27 January 2020
A lesser known work by the great Ermin Smrekar, better known for the Veneto Club and fisherman’s pier restaurant in Geelong. For the early 80s medical suites building at St Vincent’s Hospital he went a bit Deco, with a curved corner (with subtle #speedlines) vs side corners that curve upwards. And the back is exactly the same as the front. That quarter circle curve is kind of 70s, also see what in the canopy over what was a bank, but also a Smrekar signature. Not terribly exciting, but not nothing. Needs a clean though, and to remove that grey stripe. It filled a plot that I think was empty since 1934 when the Healy Wing was built shorter than the initial plan.
Storey of Melbourne 