April 2012
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Gilbert Court, 100 Collins st. 1955
Australia’s first International Modern style office tower.
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Union Bank of Australia, 111 Collins st. 1938
designed by Walter and Richard Butler in a ’ Bank Modern-Classical’ style.
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Pawson House, 1935
designed for clothing manufacturers Pawson & Company, by HW & FB Tompkins Architects.
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March 2012
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Kelvin Club & Hall, 53 Exhibition st. 1927
The hall and theatre played host to Australia’s first screening of “The Defense of Madrid” in 1937, with proceeds going to the International Brigades and their fight against the Fascists in the Spanish Civil War.
in 1969, it played host to the controversial play about homosexuality “Boys in the Band”, with criminal charges laid against the production for...