings downtown. then there's Mies Apartments. Both father and son Saarinens represented with GM tech center and Cranbrook institute. Cranbrook also maintains two quite distinct FLLW homes as well.

[@efeoz8131]

Cheers for the amazing insights, would def need to get back in there with knowing better what to look for. Also the merch looks awesome!

[@Archimarathon]

Go ASAP for the original furniture

[@mirakarchitect7945]

Very very educative❤🔥🙌🏽. Learned a lot again. Thank you.

[@Archimarathon]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@АлексейСтрелков-д9э]

Потрясающий дом! Огромное спасибо за эту экскурсию!

[@phunkybunch673]

FYI- to anyone thinking of heading to Heide for Patricia Piccinini + the original furniture in the space, you have until this Sunday (14-03-21) I'll be there on Saturday~

[@Archimarathon]

Yes not much time left. That’s why I put this video out as quickly as I could

[@aoustenaloysious8324]

Best as always, learning... Thanks guys

[@Archimarathon]

Stay hydrated

[@amandinedang1357]

The house somehow reminds me of the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion 🤔my lecturer (I believe he's a great friend of yours and also the most dedicated lecturer that I've ever met 😊) - he commended your channel and I've been binge watching your videos. Seriously, amazing content and your great sense of humour are what make architecture even more interesting. Keep up your good work guys 👍💕

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks. Who might your lecturer be??

[@amandinedang1357]

@@ArchimarathonIt's Peter F. I don't know if I am allowed to say his last name or not...anyway, really love your vids. I have learned a lot 🤗

[@Archimarathon]

Ahh yes. We have a practice together.

[@anthonykrithinakis7431]

this is so good guys

[@Archimarathon]

It’s a great building

[@joannedalton9977]

Remember visiting here while a fantastic Australian Cubism exhibition was on many years ago. Those artworks seemed to fit incredibly well in the house ... planes on planes. I do remember the physical feeling inside of the compression and opening of spaces. And also feeling depressed it was so damn hard to build a stair without a handrail these days. Funny. Not funny.

[@Archimarathon]

Always worth a revisit. Always spot new things with every visit.

[@attichatchsound-bobkowal5328]

Maybe do a "ratings" video regarding the comparitive ergonomic day-to-day liveability of these unique homes.. .

[@hurtecho]

Such a vast property [or at least feels that way] what a joy [to build in such vast space]!!! 15 acre property-

[@KatharineOsborne]

It’s a gorgeous building but the art on the walls have an uncanny aspect that makes everything feel unsettling.

[@estelleohia8686]

you guys remind me so much of the Buzzfeed Unsolved hosts Ryan and Shane! do you know them? By the way just subscribed I loved this video!

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks. I don’t know them but will look them up. Cheers

[@Lowcast94]

The term "hero shot" got ruined by one of my teachers by saying its more like a "Porno shot" because of how much emphasis these perspectives got, ruining the balance between that and other elements that give the building its complexity... So now i place some models with lingerie somewhere on the elevations to keep the balance

[@RB-zm4fk]

Gorgeous

[@Archimarathon]

Go before that exhibition ends.

[@RB-zm4fk]

@@Archimarathon I shall

[@MrPrentissDJones]

I can imagine some people not liking the limestone because it looks like center block, but I like it!

[@prisection]

I really want to go there, but someday.

[@rev_dude]

2 views, first like, ill take it! Great tour of a fantastic house!

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks for watching. It's our longest video yet. I have tried to be brutal with the editing but there is just so much important content.

[@rev_dude]

@@Archimarathon it might not be great for the algorithm but I often find the best videos are the long ones

[@Archimarathon]

Yeah we generally tried to keep it TED Talk length but this has got so much going on and lesson that is hard not to include.

[@adjax7473]

Definitely best house in Victoria.

[@GuntherGlesti]

How efficient/insulated is this house?

[@Archimarathon]

Hard tent. Like many of the houses of that era in Australia. But at least it gets the basics right in terms of orientations and openings.

[@bareid1410]

Following up after remotely attending your lecture in Madison Wisconsin 5/13/24. Loved the diffused lighting approach shown on this tour. Could “hard tent” be explained further? Haven’t heard that term and am unfamiliar with seasons/temperatures there. How is HVAC handled?

[@Archimarathon]

@bareid1410 you have been in a tent, right? Offers some protection but not much in terms of thermal protection. Then think of a hard version instead of a soft version of that.

[@guyhart7753]

4:37 Andrew! I see you man!

[@tarabroun]

Love the parkour reference 😂

[@australiacalling8869]

What’s with the sick baby prints?

[@carolinawren3594]

quote from the sculpture in the courtyard of the Barcelona pavilion not acknowledged, hosts just a little too cute?

[@ARCHStudioIndia]

👍👍

[@ISCDesignArchitect]

wow

[@Archimarathon]

Yes. Surprised how many people don't know about this building.

[@ISCDesignArchitect]

@@Archimarathon yeah agreed. Its truly amazing piece of architecture and lessons for us all thankyou

[@krishnarajale8219]

Still can't defeat the house's built by METRICON

[@Blubberbooi]

hardcore wallcore ft ghosts at 28:17 🧍 🚶

[@Dev1nci]

26:37 That look of discomfort XD

[@jacobtracy7847]

Well it's a long expensive trip from the US to Australia!😂

[@Notacarrot756]

Aussies r da best

[@scottrippon9565]

Best House in Australia? No. Well boys, as interesting as it is (and it is interesting), I can tell you it falls way short. Having grown up in the Rippon House, I can assure you, the WOW factor is multiplied many times in that building compared to Heide. II Not that it was the intention of the architect to wow people...... it's just that the living space in our house is yet to be surpassed. Trust me on this.... Kind regards. SR

[@user-cz2kn2nb9r]

If this is the best that Australia has to offer, I’ll save the frequent flyer miles for another continent. My God utilities, right out the front door, talk about the forethought!

[@Archimarathon]

Clearly it’s been poorly retrofitted just like they have killed the children’s part too. It’s about understanding the original design

[@piruriz1216]

wait,,,,,why did they start the video as the baddest baddies tho????? baddy alert!!

[@Archimarathon]

because we are the baddest baddies

[@arturocostantino623]

It looked much better when it was lived in.

[@jacquesgrabowski2393]

плохо , господа

[@tubulartuber]

it's a cool design but it looks like a thermal efficiency and moisture durability nightmare

[@Archimarathon]

Hard tents

[@tubulartuber]

@@Archimarathon Buzz Lightyear: "Bridges... ...thermal bridges everywhere"

[@13minutestomidnight]

Definitely not the best house in Australia. Sure, it clearly has a lot of intelligent architectural lessons, but the interior aesthetic is actually like being in a hospital - same with the furniture. And some of the design choices are questionable- like having uncomfortable rough wool on all the surfaces people sit and walk on in a conversation pit, or having the pit on an upper level completely different from the actual entertaining area. And sure, the laundry is in a nice spacious area with a view to the outdoors, but you’re only going to be in that room while doing laundry, and the washing machine and dryer are faced away from the window towards a dead end wall. Plus the whole “nothing to stop you falling off the staircase and landing” problem. Things like that…

[@oscarwarner-collins6033]

It would be amazing if you guys put together a mini DIY archimarathon for Melbourne, I was just there and found it difficult to figure out what good architecture I could go explore and not just the outside. a google search was not helpful it seems you really have to just know what there is already.