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Townhouses
Location76 Molesworth Street KEW, Boroondara City LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
76 Molesworth Street, Kew is of municipal historical and architectural significance. A fine and externally intact example of late 1960s townhouses, it is an important design in the progression of cluster housing and townhouse projects by Graeme Gunn and others in the 1960s and 1970s, a period that saw a re-casting of suburban housing models. 76 Molesworth Street, Kew, is an accomplished and distinctive residential design in a broadly Brutalist manner, which is characterised by a boldness in materials and skilful modulation of light and shade. The project is a relatively early and successful example of the use of concrete-block and heavy unplaned timber, a combination that would characterise many architect-designed houses in Melbourne over the next decade. It is one of two RAIA Bronze Medal winning designs by the well-known and highly successful Melbourne architect, Graeme Gunn and ranks with Gunn's best works. It one of only four residential projects in Boroondara to ever receive the Medal.11
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House