Fisherman’s Pier restaurant, a most unexpected thing on the Geelong waterfront, a fabbo combo of #FrankLloydWright influence and fun #clamshell reference; designed by #ErminSmrekar, one of those European #emigrearchitect who designed way outside the mainstream of #MelbourneArchitecture.

Ermin was from Trieste, and arrived in the 50s having studied architecture there, and brought the wild experimentation and sometimes FLW influences from there (eg #CarloScarpa) but everything he designed was very much his own.

This place doesn’t seem to have changed, with off-form concrete below and timber above, all scored in that FLW/Scarpa way; recently all painted white, before that it was grey, originally I think brown top, unpainted conc below. Love it.

Love the detailing, exaggerating the #clamshell-like design, the shells separated by a slot-window. Fishermans Pier restaurant Geelong, #ErminSmrekar, 1972. Inside is rather clever – there’s large windows facing the #harbour, and half the seating, along the #landward side, is on a raised floor, so everyone gets a view ! Hence the stairs up at the entry.

Someone else’s photo of the view :

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