Original post 18 March 2020: The new (ish) #FrankstonStation is pretty groovy; the design by #GentonArchitecture won a competition (the only station to have one), and it was finished mid 2018. The curves are meant to reference sand dunes, but I had to read that to get it. My main gripe is my usual one, … Continue reading Frankston Station →

Original post 17 March 2020: St Francis Xavier, Frankston, completed in 1954, designed by #AlanGRobertson. It’s one of those quite simple but nice hall- like designs with a low pitched roof, in #creambrick. They extended the narthex at some point, but it’s well done, and they moved the window forward so it’s still dominant. The … Continue reading St Francis Xavier, Frankston →

Original post 17 March 2016: DouttaGallaHotel 1888, great elegant detailing of the #splayedcorner. Clamshell above first floor window, delicate foliation on the panels above, topped by a #brokenpediment. Intact side entry, probably originally access to the residential floors above.

Original post from Mha page 17 March 2017: If you think this Art Deco building on Flinders Street shouldn't be demolished, have your voice heard ! Built in 1936 for Snow's Department Store, there is a proposal before Council to completely demolish for a 13 storey 215 room hotel designed in contemporary style. We think … Continue reading Snows Department Store →

Original post 17 March 2017: View from the stairs up to the #TheHillsRooftop, at the back of the doomed #DukeofKent hotel in #LatrobeStreet, off #FlanniganLane. Looks like every building in this area that isn't protected by the #GuildfordLane #heightlimit is or has already been replaced by an #apartmenttower. And the other way it’s towers too.

17 March 2019: The new face of #CliftonHill; the brown one is #agedcare (not exactly like the drawing) the other is apartments, another is proposed for behind the fabbo Art Deco facade, and another two beyond these already built, each a bit taller up to 17 storeys maybe. I don’t mind this being an island … Continue reading Clifton Hill going up →

Original post 17 March 2019: Can’t wander round #QueensParadeCliftonHill without snapping this one ! The United Kingdom Hotel, 1938, by far the most striking of the #ArtDeco pubs in Melbs (maybe because many are makeovers of Victorian pubs). Designed by #JamesWardrop, who also did the fab #AlkiraHouse, and before that co-designed the Shrine. He designed … Continue reading Art Deco McDonalds →

Original post 15 March 2019: Another landmark on #QueensParadeCliftonHill, built for the #NationalBankofAustralasia 1886, designed by W A Tyree (never heard of him before and just found out died that year aged 36 so no wonder). Anyway, strong #classicalrevival design with most unusual inset #verandah or #loggia behind that #arcaded and #trabeated #renaissancerevival screen. That … Continue reading Stylish Bank, Clifton Hill →

Original post 12 March 2018: Great bit of #streetscape in #FlindersStreet, but all is not what it seems. The top two floors were added (and two bays on the right) in 1990 when the two buildings were reduced to facades, and the whole site made a #carpark, with some offices across the front (but different … Continue reading Facadism in Flinders Street →

12 February 2025 I had the impression this big block of Art Deco flats in Robe Street St Kilda was covetable, but now I look closely there’s only a modicum of nice original features; the fancy ironwork is I think all 1990s. The flats themselves are spacious, with a hall, room for a table in … Continue reading Art Deco St Kilda flats →