The best #highrise on the #BeaconsfieldParade foreshore – Plaza 333, #SolSapir, 1970, #stkildawest. This is one of the relatively few #apartmenttowers of the period with ‘decoration’, in this case spiky projecting edges to the #precastpanels, check out that detail, love it !

Sol Sapir did all 9 towers along Beaconsfield Parade and up to the Upper Esplanade, between 1969 and 1980. In fact maybe did a lot of the towers of the period. dotted across Toorak/Armadale/SouthYarra, South Melb/Albert Park/StKilda areas (there’s a surprising number in Toorak).

He did two others using similar precast to this, one down the road at 189 Beaconsfield, another in Toorak, the others mostly chunky brown brick.

I thought he was one of the mostly Jewish post war #emigrearchitects who did stuff locals didn’t do much of – decorative luxury flats – but actually he was born here in 1940 to Israeli / Polish parents, but no doubt worked with the new Jewish community as clients and purchasers / renters.

This tower isn’t for large families, it’s 2 x 2, 2 x 1 bed flats / floor, one for each corner, with the kitchens enjoying the views rather than being stuck inside; curiously two entry buzzer panels and two separate lifts, one serving even numbered floors, the other odd ! (thanks to Lawrie for inviting me to enjoy the view).

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