Repost 2018: A good shot ? Yes I think so (straightened but otherwise #unedited). #CenturyBuilding, #MarcusBarlow, 1939, a #Moderne companion to his #ManchesterUnity 7 years earlier other end of the block ! Barlow was the chosen architect for the #HoweyEstate which owned the entire 1/4 of a city block since, well, the beginning, in 1837. … Continue reading Century Building and Century Theatre →

A reminder to @metrotunnelvic that they’ve promised to keep and return this sculpture (not sure about the shop one) - this is what I said in 2018 : The Charles Bush #sculpture (right term ?) on the front of the #PortPhillipArcade, built 1961, designed by JFW Ballantyne. The sculpture is to be 'considered' for removal … Continue reading Sculpture, Port Phillip Arcade, 1961 →

The #BendigoHotel in #JohnstonStreetCollingwood looked so much more interesting #unpainted; though it’s still interesting ! One of the best almost #ArtNouveau pubs in Victoria, by #SydneySmithAndOgg, who did many pubs, often with turrets (but here there’s two), usually with baroque/classical decoration, but sometimes Art Nouveau, which may be from #RobertHaddon, who was known to have … Continue reading Art Nouveau in Collingwood- Bendigo Hotel, 1911. →

Original post 3 April 2019: I was involved (somehow) about 8 years ago when the tram top was being planned here, and tried to get it moved a bit further to the left, but there was gas line in the way…but it doesn’t look too bad. @ Luna Park Melbourne

Deltham, 1936, #EsmondDorney, Meredith St, Elwood; not great shots with all the shadows, but you get the picture. Dorney’s Art Deco was quite distinctive, he liked curves in his plans (here is the stairwell), and the top has complex rectangular stuff going on. The top floor front flat sold in 2017 for $1.2 mill (😮).

A fine early house mostly hidden behind a tall fence and lovely garden in my street. Might be 1850s, maybe a bit later, prob built with the house next door (even more obscured), but they have different verandahs - I think this one likely the original or at least early one. Last sold 2004 for … Continue reading Early houses in Dalgety Street →

Repost from 1 April 2019: Love the #brickwork at #WindsorStation (1886)- even though it’s mostly quite dark #HawthornBricks the overall effect is quite rich, and there’s loads of #tuckpointing, the ticket area I think is original. Also love that it’s so wonderfully three-dimensional, with a top floor managers room (residence ?) sticking up above the … Continue reading Windsor Station, 1886 →

😢 to see some destruction of our Postmodern heritage at the Centreway Arcade, most notably the hidden artwork at first floor level - letters which spelled out the anti-capitalist message “we live in a society that places an inordinate value in goods and services", which has been replaced by a blank wall. Why on earth … Continue reading Postmodern loss at the Centreway Arcade →

23 December 2021 I shouldn’t be surprised but I am - a proposal to plonk a second tower behind Harry Seidler’s 1988 #ShellBuilding; I’m not a huge huge fan but I defend it’s right to exist unmolested, especially since it’s on the VHR, and the only justification is the not really supported assertion that the … Continue reading Shell House – squeezing in a second tower →

Original post 31 March 2017 : #MenziesBuilding (aka #MingWing), #MonashUniversity, #EgglestonMacDonaldandSecomb, 1964, detail. It's modernist, but not purist, with the vertical ribs notched, and the ##spandrelpanels scored, and a darker shade. At the base there's a hint of #arcade, with an actual #undercroft too. More variety provided by the various positions of the shutters. The … Continue reading Ming Wing at Monash →