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9 September 2017: The Atrium, the best bit of #FedSquare by far. Such a mad #fractal spiderweb. An early example of computer aided engineering, creating an irregular space frame. But there's rarely anything much in there (except the book fair) nor does it go through to anywhere in particular. 2021: just after I took this … Continue reading Federation Square
Drive-by shooting today through a sunroof, cnr Chapel & Commercial Road- not only is this probably 1880s building charmingly decayed, looks like the upper floors are abandoned.
Repost from this day in 2017: 'Muckle Flugga' (a Scottish island), a fabbo house in #Beaumaris by #ChancellorAndPatrick, 1958. As you can see a bit of #FrankLloydWright, plus extra Japanese (swipe to see the #Tori #mailbox!) plus a symmetrical cruciform plan. 2021 note: Still not #heritagelisted, when will @baysidecitycouncil get it together !
May 2021 This is the restaurant of the new #HiltonLittleQueen which is actually on Bourke Street, and is made out of the 1931 Byzantine style #EquityChambers building, designed by #OakleyAndParkes. Quite a saga, first it was going to be apartments not keeping much of the interiors in 2008, creating opposition and a successful nomination to … Continue reading Equity Trustees interiors, repurposed
May 2017: The slightly faded grandeur and intimate scale of the #AtheneaumTheatre - perfect for the performance of #Cabaret I saw last night. Love #PaulCapsis. The theatre was created in 1924 inside the 19thC hall/lecture theatre of #theAth, Melbourne's first #mechanics institute; the theatre was designed by #HenryWhite, who did so many theates and cinemas … Continue reading Athenaeum Theatre and Library
16 February 2018 The Job Warehouse includes the oldest shops in the city, built 1848 by William Crossley the butcher; thats the two shops on the downhill end, one occupied by the Paperback bookstore since... the 60s ? The other two shops were added in 1855 in matching style. Having been various shops, in the … Continue reading Job Warehouse, Bourke Street
Just approved for the site of the #GreyhoundHotel, shockingly demolished in 2017. This is the third owner, hence the vacant site for so long. Im not aware that @cityofportphillip has done anything in response to the demolition, such as making sure that every pub is actually #heritagelisted, never mind later alterations. Design by @bharchitects. I … Continue reading Greyhound Hotel, dem 2017
Just off #ElwoodBeach I was drawn to a rather good house in slim concrete and steel with a great stone wall, and discovered Dawson Avenue is a collection of good contemporary houses, and bad and very bad 90s-2000s houses. This steer us actually in Brighton, maybe that’s a contriving factor somehow. Cheap finishes that stain … Continue reading One street in Brighton: the house, the bad, the ….
Repost from this day in 2019: Seen in #Carlton in Feb - the fantastic #mannerist #italianate confection of #Rosaville, designed by the ever creative #NahumBarnet practically at the beginning of his career in 1883. Hope the clients were happy, it would have really stood out as a statement amongst the big but generally conservative terraces … Continue reading Some OTT Victoriana- Rosaville, Carlton, 1883
18 May 2019 : The #earlymodernist horizontal lines of the old #mercymaternity #hospital in #eastmelbourne by #stephensonandmeldrum 1935. The second curved bit was added 1939, the next bit in the 70s, and the curved corner entry canopies added in the 90s.I'm pleased I made the effort to get this on the #victorianheritageregister when I was … Continue reading Mercy Hospital, 1935
If the Nazi's never took power, would Berlin have Europe's tallest skyscraper and East Prussia be a honeymoon destination ?
Storey of Melbourne 