Lilie Paxton-White: Landscape Architecture and Design Folio
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
Lilie R. Paxton-White
RESIDENTIAL
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Brunswick, Melbourne
190 sqm
A small residential project in the built up suburb of Brunswick, the brief for this project was to create a fun, colourful, urban oasis for Mishal and her cats. Drawing inspiration from designers such as YSG.STUDIO, Saint Remy, and the ‘New Perennial’ movement seen in the gardens of Jo Ferguson, the small footprint of this property was made both functional and beautiful, while remaining sensitive to the heritage of the original workers cottage.
BRUNSWICK
Tension wire
Travertine tilesto match interior
Terracotta pot
Dulux exterior colour ‘Wallaby’
Tuscan toppings
Terracotta tiles
Fence colour ‘Goldie’
Heritage letterbox
Vitis coignetiae Ornamental grape vine
Brachyscome multifida Cut Leaf Daisy
Echinacea purpurea ‘PowWow Wild Berry’ Coneflower
Agastache aurantiaca ‘Salmon Pink’ Hummingbird Mint
Achillea millefolium ‘Desert Eve Terracotta’ Yarrow
Miscanthus transmorrisonensis Chinese Silver Grass
Cleistocactus strausii SIlver Torch Cactus Tetrapanax papyrifer Rice paper Plant
Citrus limon ‘Meyer’ Meyer Lemon
BRUNSWICK
EAGLEMONT
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Concept, Documentation Eaglemont, Melbourne
1290 sqm
A subdivision in a suburb of Melbourne designed by the late Walter Burley Griffin, this project drew on ideas of the ‘Garden City’. Using a palette of soft native plants and natural materials, the architecture and the landscape saught to recede into the existing neighbourhood character, even using a felled River Red gum from the property for the decking and pergola structures on site. The main house wraps around a central courtyard, where the family can retreat somewhat from the public realm, however other zones lead you out into the garden. The second property has a smaller courtyard, that still allows for green and light to be brought in and create a sense of being farther from the city.
EAGLEMONT
‘Ghost’ brick retaining wall
Silvertop Ash decking
Dromana toppings
Timber batten fence
Timber pergola
Bluestone paving
Existing slate paving
Timber sleeper steppers
EAGLEMONT
EAGLEMONT
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HARCOURT NORTH
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Concept, Planting Plan
Harcourt North, Melbourne
54,900 sqm
This huge property is a sanctuary from the clients corporate jobs in Melbourne. Both a retreat and a project for the couple, this design combines an ornamental and edible Mediterranean garden up by the house, with revegetation of the landscape and existing dams on site. The size and scope of the project requires staging, with small parts such as planting around the dam and resurfacing of the road occuring now, with more structural interventions such as the timber jetty set to be completed in a few years.
HARCOURT NORTH
Fire pit
Companion planted veggie garden
Harcourt granite wall
Timber decking
Aquatic planting
Kangaroo proof fence
Granitic sand
HARCOURT NORTH
Acacia mearnsii Black Wattle
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum Poa labillardierei Common Tussock Grass
Persicaria decipiens Slender Knotweed
Centella cordifolia Swamp Pennywort
Carex apressa Tall Sedge
SECTION A: Street View SCALE: 1:200
HARCOURT NORTH
HARCOURT NORTH
SECTION B: Permaculture garden
ST KILDA
MULTI-RES
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Concept, Documentation St Kilda, Melbourne
820 sqm
An iconic building along the St Kilda foreshore, Arrandale Apartments presented an opportunity to lean into the coastal, Miami-beach vibes of the suburb and create something really fun. Drawing inspiration from visionary modernist gardens of Roberto Burle Marx, we designed a playful space with multiple zones and uses that can cater to the various needs of the residents. Unlike most of our projects, this was done through the buildings Body Corporate Commitee, making it an interesting exploration of stakeholder engagement in practice. Step-free access was required from the foyer to the lawn, and a secondary lawn space was requested by dog owners. These were all taken into consideration and came together to make a cohesive and functional design.
ST KILDA
Landscape rocks
Curved bench seat
Exposed agg paving
Sculptural fence
Render retaining wall
Feature paving
ST KILDA
IVANHOE
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Concept Design
Ivanhoe, Melbourne
910 sqm
A new development in Ivanhoe, this ambitious project hopes to fit five high-end units onto one residential block, providing higher density living along key rail lines into the Melbourne CBD. Working alongside the developers and architects, we hoped to soften the building and bring as much nature into the site as possible, through focussing on permeability and a primarily native plant palette. Using the vertical surfaces would also become important to bring greenery in, and pergolas were used to bring the three storey structure down to the street scale.
IVANHOE
Concrete look pots
Timber batten cladding
Rendered raised planters
Permeable Turfgrid paving
Bluestone pavers
Sculptural steel gate
Brick to match architecture
Dromana toppings grey
Casuarina glauca Cousin It’ Cousin It Casuarina
Austrostipa mollis Soft Spear-grass
Aeonium arboreum ‘Zwartkop’ Black Rose Aeonium
Carpobrotus glaucescens ‘Aussie Rambler’ Karkalla
Austrostipa stipoides Coastal Spear Grass
Correa alba White Correa
Agonis flexuosa ‘Burgundy’ Burgundy Willow Myrtle
Atriplex cinerea Coastal Saltbush
Eucalyptus polyanthemos Red Box
IVANHOE
COLLINS ST COMMERCIAL
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Concept, Documentation
Collins St, Melbourne
960 sqm
This project sought to bring back to life an older office block in the Melbourne CBD, and an important part of that wwas revitalising the exsiting rooftop terrace and lightwell to create views outside and something to bring life into the building. Precedents of the Highline in New York were looked at, for inspiration of lush, natural plantings in an elevated urban setting. As there was a very limited build up from the structural slab, raised planters with built in seating were proposed. This created opportunities for small groups to break out from the larger space and have a sense of privacy, while still retaining visual connection throughout the space.
I was lucky enough to be involved in the Gold Award winning garden ‘SaltBush’, put together for the 2024 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Bringing together different bio-regions and habitats from across the Bellarine Peninsula and Victoria as a whole, the space drew you up from the low-lying coastal planting, up to a secluded seating area amongst the insland grass trees and ferns. This project was the work of a huge team, of which my role involved the visualisation of the space created in Photoshop (pg. 25), the social media campaign and the website.
