1DOC30017 integrated Photography techniques and theory

SHI Yuan Sheng

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4Melbourne is similar to many modern cities around the world. However, it is also quite unique.

No matter where you come from you will feel at home, with the 170 or so ethnic groups who have

made Melbourne their home.

Few cities in the world contain as many parks and gardens as Melbourne. Set amongst as much

parkland as there is development, the Garden City of the Garden State lives up to its reputation.

Melbourne also has a reputation as the Culture Capital of Australia. Its restaurants, museums,

galleries and theatre are highly recommended to all visitors.

Modern Melbourne

5Bank Place

ank Place is a street in Melbourne, Victoria. It is a short, narrow laneway, running south from Little Collins Street between Queen Street and William Street in the central business district of Melbourne.

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6 ocated in the heart of the financial sector, Bank Place is an oasis of heritage pre-war buildings dating from the 1860s through to the 1920s. Looking north, a vista is

framed by Normanby Chambers.

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7 precinct is subject to heritage restrictions, and some of the significant buildings include:

Mitre Tavern: historic pub established in 1868 and remodelled in the

Queen Anne style between 1900 and 1910. Mitre Tavern was a popular

'bohemian' hangout for many of Australia's most prominent artists of the

early twentieth century, alongside the neighbouring Savage Club.

12-16 Bank Place was built in 1884-85 for Australia's first baronet

Sir William Clarke. His son, Sir Rupert Clarke's mistress Connie Waugh

is said to have lived there. The Melbourne Savage Club purchased the

building in 1923. The building is classified by the National Trust of

Australia

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8 It is home to several bars and cafes which serve many of the nearby office workers.

Many of the taller old buildings have been converted into loft style apartments.

9Melbourne Recital Center

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Melbourne Recital Center and adjacent Melbourne Theater Company is amongst

the most visually progressive works weve seen

in recent history. It comes as no surprise to

learn that these future-forward buildings have

been honored with the 2009 Victorian Architecture

Medal, a prestigious honor for firms like

Ashton Raggatt McDougal who designed these.

While the exterior of the Melbourne Theater

Company buildings focuses on form much more than

function, the heart of these state-of-the-art

theaters is rooted in sound acoustic principles.

Outside, bright neon-style beams wrap around

these buildings in a skeletal fashion,

behind it fluorescent streaks and dark

metal frames give the buildings strength.

The theaters themselves are a sight to

behold. One theater is a continuation of

the vivid, fluorescent exterior its black setting and pink magenta character wrap around

a central stage with an unabashed style.

The next theater features a breathtaking,

natural texture of driftwood that encases the

walls in a symmetrical but organic design.

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Melbourne Central

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lbourne Central is a large shopping centre,

office, and public transport hub in the city of

Melbourne, Australia. The complex includes the

Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, which was

refurbished in 2005 by architects Ashton Raggatt

McDougall.

Contained underneath the shopping centre's massive

glass cone sits the Coop's Shot Tower which was

built on the site in 1888. After last being used

in 1961, the tower was retained to become a focal-

point of the centre, R.M. Williams and the Shot

Tower Museum now take up the inside of it. The

tower was also featured in the opening sequence of

the 1997 Jackie Chan film Mr. Nice Guy.

Large scale redevelopment of the city block

bounded by Lonsdale, Swanston, La Trobe and

Elizabeth Streets was studied in some detail

during the 1960s and 1970s, being closely linked

with work on the City Loop underground railway.

Early work on the site commenced in 1971 when land

on the south side of La Trobe Street was acquired,

to enable the cut and cover construction of

Museum Station. With planning for the site being

carried out by the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop

Authority from 1980, the railway station opened in

1981, but protracted negotiations failed to find

an anchor tenant for the development, resulting

in the State Government of Victoria deciding in

1983 that a private developer should be sought.

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Reference

http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/modern-austn-architecture

www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/modern-austn-architecture

http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/783

http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/697

http://www.a-r-m.com.au/projects_MRC.html

http://www.visitmelbourne.com/regions/Melbourne/Things-to-do/Art-theatre-and-culture/

Performing-arts/Melbourne-Recital-Centre.aspx

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Experimental Portraiture Project

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Still Life Project

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Landscape Project