19th Century #BenevolentInsitutions often had spacious grounds, even on #StKildaRoad, where the Institute for Deaf Children has a huge park in front with a sweeping drive. They also sometimes adopted a dour Gothic style, but in this case the architects #CrouchAndWilson lightened up the #bluestone base with delightful #polychromebrickwork detailing, and a riot of spires … Continue reading Victorian Gothic in brick and stone
Original post 30 October 2019 No 5 #BundalohnCourt #StKilda uses ArtDeco zig zag plan to great effect, seems to be mostly 1 bed, but at least two have been combined vertically to make a 3 bed townhouse.
October 2019 The new #substation in #WaratahPlace in the city, by @co_opstudio, it’s not bad, some interest and texture, but I’m still annoyed they couldn’t do it with tiles that looked like #redbrick instead of the popular very dark brown, and that they said the half-tiles were going to be in a contrasting (red) colour, … Continue reading Substation architecture
Original post 7 February 2020 #PremierTower, by #ElenbergFraser, I guess it’s only about 1/2 way up ! It was cut down from 90 floors...to 79, not as much a thought. This is the one that was inspired by Beyoncé (!). Photo 8 December so I suppose it’s quite a bit taller now. Photo 8 December … Continue reading Another Elenberg Fraser, most curvy of all ?
Original post 7 February 2020 Photos 20 November 2019 The delightfully named Venezia Court has just enough going on to justify the exotic moniker - there’s some sort of #VenetianGothic #pointedarches, and a bit of crenellation on the rear stair tower, but then it goes all classical for the entries, and there’s Art Deco ceiling … Continue reading Venezia Court, St Kilda, 1934
Original post 1 November 2019 Photos 8 October 2019 In the middle of the landmark 19thC #OldTreasuryBuilding there’s this staircase, added by #PercyEverett I think in the late 40s, and it’s great ! A symphony of curved plaster and timber. Not sure if it replaced an earlier one or what, it’s next to the lift … Continue reading Stair sculpture at the Old Treasury
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
First posted Instagram 5 February 2020 This hasn’t changed appearance since the 70s, back then it was just ‘chinese food’, and now it gets 5 stars. A Victorian shop with an open verandah above like that is pretty rare, only one on a corner I can think of; though it’s possible the 50s/60s shopfront replaced … Continue reading Unusual Victorians in Collingwood on opposite corners
First posted Instagram 4 February 2020 Everybody’s favourite, this is Belmont in #JohnstonStreetCollingwood, looking very Colonial. This is because partly it is, the ground level anyway, built in bluestone in 1857 right on the street, with a few steps protruding onto the footpath, apparently because it was outside the area governed by the first building … Continue reading Colonial in Collingwood
Original post 2 November 2019 Photos 1 October 2019 #LaurensHouse in #LonsdaleStreet is a building that just wasn’t highlighted until the @nationaltrustvic started doing a review of CBD post war stuff a few years ago, and I said (or maybe it was someone else) said what about this one with the 50s #pinktiles? Turns out … Continue reading Cute tiled postwar office block by – Harry Bloom (!)
If the Nazi's never took power, would Berlin have Europe's tallest skyscraper and East Prussia be a honeymoon destination ?
