Rather nice for a train station, a lot like a late Edwardian house; #RipponleaStation was built 1912-13, and all the shops in #RipponleaVillage followed soon after. #PublicTransportVictoria threatened to demolish it in the 90s, claiming it was full of termites, too expensive, but thanks to heritage-minded then Transport Minister Allan Brown it was restored instead … Continue reading Ripponlea Railway Station, 1913 →

Original post 2019: One of my fave 70s things in the city - National Bank Stock Exchange Branch, Queen Street best Collins, Meldrum & Partners, 1973, now heritage listed. Originally the two lower floors were inset, with the facade curving under. Love the rounded #airplanewindows, part of an ‘organic’ trend that started in the late … Continue reading Jet Age window fun on Queen Street →

The very rustic style #LorneBeachPavilion was built in 1939, and (probably) designed by the #PublicWorksDepartment Chief Architect #PercyEverett - who normally did very stylish Moderne /ArtDeco stuff but was perfectly capable of doing Rustic, Tudor or Georgian if the use seemed to call for it. This style prob straight from the US #newdeal stuff built … Continue reading Lorne Beach Pavilion, Percy Everett, 1939 →

Feb 2019 The #SirCharlesHotham hotel has seen better days. Designed by #WilliamPitt, one of his last designs, built 1913, it’s looked like this for 30 years at least. But that means it’s never been upgraded inside, as far as I can see it’s pretty well all original (except the corner bar), but I couldn’t actually … Continue reading Sir Charles Hotham Hotel, 1913. →

See the #horsie ? 😮😁 There’s rather happy looking ones at the top and bottom of the windows of the former #VictorianClub in Queen Street. Built in 1927 for Victoria’s #bookmakers, designed in an elaborate classical style by #JosephPlottel, Bunnett and Alsop. They did their ‘settling’ here in the main room, which was working out … Continue reading Horsies ! Victorian Club, Queen Street, 1929 →

21 February 2019 So many great details in the 1936 #ACAbuilding by #HennessyandHennessy; the #blackmarble with thin horizontal white banding is perfect for that luxe #ArtDeco look. The white marble floor isn’t original, but suits, same with the light fitting over the #directory. For some reason the #mailbox in the 1937 #ACAbuilding in Queen Street … Continue reading ACA building interiors, Hennessy & Hennessy, 1936 →

A great row of #Edwardianshops where the tram turns at the #CaulfieldEast shops in Derby Road next to the station. The three on the left are one row, with quite different skylines, and one has the faded yellow and black of a #StateBankOfVictoria...on second thoughts those letters don’t quite fit - ah, it’s #ESandABank ! … Continue reading Edwardian shophouses, East Caulfield →

The #bankchamber of the Western House branch of the #BankofAustralasia in Collins and William was pretty stark originally, a kind of very #strippedclassical, like the exterior. I think the counters are the original ones, but with vertical bits and a new top (it was timber) added, maybe in the 80s ? Which would make them … Continue reading Art Deco bank chamber. →

This is another case of how #ArtDeco was turning into #Modernist just before WW2, though in this case, being a back street #warehouse from 1939, extra flourishes weren’t warranted. Architects #AandHPeck. In #LittleBourkeStreet, this is opposite the 1920s Melbourne House for which there’s a permit to replace with 25 floors meaning no sunlight here for … Continue reading Art Deco Warehouse, Hardware Lane precinct. →

17 February 2019 The very bijou ex-#BrightonCourtHouse - here’s what I said last time I posted it in 2017 : Brighton Court House, 1936, by the versatile #PercyEverett who had been appointed #ChiefArchitect of the #PublicWorksDepartment the year before, and wasted no time. Cubic and formally planned, but with decorative touches like the brickwork, a … Continue reading Brighton Court House, Percy Everett, 1936 →