Yoffa House , later Adelphi Hotel, 187 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Yoffa House , later Adelphi Hotel, 187 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 103938
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021:Period: Inter-WarStyle: ModerneNotable features: Teracotta facing - groundDATE: 1937, 1992;ASSOCIATIONS: E Yoffa Pty Ltd; Lintas Gift DepotDESIGNERS: J Plottel; Denton Corker Marshall (1992)IMAGE; https://flic.kr/p/2mf5nEj.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYStatement of SignificanceHistoryE Yoffa Pty Ltd (presumably Yoffa Hosiery and Knitting Mills Ltd) commissioned architect, J Plottel, to design new warehouse and showrooms for Flinders Lane in 1937. ARC Engineering Co Pty Ltd designed (and presumably built) the reinforced concrete frame and carcass of six upper levels and ground. Yoffa were to have the upper and lower ground floors and related warehouse space at the rear but a year after its construction, L G Strachan Pty Ltd mantle manufacturers, occupied the ground level; Scott Bros. woollen warehousemen the first; R E Cunningham, carpet warehousemen the second; and North-Western Woollen Mills Pty Ltd were on the third floor along with three manufacturers' agents. This occupancy pattern continued in the upper floors, and the building generally in later years, with a predictable emphasis on woollen mills and manufacturers' agents. On theroof resided the caretaker, C H Barlow.Plottel's designs elsewhere in the city include the similar Beehive Buildings (qv), Elizabeth Street (1935) and the earlier Masonic Club Building (qv), Flinders Street.DescriptionAlmost modern in concept, the Moderne note is sounded by the 'architectural terra-cotta' applied to the facade and the portholes intended for its walls. Otherwise horizontal metal-framed window strips provide a utilitarian note tothe major part of the facade, although an asymmetrical parapet piece, looks a little contrived next to the more austere metal balustrading. Yule House, Little Collins Street, (1932) was the first Melbourne commercial building in this idiom.External IntegrityGenerally externally original.StreetscapeAlone in this part of Flinders Lane, as a Moderne styled design, but shares siting and bulk, particularly the vertical emphasis of the narrow frontage.SignificanceAn extremely complete and successful example of multi-storey commercial design, which achieves much from its narrow frontage and coloured terra cotta facing, (compare with R.M.I.T. Buildings 9 and 5 (2938), Asker House (1937), Kodak House (1935), and Alkira House (1937)..GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORMCITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONShttps://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349577-002951937 Oct 18815 ₤25,500 Erection of building1938 Dec electric sign on face of building…1990 $480,000 refurbish level 1 partitions 1871991 Nov 70262 $38,000 alts to existing basement bar1992 70447 $3,600,00 change of use to class III.WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA, 2021https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelphi_Hotel,_MelbourneFormerly a rag trade warehouse built in 1938, it was bought over by Denton Corker Marshall architects in 1989, who converted the building into a boutique hotel.[1] Construction phase 1 started out from its basement from May 1989 until October 1990. The bistro bar was located in the basement, opened after phase 1 to December 1991, and was temporary closed down for phase 2 construction, which started on January 1992. The hotel officially opened in November 1992.[2]In 2013, the hotel was bought by three new owners, Dion Chandler, Ozzie Kheir and Simon Ongorato, and they hired design studio Hachem to redesign the hotel's interior and imageSituated within the former rag trade building on Flinders Lane, within a dense area of Melbourne's CBD, the original 1930s building is a concrete framed structure, free of columns with beams spanning 3.8 metre centres from wall to wall piers. It was originally designed as a street facade building, with the lane facade rendered in cement with openable steel framed windows to provide lighting from the side. The Flinders Lane facade was painted and rendered, with horizontal full-width strip windows surrounded by projecting concrete heads and sills. The semi-basement level and ground floor were clad with ceramic tiles.In 1989 DCM Architects began refurbishing the building into the small boutique hotel, retaining much of these original design elements and adding three new levels to the roof of the existing 8 floors.[2] The Adelphi Hotel stands eleven storeys high with 3.2 metres floor to floor, 8 metres wide and 48 metres deep. Adelphi consists of the half basement bar and cafe. The ground floor half a level up from the street has the hotel reception, lounge, bar and restaurant. There are 34 hotel rooms from levels 3 to 8, with levels 3 to 6 having six rooms per floor. These rooms range from 32sqm to 37sqm and are connected via a single gallery corridor, with the front two rooms being larger to allow interconnection to create a suite. Levels 7 and 8 have five rooms per floor[2] and a rooftop bar and restaurant area known as the Club Bar in the top three levels.[3]Unlike conventional hotel swimming pools, DCM designed the pool in the form of a shipping container, cantilevering one metre over the front facade on Flinders Lane with a glass bottom.[4] to Australian architecture, giving a sense of absurdness, exaggerating common architecture principles to an extreme degree.[4]DCM's intentions were to keep the original 1938 building intact and to take a careful and considered approach to adding and implementing new features. They implemented such elements as stainless steel, aluminium, translucent glass, timber veneered panels and coloured planar surfaces. Coloured panels in blues, greens, yellows, oranges and reds were overlaid on the natural cement grey render tones.1993 - RAIA National President's Award[7]1993 - Winner of Commercial Alterations & Extensions, RAIA Award (VIC)[8]1993 - RAIA (VIC) Award (Interiors)[7].VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-1915Original grid plan, Block 6, Allotment 5. Initially reserved for Court House (1840 maps). 1866 - building. 1877 - three-storey building, yard; Drysdale & Roberts. 1888 - two three-storey buildings; Printers & Tea Merchants. 1905 -four-storey building, Collier & Sons.NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1939 advertising Lintas Gift Depothttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2059575521964https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/262965318REGENT WHOLESALERS PTY. LTD.4th Floor, YOFFA HOUSE,187 FLINDERS LANEDistributors of:—"Nightingale” Hosiery, etc.,"Mascot” Men's Underwear"Scottie” Knitwear and Sports ShirtsAlso MEN'S, LADIES' & CHILDREN'S SOX,UNDERWEAR AND KNITWEARHABERDASIIERY:"Barlington” Ribbons, etc.,"Aero” Nylon S|ide FastenersLACES AND TRIMMINGS etc.DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1942187 YOFFA HOUSE—Basement-187 Lintas Pty Ltd, gift depotGround Floor-187 Strachan, L. G., Py Ld, mantle mnfrsFirst Floor —187 VacantSecond Floor-187 Cunningham, R. E., Py Ld, carpet wrehsemenThird Floor-187 Hopkins, W. M., & Son, manfrs' agents187 North-Western Woollen Mills Pty LtdFourth Floor-187 Miller, Petersen & Co, piece goods whrsmnFifth Floor-187 Cooke & Dauncey, manfrs' agents187 Kaora Worsted Mills Py Ld, textile weavers187 Yoffa Hosiery & Knitting Mills Ltd, knitwearmanufacturersSixth Floor-187 Duval, Paul, (Aust) Pty Ltd, cosmetic mnfrs187 Barlow, C. H. caretaker
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