20 March 2023: The fantastic Wesleyan Methodist Church in Sydney Road Brunswick is in the news, with neither the private owners or the Dep of Education taking responsibility for maintenance, leaving the community school that occupies it, and the equally interesting Sunday school behind, in leaking buildings. Heres my 2019 post : I reckon this … Continue reading Wesleyan Methodist Church Brunswick →

Original post 19 March 2014: Seen in Church Street North Fitzroy- was going to say #badrestoration cos just looks wrong but looked at streetview from 2009 and it actually looked like this but all cracked up so good tepair actually but it should have some knobs.

Original post 19 March 2017: "…refreshingly innovative example of Edwardian Free Style with Arts & Crafts leanings." Says the Stonnington heritage listing for this #PostandTelegraph building of 1908 designed by #HJMacKennal of the Commonwealth #PublicWorksDepartment. So severe, with its #rockfaced stone courses. It's flash apartments now. Lovely #ArtNouveau #wroughtiron and Edwardian swags over the entrance … Continue reading Windsor Post Office →

18 March 2023: My next idea for the yet-to-be-built city square site- as some of you suggested why not just something with trees and grass? I thought since it’s a bit like a park, why not go organic? Grass and flowers/shrubs in raised planters in amoeba shapes, with a nice fountain in the middle. They’re … Continue reading City Square as an urban park →

Original post 18 March 2020: If you’re locked down and looking for some light reading, I’ve just had an article published on #HenryElyWhite, Australasia’s premier theatre architect of the 1910s and 20s in On Stage, the theatre historians magazine- link is in my bio. Henry designed at least 40 theatres and cinemas in Oz and … Continue reading Harry White architect →

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.