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Rialto building group, Melbourne. The Rialto, Winfield and Olderfleet building group, in Collins Street, Melbourne, is a group of five historic buildings all built within a few years of each other in 1888-1891. They are all a similar height, width and level of detail, making up one of the most notable historic streetscapes in Melbourne, and a ...
Melbourne Town Hall on Swanston Street built 1870–1887. The City of Melbourne is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. In 2021, the city has an area of 37.7 square kilometres (14.6 sq mi) and had a population of 149,615. [3] The city's motto is " vires acquirit eundo " which means "we ...
The Metropolitan Town Planning Commission was created in 1922 by the Victorian state government to provide advice for the planning and development of the city of Melbourne, Australia. It produced the first comprehensive urban development strategy for Melbourne in 1929, and influenced future development for many years.
APA Building, Melbourne. The APA Building was a skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; at 12 storeys and 53m to the tip of its corner spire, it became the Australia's tallest commercial building at the time of its completion in mid 1890 (and remained so for decades) exceeding the previous height record set by of the Federal Coffee Palace.
Hoddle Grid. Coordinates: 37°48′51″S 144°57′47″E. Aerial view of the city centre looking east. The Yarra River is on the right and the Melbourne Cricket Ground is in the background. Satellite image of Melbourne at night, showing the grid plan of its major roads and streets. The Hoddle Grid is the contemporary name given to the ...
Projects. Urban Design and Delivery City of Melbourne (1985—2020), CH2 building. Robert John Adams AM is an Australian architect and urban designer based in Melbourne. He worked at the City of Melbourne, Australia for 40 years, 24 of those as Director of City Design and Projects. [1] He won multiple awards as the leader of the revitalisation ...
The Albert Park (225 ha) is a large park in the namesaked bayside suburb, built around the 1.8 km-long Albert Park Lake, an important watersport and recreational fishing site in Melbourne, and hosts the Albert Park Yacht Club and Albert Sailing Club, with a 4.7-kilometre (2.9 mi) walking track around the lake.
Melbourne Square is a A$2.8 billion building complex of residential mixed-use towers in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Victoria. The complex will be constructed in five stages, with a permit requiring completion by 2031. Stage one of the development commenced construction in November 2017, and was completed in May 2021. [3][4]