Temple Court (also 445 Little Collins St) and mural The "Eight" Aboriginal Tribal Headmen, 422-428 Collins Street, Melbourne
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Temple Court (also 445 Little Collins St) and mural The "Eight" Aboriginal Tribal Headmen, 422-428 Collins Street, Melbourne
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Style: Neo-GrecPeriod: Inter-WarConstruction date: 1923-1924.ASSOCIATED RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER:.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYStatement of Significance.HistoryOld Temple Court (424) offered two upper levels of office tenancies which apparently faced courtyards. Beside it was stationers, Stott and Hoare (426-8) and John Buxton, auctioneer (422), in the early 1900s. Old Temple Court was the Owen Dixon Chambers of the 19th century and the meeting place of the Bar in the period prior to 1882. Architects, Grainger, Little, Barlow and Hawkins designed these limit-height offices in 1923 to replace the former Temple Court, maintaining its office accommodation for the legal fraternity. John Monash is thought to have been the structural engineer for its reinforced concrete frame.It was used in Building magazine to illustrate the rising investment in city office buildings and the consequent rise in prices to unrealistic heights. A Mr Noske had payed the enormous sum of 123,000 pounds for the old Temple Court and promptly demolished it to make way for an `enormous and most modern offices extending from Collins Street to Little Collins Street'...It may have been the tallest building constructed in Melbourne since the 132 feet by-law limit was applied, c1886.DescriptionThe facade elements are similar to the Tompkins Brothers design, such as the Centreway Building (1913). These include an attic storey with arched openings, a balcony cantilevering on large consoles, the bayed strip window elements below it and the freestone `podium' ground level. Differences exist at the metal clad window spandrels, and the colonnade at attic and first floor levels. Details such as the Greek saltire cross motif in the spandrels and balustrade, the French garlands applied to the Ionic capitals and the exaggerated keystones over the three ground-level openings, are distinctive. Stylistically it is after the French Baroque, with neo-Grec details.External IntegrityGenerally externally original but the ground level has been altered, leaving the openings as a colonnade.StreetscapeIsolated.SignificanceExternally a near complete but late neo-Baroque design with distinctive details ; it may have been, when built, Victoria's tallest since 1886 ; and perpetuates a specialised commercial function commenced on the site in the mid-19th century..GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites source 80; GRAEME BUTLER 1982-3, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (VIC) 20TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE SURVEY and 20th CENTURY BUILDINGS REGISTER ;Victoria Illustrated: 153.HERITAGE BRANCH, MINISTRY FOR PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT 1987 CITY OF MELBOURNE CENTRAL CITY NOTABLE BUILDINGS CITATIONSTemple Court is a reinforced concrete office building constructed in 1923 to replace an earlier Temple Court (the original centre for barristers in 19th century Melbourne). It was designed by architects Grainger Little Barlow and Hawkings (sic) and first built to the then maximum height limit of 132 feet (40 metres). It is a substantial and impressively detailed example of the classical revival in modern architecture in Melbourne in the 1920s..National Trust of Australia (Vic) 2011Temple Court is a reinforced concrete office building constructed in 1924 to replace an earlier Temple Court (the original centre for barristers in 19th century Melbourne).It was designed by architects Grainger Little Barlow and Hawkings (sic) and is built to the then maximum height limit of 132 feet (40 metres). It is a substantial and impressively detailed example of the classical revival in modern architecture in Melbourne in the 1920s.Classified: 07/09/1994Mural Statement of Significance:Mural known as The "Eight" Aboriginal Tribal Headmen.What is significant?The mosaic mural known as The "Eight" Aboriginal Tribal Headmen, was created in 1963 by major Australian artist Mervyn Napier Waller, then aged 70. It was commissioned for the foyer of Temple Court at 422 Collins Street Melbourne, designed as an office building by architects Grainger Little Barlow and Hawkins and built in 1924. Napier Waller's mosaic was commissioned by Commercial Union Assurance in 1963 for the entrance foyer after the company moved their headquarters to Temple Court. The mural is located immediately below the ceiling line on the west wall near the Collins Street entrance. Approximately 392cm x 246cm it comprises tesserae set into cement. Since 1982 the work has, for most of the time, been covered by panelling.The mural depicts the eight heads of the Kulin nation, the three Jagajaga brothers, Cooloolock, Bungarie, Yanyan, Moowhip and Mommarmarmalar, who, on 16 June 1835, were claimed to have made their marks on the 'Batman Land Deed', for the land on which the City of Melbourne now stands. All, except the figure on the left, face the viewer and each holds up depictions of portrait heads of the European men (with titles, names and dates) regarded as significant in the early European settlement of Portland and Port Phillip District: namely, Edward Henty, Major Thomas Mitchell, John Batman, John Pascoe Fawkner, William Lonsdale, Lord John Russell, Charles Joseph La Trobe, Robert Hoddle, and Sir Richard Bourke. The depictions of most of the Europeans are based on authoritative portraits.From physiognomy, markings and adornment, it is evident that Waller modelled the figures of the headmen from photographs taken by Baldwin Spencer in central and northern Australia in 1901‑2 and 1911‑12, rather than from images of Victorian Kooris. The mural figures depicted are not, therefore, of Port Phillip district Aboriginal men. This incongruity contrasts dramatically with Percy Leason's earlier (1934) 31-portrait, Victorian, series painted from life in which Victorian Kooris (mostly from Lake Tyers) had been the subjects. The event is depicted in a neo-classical style within an Arcadian setting - a motif seen in many of Waller's monumental works. The front of the composition is a foreshortened prospect of the coastline of Victoria.How is it significant?The mosaic mural The "Eight" Aboriginal Tribal Headmen is significant for aesthetic, historic and social reasons at State level.Why is it significant?Aesthetically, the mural The "Eight" Aboriginal Tribal Headmen is significant as a late work of major Australian artist Napier Waller, the foremost exponent of large-scale decorative work in the early twentieth century. The work is an interpretation of the European origins of "Victoria Felix" depicted in a manner that reflects mid 20th century artistic sensibility in the depiction of European and Aboriginal peoples.It demonstrates the artistic appropriation and incorporation of Aboriginal images and/or symbols in works of non-indigenous art and design in the period from the late 1930s to the 1970s. The work is a distinctive amalgam of the European neo-classical style in the representation of Aboriginal people and culture. It is the only known monumental work of art to give expression to Victoria's European origins and the only work by Waller involving Aboriginal people.Historically, the mural The "Eight" Aboriginal Tribal Headmen is significant for its subject matter - for its depiction of the foundation of Melbourne and the settlement that became the State of Victoria, through its portrayal of the eight Aboriginal headmen who were claimed to have made their marks on the 'Batman Land Deed' together with the eight European men accorded significance in the early history of the European settlement of Port Phillip District and Portland.Socially, the mural The "Eight" Aboriginal Tribal Headmen is significant for the way in which Waller went about using the images of Central and Northern Australian Aboriginal men in the depiction of the eight Aboriginal headmen and that he, apparently, did not seek permission from any descendants or Aboriginal organisations for consent to depict the men featured in Spencer's photographs. This illustrates, from a contemporary perspective, a rather cavalier misappropriation of tribal motifs for which permission for their reproduction appears not to have been regarded as relevant. It illustrates a further dimension of inappropriateness in that Waller, perhaps not having recognised the regional variations in the physiognomy and dress of Aboriginal people, seems to have placed no importance on locating indigenous males from the Port Phillip environs as models for the mural. Although many aspects of Waller's interpretation are problematic, the work is a rare acknowledgement of Aboriginal land ownership.By way of contrast, an artist working today would be expected to recognise the diversity of indigenous peoples and cultures and to seek permission from Aboriginal individuals, descendants and/or representative organisations of those whose images were to be depicted.Classified: 21/02/2011.Newspapers:The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Wed 11 Jul 1923 Page 17 DEMOLISHING TEMPLE COURT.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2016097"Whelan the Wrecker" began yesterday the demolition of Temple Court, on the site of which Messrs. Grainger, Little, Barlow, and Hawkins will erect for Mr. T. J. Noske a fine 12-story structure, the biggest office building in the city. Demolition is proceeding fromthe rear to allow tenants to occupy premises as long as possible. The whole building will be razed by the beginning of October..The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) Wednesday 5 December 1923 - Page 17https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243499173BUILDING PROGRESS .Architects BusyOne of the most- important architectural .works undertaken In the city of recent- years is- the rebuilding of Temple Court, Collins Street.When the historic old "Temple" was acquired by a leading city merchant and investor earlier in the year for a cost, exceeding £120,000, the money market was in a disturbed condition owing to the expectation of a Federal loan conversion flotation. Consequently some investors thought- the purchaser -would have difficulty in finding the largo sum of money required—probably £300,000 — to complete the large structure he Intended to erect on the site. He began almost immediately however, with the work of demolition. The old Temple Court is now gone, and In the meantime the financial arrangements have been undertaken by the investor himself without trouble and the new work Is to proceed. Plans, have been pre pared as well as working drawings and 'specifications, and the tendering is now proceeding. The plans are for a very handsome' twelve-story structure stretching .back from Collins street to Little Collins street The architects are Messrs Grainger, Little, Barlow and Hawkins.Messrs Chris. A. Cowper, Murphy and Appleford are also proceeding with Chancery House extension in the same vicinity. This building ' will carry the recently built Little Collins street structure to eleven or 'twelve stories through to Bourke Street on the block between Dalgety's and Menzles' Hotel. This and Temple Court are such largo and Important works that, when finished, they will provide many hundreds of new offices and have some effect in extending the financial centre of the city westward. Another notable work to be put In hand almost Immediately Is a new brick and concrete shops arcade in Grey street, St, Kilda. This sub urban business proposition has been designed by Mr H. V. Gillespie. It should have the effect of stimulating shopping activity In St. Kilda, which suburb has lately shown distinct signs of adding to its laurels as an amusement centre by developing extensive shop trade. '.The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Fri 27 Mar 1925Page 16 , Illust.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2068853TEMPLE COURT.HUGE NEW BUILDING NEARING COMPLETION.Tenant Ownership in buildings as in everything else, the old must ever give place to the new. Temple Court in Collins street which was generally known as the first home of the Victorian bar, had lived its time when, about two years ago, the site having been purchased by Mr T J Noske, on behalf of Temple Court Ltd., it was determined to replace the old building by a structure worthy of the importance which Melbourne had assumed. No site more favourably placed could have been selected for the erection of a building which will challenge comparison not only with any architectural accomplishment in Australia but also with similar erections in other and older countries. Messrs. Barlow, A.A.R.V.I.A. and Hawkins, F.T.I.A., A.R.V.B.A., architects of Melbourne, were entrusted with the task of preparing the plans and the contract for the building was given to Messrs. Bolton and Aitken. The story of Temple Court will awaken many old memories. It would be difficult to the newcomer to realise that less than a century ago Collins Street practically did not exist. In 1837 the second land sale was held and an adventurous bidder bought about a half-acre block opposite what is now Market street, for £42 On this block 17 years later the old Temple Court, which is now being replaced by the new construction, was built. It lasted 73 years. But meanwhile the value of land in Collins Street had constantly increased, and the price paid two years ago by Mr Noske was £123,000. From £42 for the half acre to £123,000 is a remarkable record, but more extraordinary still is the fact that the marvellous growth of Melbourne is warranting an expenditure of approximately three-quarters of a million of money on the new building. Including the land, the total cost will, it is stated, approx. ₤750,000.Tenant OwnershipOwnership of business premises had for some time been a familiar phase of co operation in the United States and this system was availed of in the plan evolved for the construction of the new Temple Court. The freehold is owned by a company, Temple Court Ltd., having for its shareholders the purchasers of offices in the building. Persons desiring to acquire any specific offices are required to purchase shares in the company to a corresponding value which entitles them to leases for 99 years, with a recurring option of renewal. No rent in the ordinary sense is paid. The tenant-owners, it is claimed get full value for their money on account of the greater economy accruing from the maintenance of one large building than from the maintenance of a number of small buildings having an aggregate space of equal area. Temple Court is further described as a community building, in which increased rentals will be unknown, since it will be owned by the tenants and conducted under their management. The managing agent for the company is Mr D. H. Dureau, of Brown and Dureau Ltd., with whom is associated a number of leading estate agency firms Melbourne, as agents in conjunction.Ancient Iconic ArchitectureAs leading motifs in their plans, the architects, Messrs. Barlow and Hawkins decided upon a modern adaptation of ancient Ionic art, depending for the beauty of the frontage upon a well balanced, yet distinctive arrangement of Grecian columns. However variously modified by other influences, the formative arts must always express the manner, the taste, and, in some measure, even the intellectual habits of the nation in which they were cultivated. There can be no doubt that immense influence was exercised on the artistic productions of both Greece and Rome by popular taste. That the architects did wisely in recognising what is after all, a truism, is evident from the decision they arrived at. But slavish adherence to bygone examples would have applied a woeful want of originality. While the designs indicate a deep appreciation of the fundamental canons respecting artistic beauty in both form and colour; they also give distinct evidence of careful thought having been given to the necessity of an artistic mingling of the modern with the ancient. Having decided up in the Grecian column as the motif in their plans, the question of university of colouring had to be determined, and here a very happy solution was found. It was decided to employ grey Harcourt granite as the base. For the shaft of the column faience was used, similar material to that employed in the construction of the Woolworths Building in New York. This was made in Sydney. The colour is a creamy white, immune from climatic influences. Then for the capital (the top of the column) copper was employed; with time this, it is stated, will become of a greenish hue, so that a contrast of grey, white, and green will be secured. The windows will also be copper-covered, this leading still further to a completely harmonious contrastBuilding of Full HeightAdvantage was taken to the utmost of the height allowed in the building regulations. The building will consist of twelve floors, the total height being 132ft. From upper stories there will be a panoramic view to all points of the compass. To the north the outlook will be full of interest … in a mighty sweep the evidence of Melbourne's industrial expansion; the competition of homes and factories for the space available on the confines of the city, and extending clearly to those points where prosperous looking residential areas merge into the countryside. To the south the aspect will change in character, embracing the panorama of bayside suburbs and the waters of Port Phillip Bay. To the East the city proper will be seen, the picturesque nearer suburbs, and the blue masses of the Warburton ranges. To the west there will be an equally inspiring vista, comprising sea news and clustered residential areas. The situation of Temple Court for a business building is excellent. In Collins Street it is surrounded by the commercial activities of the city, while all the neighbouring streets are centres of business and industrial development. Facilities Offered to Tenants Without free access to every floor a tenant might as well have his own office at the top of the fire brigade station in East Melbourne. Consequently, recognising the pulse of the building to consist in a plentiful supply of elevators, the architects have made provision for four elevators at the Collins street entrance and for three elevators at the back of the building in Little Collins street.Specially designed motors are to be installed, which will enable the elevators to get from the ground floor to the top floor in a third of a minute. Special safety appliances are also to be installed, and the American plan is to be adopted of placing an official in charge of the elevators, whose duty it will be to keep them in constant movement. A modern signal system has been adopted, which will increase the efficiency of the elevators, avoiding unnecessary stops and waste of time. Electric current is to be drawn from two sources, so that if one service is interrupted the supply will still continue unimpaired. Entire Building Heated Fireplaces are to be replaced by a heating apparatus operating from the basement, and as far as humanly possible the building will be fireproof, the whole of it being constructed of steel and concrete. On every floor there will be four fire hoses, with 3in. mains. Moreover, each floor is divided into four sections, so that if a fire did occur it would be confined to a single section, which would close automatically by means of an iron shutter. In addition to the precautions adopted for the safety of the tenants special provision is being made for their comfort, even to the extent of providing dressing- rooms and bathrooms for men and well- designed rest rooms for women. All these will, it is said, be luxuriously appointed. From the eighth story to the top story the front of the building is to be flood- lighted, acting as a beacon, which will be visible from long distances.Special Provision for Lighting.Workers in offices will find a relief from excessive glare of electric lights in the illuminating system that has been adopted. Instead of direct lighting each office will be illuminated by means of reflection from marble bowls. All the passages are to be similarly illuminated. In addition to each office being directly ventilated a special ventilating apparatus is to be in- stalled on the ground floor by means of which foul air will be exhausted and re- placed by fresh air. Yet another advantage over other office buildings will be that each office will be cleaned automatically by means of a vacuum cleaner worked by electricity. Provision will also be made in other ways for the convenience and com- fort of the tenants. For instance, there will be no need for an occupant of an office, say, on the top floor, to go down to the ground floor to post a letter. All he will have to do is to stamp his letter, put in a chute, and it will descend automatically into the pillar-box on the ground floor.Main Street Entrance.Massive revolving doors, said to be the "last word" in both design and construction, made of bronze and plate glass, will open out to a handsome corridor 11ft. 6in. in width, panelled in polished marble. The lift lobbies are similarly panelled, and other floors are to be in richly panelled in carved and figured Blackwood. Solid concrete floors covered with very thick linoleum will also be a special feature of the building. The other entrance in Little Collins street will open on to a hall paved and panelled in marble. Here the arrangement of lifts and stairs is to be on the same principle as at the main entrance. There is, how- ever a instinctive feature in this entrance which is productive of a remarkable effect. Its level is midway between the first and second floors, short flights of 10 marble steps (up or down) leading respectively to the floors mentioned. Thus there are virtu- ally three ground floors, one with direct entrance from Collins street and two from Little Collins street. Occupying a commanding position over the main door will be a large electric clock which will regulate electric clocks that may be obtained by tenant owners. An entrance has also been secured from the first flour to Mitre place (which leads to Bank place), while to Temple Court there is an escape exit which may be used as a goods entrance. There will, therefore be approaches from north, south, east, and west. In the basements will be housed the various engineering services, the motor and the fan room for artificial ventilation of the ground floor, boilers for heating, the vacuum plant, electrical devices, and switch room, the equipment, it is claimed being the most complete of its kind yet installed in a business building in Australia.Australian MarbleThat Australia has a rich asset in its marble quarries is in evidence in the marble work throughout the building. The white steps, floors, and sections of the dadoes are in Angaston marble, produced in South Australia. White Buchan marble figures largely in the decorative work. This marble was exhibited at the Wembley Exhibition eliciting favourable comment.Facts GenerallySome idea of the immense expenditure involved in the construction of such an enormous building is obtainable from knowledge of a few outstanding facts. With a frontage of 66ft. and a depth of 316ft. the whole building covers (all the floors included) four and a half acres. Each floor has an area of more than 20,000 square feet. A notable feature is the weight of the material used, each of the 92 columns carrying a weight of 400 tons, the total weight will be consequently nearly 40,000 tons. Wherever possible purchases were confined to Australian material. It is claimed that the building will be the largest in Melbourne, and a remarkable fact is the speed with which compared with other constructions of a similar character the building has been erected, this reflecting credit on all concerned. According to present indications it will be ready for occupation in August, and soon afterwards, it is anticipated, will be fully occupied. Victorian cement, made by the Australian Cement Ltd., of Geelong, was employed throughout. It is estimated that the building will house about 3,000 persons-a small city in itself..The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) Fri 27 Mar 1925 Page 17 Temple Court Describedhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243722361?searchTerm=%22Temple%20Court%22%20Little%20Collins%20Street%20architectTemple Court DescribedMODERN PALACE OF BUSINESSSuperlative Office EquipmentRising: to the full building height limit of 132 foot and crowning the eastern hill of Collins street, the new Temple Court, designed by Messrs Barlow and Hawkins, architects, dominates the financial quarter of the city. It Is visible from all parts of the metropolitan area and from ships in the Bay.The graceful lines of the Ionic columns which surmount the first floor level are perpetuated In the columnar construction which extends to the decorative balcony at the eighth story, the uninterrupted harmony of the design carrying the eye easefully upward till its rests on the massive cornice of bronze with which the building is crowned.Every detail of the decorative work, which is a notable feature of the facade, has been designed with a degree of thought and care and executed with a magnificence of result unique in a business building In Australia. The faience or terra-cotta facing, supplied and manufactured in Australia by Wunderlich's Ltd., Is made up of five different, clays. Seen close at hand it is Ivory white in color, and shows a series of waved grooving. These have the effect of obviating the shadows which, at a distance, dull a polished white surface. As each section of faience varies slightly in tone, the general effect is of a stone finish. Unlike stone, however, It is not dulled by time. Each shower of rain washes it clean, and It thus retains its fresh new appearance indefinitely.The main Collins street entrance Is through the central arch, which leads to a spacious hall, rendered doubly impressive by the marble panelling of floor and walls. Massive revolving doors of bronze and plate glass open on to the elevator and stair hall, giving immediate access to a series of four electric lifts, and to the marble stairs that lead to the upper floors. Between the revolving doors at the entrance of the corridor is a marble directory tablet which fists the tenants in alphabetical order. Through the side arches bronze double doors open directly on to the ground floor offices in Collins street.The ground floor corridor is 11 feet 6 Inches wide, and is paved at the sides with pure white marble, while ruboleum of such quality as to be practically everlasting is laid along the centre. Down its full length a row of twelve white marble columns extends on either side, each crowned with a bronze capitol and bearing a tastefully designed gilt sconce. Between those columns the walls are panelled In figured blackwood, polished and exquisitely carved. light and ventilation From the richly decorated ceiling a series of carved marble bowls is suspended by chains, which by night will diffuse fight evenly over the whole corridor. With rights of way on the east and west sides of Temple Court, frontages to Collins street and Little Collins street, and a scientific system of light courts throughout the building, abundances of natural light Is assured. Though an ample supply of fresh air Is provided by natural ventilation, tempered air washed Tree from dust is supplied mechanically to the whole of the ground floor. Or. the ground floor, as on every other floor, corridors run straight through the centre of the building, thus eliminating any possibility of confusion on the part of callers In locating any particular office. the Little Collins street entrance Is in the centre of that frontage, and opens on to a hall paved and panelled In marble. Here the arrangement of lifts and stairs is on the same principle as at the main entrance. At the Little Collins street end, however, the entrance possesses a distinctive feature that is productive of a remarkable and valuable effect. Its level is midway between the first and second floors, a short flight of ten marble stops (up or down) lending respectively to the floors mentioned. Thus, there are virtually three ground floors to the building, one having direct entrance from Collins street and two from Little Collins street. express elevators The elevator system is one of the most important factors to be considered in a modern building. At' the Collins street entrance are four electric elevators, each with a capacity of fourteen passengers. At the Little Collins street entrance there are three with a total capacity of fifty passengers. All are designed to travel at the maximum speed allow ad, and arc capable of covering the ascent from the ground to the top floor in one-third of a minute. Thus, with seven elevators in operation, it Is anticipated that a half minute service will be maintained at each end of the building. To bring the upper floors even nearer to the ground floor in point of time, two elevators at Collins street and one at Little Collins street run express to the sixth floor. The cleaning of a building such ns Temple Court is a task of magnitude.. To accomplish it effectively, speedily, and without Inconvenience to tenants, a powerful vacuum cleaning system has been installed. The tenant- owners may be assured, therefore, that their building will be maintained in a condition o spotless cleanliness. the cleaning staff has its own change and toilet rooms for both sexes. -Toilet rooms and lavatories, served with hot and cold water, are provided for each sex on every floor excepting the ground floor. A ladies' rest room, suitably furnished, is located on the top floor. Bath, shower and dressing-rooms for gentlemen arc also on the top floor. Adjoining these space has been reserved for a Hair- dressing and Tobacconist's Saloon. In the basements are housed the various engineering services, the motor and fan room for artificial ventilation of the ground floor, boiler for hot water heating and supplies, the vacuum plant, electrical devices and switch rooms — the equipment, as a whole, being the most complete of its kind yet installed In a business building in Australia. Under the ground floor & concrete tunnel extends from end to end of the building. Here have been placed the storm water, gas, hot water and vacuum pipes, the sewer mains, etc. Repairs in connection with any mechanical serviceThe Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) Wed 1 Apr 1925 Page 14 TEMPLE COURT MODELhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243767192?searchTerm=%22Temple%20Court%22%20Little%20Collins%20Street%20architectTEMPLE COURT MODELArt Reveals Architecture A vivid Idea of the great size, skilful planning and beautiful design of Temple Court is given by a remark able model of the new structure, de- signed by the architects. Messrs Barlow and Hawkins, and exhibited in the window of Messrs Hicks, Atkinson and Co., Collins street. The model Is notable for some exquisite draftsmanship on the outside elevations, which are drawn and toned to give an exact impression of the finished pile. The front elevation is pierced so as to clearly display the beautiful entrance portals and central corridor. The building covers 66 feet by 316 feet, extending the full depth from Collins street to Little Collins street, and so as to show every facet the model revolves slowly on a stand. The remarkable bays for light areas illustrate how' the structure will be flooded with natural light' and the tiers of windows demonstrate the full provision for light and air made for every office suite. The model itself is a distinct work of art, illustrating the great architectural features of a truly majestic, yet thoroughly modern pile of city offices.
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