Original post 6 February 2020 If you look up you can see it says MYER, in a very groovy font. Built in 1936 in #BerkeleyStreet in #SouthCarlton, designed by Myers fave architects #TompkinsAndTompkins. This was added to the even bigger 1928 brick building next door. Not nearly as big as the Myer stores themselves, but … Continue reading Myers ‘despatch’ in Carlton →

April 2026 The Presgrave Building, #littlecollinsstreet, #MarcusBarlow, 1935/7, a bit of fine Streamlined Moderne (a subset of Art Deco) doing a good job of standing out in this narrow street, with a curved banded corner on #howeyplace and a bit of a tower motif. Though the horizontal speedlines turn the corner then abruptly stop. Marcus … Continue reading The Presgrave Building →

First published Instagram 6 November 2019 Delightful little #ArtDeco number on #ABeckettStreet, built 1939, for A G Way & Co, sheet metal workers, especially milk cans 😮. Designed by Alder & Lacey (who I’ve never heard of). I like the way the darker brick horizontal #spandrels stick out a little. Fortunately got #heritagelisted as part … Continue reading Part protected, part not. →

Published Instagram 7 November 2019 Sisters

Original post 7 November 2019 Didn’t look like there was anything up this stair on Crossley Street above those tiny shops, but of course its an architects office ! #HerbertAndMason, that’s Lucinda Mason, never head of them but they do shops, extensions, and hospitality eg Gingerboy (across the road) and #KingAndGodfrey. Seems to me theres … Continue reading What’s upstairs ? Architects of course. →

First posted Instagram 28 February 2020 A bit of fun design from @johnwardlearchitects; the angular brick I mean #bricktile entry to the office block he designed plonked on top of the #ElmsFamilyHotel. I like it, though better in matching #redbrick like the old buildings either side, and like the little industrial bldg it replaced. In … Continue reading John Wardle in Spring Street →

First posted Instagram 27 February 2020 The Anglican Mission To The Streets And Lanes in Spring Street was treated much better than the #ElmsFamilyHotel by the @australianunity office thing; they just took out a back corner (a kitchen) and kept the rest of it more or less intact, though I didn’t get to see the … Continue reading Spring Street Mission House done over first time in, well, maybe forever. →

8 Nov 2019 😮 not a fan; but if you’re going to cantilever, at least do it a long way up and make it look like a hanging part of the building, not a whole building leaning out. That angling inward bit is unfortunate, and wasn’t meant to be there, it was just going hang, … Continue reading 80 Collins Street new tower →

First posted Instagram 28 February 2020. Poor ole 1925 #ElmsFamilyHotel, got #heritagelisted but not before plans were already underway to build something big on top (by @johnwardlearchitects), so it was mostly demolished - but Im pleased to see they actually kept one internal wall complete with with lovely blue #pubtiles - BUT they made the … Continue reading Elms Family Hotel →

First posted 9 November 2019 #MelvilleHouse, one of the few big houses/terrace houses built for the medical profession in the 19th century, when the #parisend was the Harley St of Melbourne. They were built for Dr Ray in 1881, and designed by #NathanielBillings, in a fairly elaborate #RenaissanceRevival. They were knocked over her and shops … Continue reading Victorian townhouses in the Paris End, an early conservation win. →