Hume House, 177-185 William Street & 505-513 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Hume House, 177-185 William Street & 505-513 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 110098
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2023:__________________________________________________DATE: 1957;ASSOCIATIONS: Humes Limited;DESIGNER: Bates Smart & McCutcheon;BUILDER: Lewis ConstructionsPeriod: Post-war___________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM_______________________________________CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS177-185 index card 1917-1980......April 1956 29965 ₤650,600 multi storey building1963 36044 ₤68000 remodel premises_______________________________________CROSS-SECTION Issue No 60 October, 1957Another office block by Messrs Bates, Smart & McCutcheon, this is the new Hume House, Melb(C-S Jan '57). Its curtain walling is very like that on the Syd MLC bldg, its plan is a T, using the service block tower for rigidity, concrete encased. The steelframe is bolted, with high tensile steel, the floors are pre-cast concrete tubs The entrance is much closer tocomfortable scale & importance than its gargantuan Syd cousin ... the wind-break entrance lobbytraversedon stairs rising across an ornamental pool. This photograph does not show the alum'm shed on theroof, itself surmounted by tanks._______________________________________CITYSCOPE 1980s52: Hume House, an l1-storey office block mainly occupied by Humes Ltd, which sold the building for $3.100.000 in June, 1973, and leased it back for ten years. The NBA has its Law Courts Branch on the ground floor. William St frontage 72ft 121.9m); Lt Bourke St frontage 117ft (35.6m); area 8,390 sq ft (779m2 l._______________________________________Guide to Australian Business Recordshttps://www.gabr.net.au/biogs/ABE0096b.htm#:~:text=Summary,Company%20Limited%20(established%201910).Humes Limited (1950 - 1990)From 1950 To 1990SummaryHumes Ltd was incorporated in August 1920 under the name of Hume Pipe Company (Australia) Limited. The name was changed to Humes Limited in 1950. The company acquired the business of Hume Brothers Cement Iron Company Limited (established 1910). In 1922 the Singapore Hume Pipe Company Ltd was incorporated in Victoria to operate the Hume processes in Malaya. Subsequent changes of name were Hume Pipe (Far East) Ltd (1923), Hume Industries (Far East) Ltd (1948). In 1928 Steel Pipe and Lining Company (Humes) Ltd was registered in Victoria to acquire the foreign patents of Hume Steel Ltd (established 1923). In 1951 a separate company Hume Industries (N.Z) Limited was formed. Hume Steel Limited and Humes Limited merged on 1 July 1952 to form Humes Limited. Wunderlich Humes Asbestos Pipes Pty Ltd was formed in August 1960 jointly owned by Humes Ltd and Wunderlich Ltd (wound up by 1965). Humes Concrete and the 'Hume' name was sold to CSR Limited in 1988. Smorgans acquired Humes the same year. On 25th January 1990 Humes Limited changed its name to S.C.I Steel Ltd (Smorgan Consolidated Industries)._______________________________________Giorgio Marfella, 2017. Inside the Square Box Skyscrapers and techno-economic developments inMelbourne Central Business District (1955-1995)Faculty of Architecture Building and PlanningThe University of Melbourne...Construction Systems: Structure: steel framing fire-proofed with pre-cast gypsum; precast concrete flooring planks; Facade: natural anodised curtain wall framing with heat absorbing glass (not polished); Core cladding: polished reconstituted granite precast panels; Services: air conditioning with automatic zone control;_______________________________________VICTORIA HERITAGE DATABASENATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (VIC)https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/184318_______________________________________NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (VIC) 2014 Melbourne’s Marvellous ModernismA Comparative Analysis of Post-War Modern Architecture in Melbourne’s CBD 1955 -1975September 2014Original Name Hume HouseAddress 177-185 William StreetArchitect Bates, Smart & McCutcheonCompleted: 1957International Style: Curtain Wall & MetalPhotos : 1959 photo State Library of Victoria_______________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-161285123/view____________________________________City of Melbourne Mapsreplaced byCGU Tower:Twenty seven storey concrete office building with ground and mezzanine retail and five basement levels of parking. Designed in conjunction with 546-560 Bourke Street by Bates Smart and SJB Architects. Built by Multiplex Constructions in 2008. and the Deloitte Building:Twenty storey concrete office building with ground and mezzanine
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