Original post 11 May 2020 I think the #SouthbankPromenade is great - but is it worth preserving ? Designed by #DentonCorkerMarshall, and built in 1990, it was the first stage in the creation of Southbank as new public space, along with the #EvanWalkerFootbridge, but it seems that the @cityofmelbourne is planning on sweeping changes. No … Continue reading Southbank Promenade – Postmodernism worth preserving ? →

Original post 8 May 2020 Photos 10 September 2019 So much better than the average contemporary apartment development- #StLeonardsApartments designed by #NondaKatsalidis, #StKilda, built 1995-6. Generous garden apartments at ground level, and extra planting, all now grown, 3 separate entry/stairs, no corridors, every room good windows, generous balconies, various materials, great ! Perhaps a tiny … Continue reading Postmodern delight; St Leonards Place, St Kilda →

Original post 11 May 2020 Photos 10 May 2020 The #EvanWalkerBridge, 1989, designed by #CocksCarmichaelWhitford, better than all the recent ones I think, but then I’m a fan of #postmodern traditional references (the arch), as well as all the angular goings-on, even the plan is angular. And here it is without people. Named after former … Continue reading Evan Walker Bridge, 1989 →

Original post 10 May 2020 These two #oldeworlde #castironstreetlamps on the bit of the Yarra plaza as you go into the #SouthgateCentre are actually 1992, installed when the plaza was built (along with Southgate). They’re based on the 1890 lamps on the other side of the river on #PrincesWalk, which in turn inspired the 1926 … Continue reading Cast Iron Street Lamps, 1992 →

Original post 20 May 2020 Photos 20 May 2020 #citieswithoutpeople or at least not many.

Original post 9 May 2020 Photos 5 September 2019 Clearly replaced a Victorian villa, and I took the photo thinking it was a little out of place, but it’s not that bad actually, two tone bricks and some garden. #AclandStreetStKilda. Appear to be all modest but not tiny one beds.

Original post 6 May 2020 Photos 2 December 2019 I like #WillamBarak looking down on us, but I’m annoyed by the way the whole redevelopment of the #CUBbrewery builds around the axis of #SwanstonStreet looking north, but also ignores it by encroaching on it and not having anything at all really that acknowledges it - … Continue reading The Swanston Street axis – or not. →

Original post 6 May 2020 A curious #blockofflats in #EildonRoadStKilda - unusually it’s built right on the street, and a very flat formal facade too. No info in the heritage study but could be 1920s, it’s got a side driveway and parking behind, which it wouldn’t if it was earlier, and might explain why it’s … Continue reading Very formal flats, Eildon Road, St Kilda →

Original post 5 May 2020 Photos 4 September 2019 Another bit of 30s #Bauhaus in #StKilda, one of my faves, but it’s really just the look of it ! Ozone, 45 #AclandStreet, 1939, #ArthurPlaisted; some #modernist style applied to an otherwise traditional block of #StKildaFlats - it’s got #pilotis on the front, and returning a … Continue reading Ozone, Acland Street, 1939 →

Original post 4 May 2020 The flats called #Banff in #FitzroyStreetStKilda, very interesting #creambrick, almost #Bauhaus lines (side wall more decorative). Built 1940, architects S & MC Nelson, who I've never heard of. It was all painted off white for maybe decades, but the smart body corporate stripped it all off about 15 years ago … Continue reading Banff Flats, Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, 1940. →