Melbourne Residential Architecture

By: Blake, Dean, Ahmed and Josephine

HistoryThroughout Melbourne’s history there were different

architectural periods where different styles of buildings were built and incorporated into the

growing city. The main architectural periods were:

› 1840-1869 The Georgian / Colonial Early Melbourne Architecture › 1870-1889 The Architecture of Marvellous Melbourne - Victorian Architecture in

Melbourne › 1890-1915 The Edwardian Architecture Period in Melbourne › 1916-1939 The Interwar Architecture Period in Melbourne › 1940-1949 Melbourne Architecture in the Forties› 1950-1959 Melbourne Architecture in the Fifties› 1960-1969 Melbourne Architecture in the Sixties› 1970-1979 Melbourne Architecture in the Seventies› 1980-1989 Melbourne Architecture in the Eighties› 1990-1999 Melbourne Architecture in the Nineties› 2000- Melbourne Architecture in the New Millennium

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Famous Melbourne Architects

William Pitt was an Australian architect who grew up in St. Kilda and Carlton and he later moved to Abbotsford.

His reputation as a famous Melbourne architect is noted as he was involved

with the designing of The Federal Coffee Palace, Victoria Brewery,

Princess' Theatre, Former Melbourne Stock Exchange, Old Rialto Building

and Sir Charles Hotham Hotel. He lived from 1885-1918.

Famous Melbourne ArchitectsRobert Peck von Hartel Trethowan

is an architecture firm which operates in Australia and SE

Asia. This company now has over 75 proffesional and support

personnel. This company has built many buildings in Melbourne such as the

Philadelphia building, Westin City Square Hotel and a few buildings

on Collins St. (333, 90 and 1).

Famous Melbourne Architects

Denton Corker Marshall is another award winning Australian Architecture firm which was established in Melbourne (1972). This company has played a huge part in the architecture of our modern day metropolis. These people came up with the designs of the Melbourne Museum, Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Center and the Bolte Bridge. In total, they have built 27 distinguished buildings. They now have offices in places like London, Manchester and Jakarta.

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Philadelphia Building!

This building was built by architect, Robert Peck von

Hartel Trethowan. It was built in the year 2001. Current use is for residental apartment. The

location of this apartment is 30 Spring St. Melbourne. It is a

very modern looking building with a slight american look.

EUREKA TOWER!!The Eureka was built in the

years 2002-2006. It opened on 11 of October

2006. It was designed by architect Fender Katsalidis.

This residential building measures 300meters high having a total of 91 floors.

The name Eureka came from Eureka Stockade.

The Melburnian Apartments

This residential building was built by architects Bates Smart, Roger Poole and Jeff Copolov. It was built in the year 2001- 2002.

It’s located at 250 St Kilda Rd. Southbank. It’s a very luxurious building mostly

made with podium bluestone and have a

total of 23 floors.

The Freshwater Place

The Freshwater Place is a Residential high-rise located in Southbank. It consists of 60 floors and it is the 2nd most tallest residential complex in Melbourne. It was constructed in 2005 and apparently it is the thinnest building in Australia and it was made by the architectural firm ‘Bates, Smart and McCutcheon’.

Galileo Questions

Melbourne architecture has an impact on the three questions. Architecture effects livability by giving Melbournians places to live and, with modern architecture and changing ideas, the quality of Melbourne livability will only improve… if it’s affordable…

On a different note, Architecture is also beneficial to the sustainability of or city. But we think not enough of it is being done on this particular level. Sure it’s expensive, but WestWyck managed and they didn’t have as many resources. Developing on this can only improve the quality of Melbourne life.

Options Trail questions

After all of this research, we still have questions for the trail:› What are some interesting issues/controversies raised

in residential Melbourne Architecture?› Are residential buildings in Melbourne affordable?› Is livability different in other neighborhoods? How?› How environmentally sustainable is Melbourne in

general?

Thank you for listening.