Archive for July, 2005

Dallas Brooks Hall under threat

Dallas Brooks Hall (formerly the Masonic Centre of Victoria) on Victoria Parade in East Melbourne is one of Australia’s best surviving examples of Stripped Classical architecture (along with the National Library of Australia in Canberra) and has been slated for demolition to be replaced by an apartment development.Dallas Brooks was built in 1968 to the [...]

July 15th, 2005 | Posted in city of melbourne, city of yarra, demolition, development, east melbourne, stripped classical | No Comments

Supreme Court Annexe faces extinction

The heritage listed 1928 Old Supreme Court building (designed by John Smith Murdoch) on Little Bourke Street has been earmarked by the state government for demolition to build a another modern legal complex.

Leading barristers and the National Trust are fighting a State Government plan to demolish Melbourne’s Old High Court Building.
A question mark hangs [...]

July 3rd, 2005 | Posted in cbd, city of melbourne, classical, demolition, heritage victoria, interwar, little bourke street, melbourne, national trust | No Comments