13 December 2023
Nubrik House, William Street, cnr Little Lonsdale, 1972, Buchan Laird & Buchan, one of the 50 or so postwar high rise in the CBD that got heritage listed last year. I don’t think they’re all worthy, but the idea was to list every single one that hadn’t been too altered. This one has some interest, as an example of bricky Brutalism, though rather simply done, with piers and rather ordinary windows between. It is of some historical interest for displaying the products of Brick & Tile Industries, on what was their national HQ, and for using brick as actual structure, though the external piers are just facings, for fire reasons. But so annoying that only 5 years ago the 1925 Metropolitan Hotel across the road wasn’t listed, and now i can say too many places have been listed ! But almost nothing after 1980.
Storey of Melbourne 