‘Buildings at Risk’

House-on-a-pole

The well known “house-on-a-pole” down on the Great Ocean Road at Fairhaven is under threat of partial  demolition and redevelopment  any day soon. In the interim a heritage assessment has been drafted for Heritage Victoria. If you are interested in following the campaign and lending support. See the following links for the story and

Geelong Advertiser / The Age / The SMH

Otherwise, they’ve launched a facebook campaign.

Facebook Page

And stay posted for information on the Docomomo website.

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Astor Cinema, Melbourne

A major public campaign has been mounted by Friends of the Astor Cinema (1936 – and listed on Victorian heritage register) regarding the future use as a cinema and public status of the building. If you are interested in signing the petition see http://www.change.org/astor

The will be a public meeting at the Astor, St Kilda on Saturday June 16th.

 

Astor Cinema, St. Kilda, Melbourne

ROBB COLLEGE, University of New England, NSW

ROBB COLLEGE, University of New England, (Michael Dysart, NSW Government Architects, 1960-64)  is currently receiving conservation documentation attention with submissions being prepared for listing on AIA and NT registers, as there is mounting concern for its future.

 

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100 Collins street shopfront in danger

100 Collins Street, Melbourne’s first ‘glass box’ office building – shopfronts in danger.
A win for the streetscape of Collins Street, Melbourne: all the shop windows of 100 collins street,designed by JA LaGerche, are intact from 1955 when the building opened. Submissions on the proposed design conversion to a bank were recently heard, including those from Docomomo members, and the new shopfront design has now been modified to be far more sympathetic to the original and its retention.

Union Hall, University of Adelaide Campus

Union Hall was opened in 1957 on the University of Adelaide campus. It functioned as a community theatre for Adelaide as well as a University amenity, and was innovative in both architecture and stage design. The building was slated for demolition to make way for a new science complex on the site. DOCOMOMO Australia was invited to become involved in a campaign run by the community, local architects and the National Trust in Adelaide.

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10 Murray Street, Hobart, Campaign

2-4 Salamanca Place /10 Murray Street, Hobart Decision:
As many Docomomo friends and members are aware the decision has been made by the Tasmanian Resource Management Planning Tribunal in February to uphold the development application for the ‘Parliament Square’ scheme in Hobart. This scheme entails the demolition of 10 Murray Street (designed by Dirk Bolt) & 2-4 Salamanca Place buildings (both of which are heritage listed).
Last year Docomomo Australia responded to a request by the “Save 10 Murray Street” group to write a submission asking for reconsideration of the
proposed demolition, to reconsider the options for retention and adaptive reuse in the brief for the site’s redevelopment, or at least request a
thorough documentation of the building to be carried out if demolition was the outcome. Since this time, the scheme has been under planning review,
with a thorough and informed process of consultation and investigation regarding the design competition, planning issues and heritage concerns
taking place.
In response to the Planning Tribunal decision in February which now permits the new development of the Parliament Square scheme to occur, there is currently a push to take the matter to the Tasmanian Supreme Court. If you, as an individual, are interested in supporting this initiative and possibly donating funds for the appeal, details can be found on here:
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The Mercury 17 Feb 2011 Editorial
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For more information on the Save 10 Murray Street Campaign see:

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Northcote Bowl

“Victorian Planning Minster Justin Madden issued a press release yesterday saying that the Planning Department supported Heritage Victoria’s May 2009 determination that Northcote Bowl is not worthy of a heritage overlay. The City of Darebin had been trying to protect the distinctive 1960s building (by architects Fisher and Jackson) from demolition and redevelopment as 96 apartments.” (source: butterpaper, heritage news in Melbourne)

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