Pholiota (house)

Pholiota was built as the home of architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin in 1920 at 23 Glenard Drive in Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia. The house is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[1]

The Griffins used Knitlock construction to build this, their first home, on land they owned on the Glenard Estate next door to that of his sister Genevieve and brother-in- law Roy Alstan Lippincott at 21 Glenard Drive, the Lippincott House[2], a house also listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

Walter Burley Griffin with the builder David Charles Jenkins patented the Knitlock concrete units in 1917.[3] The Knitlock system was designed as an economical, flexible and quick do-it-yourself construction system, with machine produced standard concrete tiles[4][5], or segments, which were fitted together on site. Few Knitlock buildings were constructed and Pholiota is one of a small number that survive.

The house was a small, single storey house with square plan[6], containing a central room with a pyramidal ceiling, surrounded by alcoves. These alcoves contained the entrance and service areas and two bedroom alcoves. The floor was brick laid directly on the ground.

Alterations and extensions in 1938, 1975 and the 1990’s by subsequent owners have obscured the view of the original building from the street.

In October 2016  for the exhibition “Pholiota Unlocked” students at the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne a built a full scale plaster replica of the house.[7][8]

References
  1. "Pholiota". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au. June 26, 2007. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. "Lippincott House". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au. August 21, 2006. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. "Knitlock patent plan drawing Figs 6-11, ca. 1917, [2] [picture]". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. "Knitlock Bricks". National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. "[Knitlock patent plan drawing Figs 1-5] [picture]". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  6. Rickard, David; Tosin, draftsperson.), Pau; Gail, draftsperson.), Wayn; Griffin, architect.), Walter Burley (1985), Pholiota of Heidelberg, retrieved 2020-05-25
  7. Melbourne, Graham Reilly, University of (2016-09-20). "Pholiota: The tiny house with big ideas". Pursuit. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  8. "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

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