Pretty photos of buildings, and the stories behind them.
Architecture
Fixing a falling facade on Collins Street
February 13th, 2012 2 Comments
I have previously written about the former National Mutual Plaza building located at 447 Collins Street in Melbourne, but on January 30 it scored a mention in the local news when a one metre by two metre sized marble panel fell from the northern facade to the plaza below. So how are they fixing it?
Abandoned hospitals of Melbourne
February 6th, 2012 4 Comments
When asked to picture a hospital, most people would visualise a massive building filled with doctors and patients. However if one takes a walk around the Melbourne suburb of Parkville, you will find three hospitals that are only inhabited by security guards. So where are they?
Melbourne’s abandoned skyscraper
January 9th, 2012 10 Comments
If you frequent the west end of Melbourne’s CBD, then you might have noticed this nondescript looking office building during your travels. Known as Communications House, this 21-storey building is located at 199 William Street on the north-west corner of the intersection with Little Bourke Street, opposite the Supreme Court of Victoria. However if you stop and look through the windows, one finds an abandoned foyer covered with years of dust. So how does an entire skyscraper lie empty for over a decade?
Myer House, 250 Elizabeth Street
November 28th, 2011 No Comments
Melbourne has hundreds of skyscrapers, and today I am looking at one of the less notable ones: 250 Elizabeth Street. Once known as Myer House, the building once served as the head office of the Myer department stores.
223 William: Melbourne’s mothballed law court
October 4th, 2011 No Comments
Welcome to the William Cooper Justice Centre, located in the middle of Melbourne’s legal district at the corner of William and Lonsdale Streets in the city. The centre was officially opened by Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Rob Hulls on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 but one year on, the foyer is empty and the security equipment still to be unpacked. So why is everything mothballed?
