Repost from April 2018:
#GardenAvenueEastMelbourne, a cul de sac of 5 blocks of flats all built c1940, all by #IGAnderson. What a talent ! Oh, and two blocks that face George Sreet behind too.
First, #TuffnellLodge, c1940. Anderson at his most creative, verticals and horizontals collide and thrust forward towards the main road, love it. It’s triangular, behind lawn, because if the rail tunnel passing by. Anderson did all 6 little blocks of flats in this cul de sac, as well as a pair facing george street behind, a wonderful complex. This block of 12 one bed and studio flats completely done over inside a few years ago and operated as apartment-hotel. Just sold for $6mill.
No’s 6, 12, 14, are interesting enough, but a bit less creative than #TufnellLodge, or #IslandersPlace opposite, built as a hostel. But I’m not complaining. Needs more research, because I’m not quite sure what was there before, and how he got the gig, and why they went for this arrangement.
19 April 2025
No 6 has two flats /floor, the front one originally a bed-sit, with that excellent round window, and asymmetrical fireplace, and the rear one has a separate bedroom and meals area too. Beaut railings on the stair. Anderson was that little bit more creative than other designers, on this block at least. It was sold with the one next door in 2019, and since then done up and strata’d, all white and new kitchens and bathrooms of course. There’s a path and gates between these blocks that I think used to lead to the pair of very long blocks he also did facing George Street, so it was a complex of 7 different blocks ! My photos are 2015, 2019, then one from long before then showing the pierced entry wall thing, then recent sale pics, last two the rear flats.
Islander House in #GardenAvenueEastMelbourne was built c1940 along with all the blocks of flats in this great little street, all by #IGAnderson, but this one was actually built as a #guesthouse, so now it’s a hotel ! Rather square and plain compared to the flats, but great details, those semi-circular balconies, curved corner and feature #brickwork, and the rear just curves slightly with the street. @ Quest East Melbourne Serviced Apartments
14 March 2024
No 14 in more detail.
No 12 in more detail, photos 2024 : This block is all studios, with some nice details, like the fireplace and the generous kitchens, from what I can tell, though the back one is pretty small (the one in the photos). This one and no. 6 next door are on the same title, hence the plan that shows both. They were sold in 2019, when the kitchens were more original, and are still rentals. Great little precinct, the only contemporary article I could find from Feb 1938 noted a big house and grounds and two other houses would be replaced by the first new ‘street’ in the city of Melbourne in decades.
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