Modernist Architecture in Melbourne and the Growth of Urban Living
By Denise Whitehouse
This video tour explores Melbourne modernism from the 1930s to 1960s using newly shot footage of the exteriors and interiors of significant buildings. It comprises 3 parts:
1: Modernism between the wars
2: Art Deco/ Streamline/ Moderne
3: Post WW II Modernism
PART 1: PIONEER MODERNISM: BETWEEN THE WARS, 1930-1941.
MacRobertson Girls High School (1933-34) Queens Rd, South Melbourne.
Architect: Norman Seabrook
Newburn Flats (1939- 1942) Queens Rd, South Melbourne.
Architects: Frederick Romberg and Molly Turner Shaw
Moonbria Flats (1941) Mathoura Rd, Toorak.
Architect: Roy Grounds
Freemasons Hospital (1937) 166 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne.
Architects: Stephenson and Turner
PART 2: ART DECO/ STREAMLINE/ MODERNE 1930S
Newspaper House (remodelled 1932-33) 247-249 Collins St, Melbourne.
Architects: Stephenson & Meldrum; Mosaic: Napier Waller
Lyric House (1930) 250 Collins Street, Melbourne.
Architects: A&K Henderson
Kodak House (1934-35) 252 Collins Street Melbourne.
Architects: Oakley and Parkes
Manchester Unity Building (1932) 220 Collins Street, Melbourne.
Architect: Marcus Barlow
Century Building (1939-40) 125-133 Swanston Street, Melbourne.
Architect: Marcus R Barlow
Yule House (1932) 309 Little Collins Street, Melbourne.
Architects: Oakley & Parkes
PART 3: POST WORLD WAR 2 MODERNISM (INTERNATIONALISM)
River House (1955) 2 Hodgson St, Kew.
Architects: Dione and Peter McIntyre
ICI ANZ House (now Orica House)(1955-58) East Melbourne
Architects: Osborne McCutcheon of Bates, Smart and McCutcheon
Sydney Myer Music Bowl (1956-59) Kings Domain, Linlithgow Ave, Melbourne.
Architects: Yuncken and Freeman, and Griffith and Simpson
Olympic Swimming and Diving Stadium (1956) Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct.
Architects: Kevin Borland, Peter McIntyre, John and Phyllis Murphy