Bluemoon offices
Boutique office development in Blackburn, this office building was designed in a cost effective manner with precast concrete panels that provide solar protection from the westerly sun and articulation to the main street façade. All the offices access a common foyer and on-grade carpark.
Net Floor area- 1345m2 Construction Cost = $1.5mil Project: neil & idle architects

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Canterbury Road office
This boutique office building comprises 1500sqm of net office space, arranged as 8 tenancies around a central circulation foyer. The façade graphic establishes an easily recognisable identity for the building. Carparking is provided under the building at the rear. Project: neil & idle architects

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Station Street office
Located on a tight corner, this compact design creates a façade as a series of stratifications that accentuate the horizontal levels of the building. A number of tenancies can be arranged in any configuration off the central foyer to provide a flexible configuration for tenants. All levels are serviced by a lift from the basement car park. Net Floor area- 1145m2 Construction Cost =$1.9mil
Project: neil & idle architects

Deakin Central, Burwood campus
A project undertaken for Deakin University, Deakin Central accommodates the various student liaison activities for the campus in the one building. A saturated colour palette and bold, vibrant graphics with references to computer imagery define the space, creating an environment that engages with the students, giving them a sense of ownership and reflecting the confluence of activity occurring there. Project: neil & idle architects

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Elizabeth McArthur Bay Mixed Use Development (competition entry)This competition, run by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, called for the design of approximately 100 apartments, ancillary commercial and retail areas, and a large public space component. This scheme proposed to blur the water/land boundary, creating a new and varied public domain, with the buildings as an animated and sculptural backdrop to the activity occurring in the public realm. The competition entry was a joint submission with HASSELL Architects, and placed second. Project: neil & idle architects

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Richmond office/studio
This building, built by and for Neil + Idle Architects, was used as a platform to test architectural ideas on both a philosophical and tectonic level. The project consists of a ground and first floor office with a studio above, located in an industrial area of Richmond. The corner condition of the site is addressed through a translucent wrapping screen, which forms a second skin to the building. The polycarbonate surface acts as a light and hovering shroud, filtering and dematerialising the presence and activity of those within. Tears through this skin create frames that reveal and focus the internal workings, and provide a link back to the context. Acting in compositional counterpoint, a heavier graphic plywood peanut wall’ articulates the office entry. Project: neil & idle architects

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Rauland office and residence
This warehouse refurbishment located on the industrial edge of North Melbourne consists of an office and apartment. The project was conceived as a series of interventions to a streetscape façade. The architectural strategy has been to retain the larger scale details and rhythm of the existing streetscape and insert smaller scale architectural objects that mark and identify the recent additions to the building. A folding flat sheet element threads across the façade, serving as a marker or signature, and forms the basis of an abstract and interrelated language system used throughout the building. Project: neil & idle architects

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Space gymnasium
This gymnasium fit-out project within the Melbourne QV development employs a graphic language derived from elements within the contemporary urban condition, creating a narrative that becomes the identifying experience of the space. Bold, graphic elements reference international sign language and graffiti, with its flowing forms and dynamic expression. These signifiers introduce street culture to the genre of the gymnasium, producing an autonomous, non-hierarchical space that has cross-cultural appeal and gives its members a sense of ownership. Project: neil & idle architects

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Pavilion
An exhibition entry with the brief to construct some kind of pavilion resulted in the construction of the Paradox Machine. Occupying the space between structure and sculpture, the composition is given structural integrity through the folding of a simple steel sheet. The dynamic nature of the form coveys a sense of risk and frailty that appears to test the material’s integrity. Project: neil & idle architects

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