Elizabeth Arcade, 119-125 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Elizabeth Arcade, 119-125 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 105929 1
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Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________Period: Post Second-WarConstruction date: 1967DESIGNER: Meldrum & Partners;BUILDER: Hooker, K GMaterials: Precast concrete window units.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites Cityscope: 53/30, notes precast concrete window units.__________________________________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEWHO1350SummaryEquitable House 335-349 Little Collins Street(1925,1968)Architect: Stephenson & Meldrum (1925), Unknown (1968)· Historically significant for the evidence that the two structures provide of two waves of retail and office development in the 1920s and post-WW2, with the 1925 component significant for its long association with ironmongers James McEwan & Company Ltd.· Significant as representative of the interwar Commercial Palazzo style (1925 building).· Significant as representative of Post-War Modernist style (1968 building)..Equitable House, 345-349 Little Collins Street, 1925 (Recommended as significant within the Hoddle Grid Heritage Review)Equitable House, 335-349 Little Collins Street Melbourne, constitutes two distinct built forms arranged in an L shape formation: one of 11 storeys fronting Little Collins Street, built in 1925; the other of 13 storeys fronting Elizabeth Street, built in 1968. The 1925 building was designed by architects Stephenson & Meldrum in the interwar Commercial Palazzo style.__________________________________________________Cross-sectionDec 1967For this new building at 119 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne,archts Meldrum & Partners designed precastconcrete sun hoods over all windows. The separatearticulation at each window and between floors, togetherwith careful attention to weathering of horizontalsurfaces, leads to good shadow patterns and willprobably allow the building to acquire a patina of citydirt without looking shabby. The small scale elementsand rich modelling almost reduce the facade from apattern to a texture so that what could have beentermed aggressive detailing turns out to be almost self effacing,in a most agreeable way. K. G. Hooker, bldrs__________________________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1972Stephen's men’s shoesPhone 67 4393125 ELIZABETH ST(Elizabeth Arcade]150 ELIZABETH ST. Etc.
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