The Rice House is a residence located at 69 Ryans Road, Eltham , Victoria, Australia , built from 1952-53. Designed by Melbourne architect Kevin Borland for a young couple, whose open mindedness and excitement for progressive/alternative ways of living allowed quite a different archetype for housing, the house is notable for its unusual construction technique and use of materials. Rice House was the first experiment of three architectural explorations in Melbourne.
14-1283: Rice House may refer to: in Australia Rice House (Melbourne) , Australia in the United States Green Pryor Rice House , Somerville, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Morgan County Rice House (Bentonville, Arkansas) , NRHP-listed in Benton County James A. Rice House , Bentonville, Arkansas, NRHP-listed in Benton County Rice-Upshaw House , Dalton, Arkansas, NRHP-listed in Randolph County Lilian Jenette Rice House , Rancho Santa Fe, California, NRHP-listed in San Diego County Ida M. Rice House , Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, NRHP-listed Ward Rice House , Pueblo, Colorado, listed on
28-549: Is a historic house at 180 Middle Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire . Built c. 1813–15, it is a distinctive example of Federal period architecture, notable for its facade, which has five Palladian windows . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The Larkin-Rice House stands on the west side of Middle Street, a busy through street south of downtown Portsmouth, between Austin and State Streets. It
42-439: Is a three-story brick building, roughly square in footprint, with four chimneys and a truncated hip roof with a widow's walk at its center. The main facade is three bays wide, with a symmetrical arrangement of windows around a centered entrances. The windows flanking the entrance are classical three-part Palladian windows, with narrow sidelights and a rounded center window. On the second floor are three similar arrangements, except
56-540: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rice House (Melbourne) Young artist Harrie Rice and wife Lorna were a young couple whose exposure to The Age RVIA Small Homes Service saw them fall in love with modern housing design. An attempt to meet with Kevin Boyd at RVIA Small Homes Service led Harrie and Lorna to meet their architect Kevin Borland. The interior of
70-833: The NRHP in Boyle County Rice House (New Orleans, Louisiana) , listed on the NRHP in Orleans Parish Capt. Peter Rice House , Marlborough, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Middlesex County Ezra Rice House , Worcester, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Worcester County Rice-Tremonti House , Raytown, Missouri, listed on the NRHP in Jackson County Hart-Rice House , Portsmouth, New Hampshire, listed on
84-757: The NRHP in Canyon County Rice-Packard House , Pocatello, Idaho, listed on the NRHP in Bannock County J.R. Rice Farmstead , Cullison, Kansas, listed on the NRHP in Pratt County Wiley Rice House , Asa, Kentucky, listed on the NRHP in Johnson County Rice House (Clay Village, Kentucky) , listed on the NRHP in Shelby County Rice-Worthington House , Danville, Kentucky, listed on
98-803: The NRHP in Manhattan County Clough H. Rice House , Hendersonville, North Carolina, listed on the NRHP in Henderson County Paisley-Rice Log House , Mebane, North Carolina, listed on the NRHP in Orange County Silas A. Rice Log House , Condon, Oregon, listed on the NRHP in Gilliam County Richard and Helen Rice House , Hillsboro, Oregon, listed on the NRHP in Washington County Rice–Gates House , Hillsboro, Oregon, listed on
112-854: The NRHP in Pueblo County House at 7217 Ventura Avenue , Jacksonville, Florida, also known as the Rice House , NRHP-listed in Duval County Clifton Rice House , West Palm Beach, Florida, NRHP-listed in Palm Beach County Strong-Davis-Rice-George House , Eatonton, Georgia, NRHP-listed in Putnam County John W. Rice Summer Cottage , Smyrna, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in Cobb County John C. Rice House , Caldwell, Idaho, listed on
126-794: The NRHP in Rockingham County Larkin-Rice House , Portsmouth, New Hampshire, listed on the NRHP in Rockingham County MacLeod–Rice House , Middletown Towhsnip, New Jesery, listed on the NRHP in Monmouth County Rice Hall (Ithaca, New York) , listed on the NRHP in Tompkins County Oliver Rice House , Mayfield, New York, listed on the NRHP in Fulton County Isaac L. Rice Mansion , New York, New York, listed on
140-632: The NRHP in Thurston County See also [ edit ] Rice Building , Troy, New York Rice Lofts , Houston, Texas Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rice House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rice_House&oldid=1224113019 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
154-763: The NRHP in Washington County Napoleon Rice House , Roseburg, Oregon, listed on the NRHP in Douglas County Rice-Pennebecker Farm , Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, listed on the NRHP in Chester County Rice-Marler House , Decatur, Tennessee, listed on the NRHP in Meigs County Rice House (Richmond, Virginia) , listed on the NRHP in Virginia L. N. Rice House , Yelm, Washington, listed on
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#1732851688622168-417: The flanking sidelights have been bricked over. All of the windows are set in slightly recessed brick panels. Third-floor windows are small three-over-three sash, crowned by splayed stone lintels. The main cornice has classical detailing. The interior of the house has had some alterations, but many Federal period features remain intact. The house was built c. 1813-15 by Samuel Larkin, an auctioneer who made
182-657: The house was comparable to caves occupying small spaces and volumes. The invention of these structural moves were developed by Borland using metal columns for the front porch will later failed and buckled due to the expansion of the material and the movement of the form work. Borland turned to a method that had been used by the Italian Air Force during World War 2 for its hangar construction in North Africa. A system which had then later been patented by J H de W Waller, an Australian/Irish engineer. This particular technique
196-625: Was the first of three buildings to be constructed. The other buildings include the Wood House and Supermarket designed by Robin Boyd in 1952, and Bellfield Community Centre designed by Kevin Borland and Peter McIntyre in 1953 all in which directly reference the Rice House. [REDACTED] Media related to Rice House at Wikimedia Commons 37°42′35″S 145°08′17″E / 37.70971°S 145.13804°E / -37.70971; 145.13804 Larkin-Rice House The Larkin-Rice House
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