Comments on: Mornington nursing home by Lyons Architects

By: Alexis Harrison

Alexis Harrison — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:07:19 +0000

Beautiful facade! It’s great to see such a sensitive understanding of the material – brick is so often brutal and hard but this is soft, warm, organic and analogous of the surrounding geology. Wish they’d use brick like this here in England

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:24:25 +0000

Can someone please point out a nursing home as cutting edge in design anywhere in Aus? I know the bricks here are a little kitch and the notion of natural light in the corridor is a little fictional, but the overall form is nice. Yes, the rooms are more important!

By: urban

urban — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:29:23 +0000

yup, I agree with bozo – lyons is getting better and better…

the brick patterning gives the building a dynamic yet diffuse effect stretching and softening the hard geometry…. nice

By: Paul, Yorkshire

Paul, Yorkshire — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:21:37 +0000

Looks like the layers of rock when they excavate the ground.
Wish id designed it, great architecture.

By: leandro locsin

leandro locsin — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:29:27 +0000

Let bricks be bricks and wood be wood.

The pattern of the brick (pretending to be wood) destroyed the silhouette of form. it lost its integrity.