23 May 2025 The delightful MacRoberston Fountain behind the Shrine was unveiled in 1934. It was designed by Phillip Hudson, one of the architects of the Shrine, using the sane granite, and very neoclassical too, but also a bit Art Deco. The sculptures are by Paul Montford who also worked on the Shrine, here providing … Continue reading MacRobertson Fountain 1934 →

48 Hampden Road, Armadale. At least they had a go. Completed in about 2019, it’s by @leetonpointonarchitects, who said “Not only does the house function well on a practical level, the clients have been overwhelmed by the calm refuge the house nurtures through its natural organic materiality.” Interiors by #alisonpyeinteriors, which I think are great, … Continue reading Zaha Hadid, sort of →

14 December 2023 Former BP House, St. Kilda Rd, 1963-65 Demaine, Russell, Trundle, Armstrong & Orton. It was turned into luxe apartments in the 90s, called The Domain, in the process the brown brick sides and columns were rendered over, at first pale, now dark, so the effect from a distance is much the same. … Continue reading BP house, 1965 →

Something I snapped in 2013; I’d quite forgotten that the #YorkshireBrewery had everyone’s favourite #silos. I found streetview has almost the same view, down a lane from Gipps Street. Sign by #edoblov3

23 June 2018: Right down the far end of the Docklands is this ! The (abandoned) Shipping Control Tower. Plans for one of the last bits of the Docklands recently approved (with buildings higher than originally envisaged of course); but at least they clearly show the retention of the 1966 Shipping Control Tower, never officially … Continue reading Shipping Control Tower →

Mon Reve, by fave architect #IGAnderson, 1937, Hampden Road, Armadale. Another one of the few 30s Modernist houses in Melb, though leaning heavily to Art Deco too. Been meaning to see it for ages - disappointing that there was a great big skip and tree right in front ! 2nd image from @geoffreygoddardphotography much better. … Continue reading Mon Reve modern, 1937 →

2021, updated 2026 One of Melbourne’s few houses that really channels interwar Modernism, though more the British version than German Bauhaus. On the corner of Toorak & Hopetoun Roads, it was built in 1936 for Dr H Boyd Graham, and the architect /builder was A Mortimer McMillan (who mainly did Tudor houses). Despite its pretty … Continue reading Dr Graham House, Toorak Road, 1936 →

Does anyone like this thing, in #BourkeHill ? I guess I dislike with extra sauce because I vaguely always knew it shouldn’t have happened. Built 1983, it unfortunately snuck in just before the precinct was #heritagelisted, replacing a bunch of Victorian shop/terraces, the biggest ones actually part of the #WilliamAngliss meat supply empire that started … Continue reading 80s unlovely in Bourke Hill →

Repost this day 2019: Truly appalling bit of modern signage completely dominating the original 1872 arched timber #VictorianShopfront in #BourkeHill. Was cream which was slightly better than the current dark grey. New #heritageguidelines coming up for the CBD day things like ‘signage should not dominate, be respectful, etc’, can’t wait. A very rare surviving Victorian … Continue reading Bad signs →

Repost from 2016: A bit of the fully intact #redbrick #facade of the old 1911 Footscray Grand #cinema in #paisleystreet downtown #footscray peeking from the decaying but once groovy #fiestabingo sign, which looks very 60s, prob when the cinema became just the upper half, not closing until 1987. Last one in the west, until the … Continue reading Hidden heritage – Grand Theatre Footscray →