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MELBOURNE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS (MMBW) Offices, 601-611 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985
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Title:
MELBOURNE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS (MMBW) Offices, 601-611 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Creator:
Butler, Graeme (Name details)
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 105945
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.
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________Period: Post Second-WarDATE: 1956-7;ASSOCIATIONS: MELBOURNE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS;DESIGNER: Perrott, Leslie M & Ptnrs.;BUILDER: E A Watts Ltd..GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites Cross-section December 1957;__________________________________________________Cross-sectionJan 1956New offices for the Melb & Metrop'n Board of Works ... Melb's water supply, sewerage & now town planning authority. Steel frame, hollow-block firs, alum'n & brick walls. Site-prep'n under way. (Leslie M Perrot & partners, arch'ts; E A Watts Ltd, bldrs; £643,182December 1957In Melb, the new offices of the Melb & Metrop Board of Works were occupied. The exterior was illustrated in C-S of Jan '56, when demolition on the site was proceeding. It stands firmly among the conservatives as a structure, near the fop for neatness & consistency Arch'ts L M Perrot & partners considered many alternatives before using in-situ encased steel, hollow-block floors & brick window spandrels. In Jan '55 they received these alternative tenders for the 12000 sq ft of floor construction: with open-web joists & gypsum ceilings, £10,365, with precast concrete slabs, £9,028, with hollow blocks as used, £8,200. At that time they found that curtain wall would add £48,000. The final total cost was £635,000 (£496 per square, 8 firs & 2 basements), including floor heating, mech vent & 3 lifts, but excluding partitions. The bldg is a plain rectangle 134 ft 8 ins by 190 ft, artificially lit to 35 ft-candles. (E A Watts Ltd, bldrs)
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601-611 Little Collins Street, Melbourne (Butler14108\\)601 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (Butler14180\\)
Names:
City of MelbourneMelbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, 1890-1991
Topics:
Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesPostwar periodOfficesTwentieth Century Architecture Register (RAIA)
Places:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Form/Genre:
Building Identification Forms (BIFs)
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1254467
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