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Embank House, 314-325 Collins Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985

Record details

Title:

Creator:

Butler, Graeme (Name details)

Date of work:

1985

Reference number:

BIF-CITY 110763

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materialsTextual material

Part of:

Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)

Access restrictions:

UnrestrictedOpen access.

Use restrictions:

UnrestrictedPlease contact City of Melbourne Libraries about obtaining permission to reproduce images.

General notes:

RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________DATE: 1965, 1998, 2006;ASSOCIATIONS: Embank House Proprietary Limited;DESIGNER: Stephenson & Turner_____________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites RAIA 20th.Cent.Register_______________________________________City of Melbourne i-Heritage: BIF Notable features include a shop front. Shows trend to more massive facades ( opposite to curtain wall of 1950's.)2012: reduce value_______________________________________City of Melbourne Online Maps 2024Formerly known as Embank House. A thirteen storey brick apartment building with a basement and an additional three stories of carparking on the eastern boundary. Built for Embank House Proprietary Limited in 1965 it was subdivided into three units in 1998 then into individual residential units in 2006 with a further six penthouses on the 12th floor in 2008. It is intended to build several new levels with 27 further units (sub-divided in 2009 but not built as at Sept. 2010)._______________________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1982-3, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (VIC) 20TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE SURVEY and 20th CENTURY BUILDINGS REGISTER see https://dynamic.architecture.com.au/i-cms_file?page=4048/VicRegister08xls.pdf, also RAIA 20th Century Architecture Register: citations 1984 (2017 Graeme Butler edition), https://www.academia.edu/34082803/TWENTIETH_CENTURY_ARCHITECTURE_AND_WORKS_OF_VICTORIAReferencesNeville Quarry, building ideas (monthly published by CSR Building Materials Vol. 2, No. 11, March 1965, pps_______________________________________

Names:

City of MelbourneStephenson & Turner, 1938–1995

Topics:

Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesPostwar periodOfficesRetail trade1960-1969Twentieth Century Architecture Register (RAIA)

Places:

Melbourne (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Research and reports

Record number:

1266744