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Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School

Location 213 Wonga Road WARRANWOOD, MAROONDAH CITY Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

A large sequence of most interesting and unusual school buildings in an unique architectural style, according to the approach of Anthroposophical Society, derived from its founder Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). Construction commenced in 1972, with buildings by the designer and architects Alex Podolinsky (1972-), David Morgan (1983-88), Ross Henry (1992-96) and Gregory Burgess (1993-99?). They are historically significant at state level as the embodiment of extending developments in the educational life of the state, demonstrating the effects of an educational movement, its association with an important and influential person in Rudolf Steiner and as a changing sequence of architectural stylistic development within certain parameters, over time. It is architecturally significant as innovative and extraordinary examples of the work of the four designers and architects and of fine and unusual craftsmanship and of social significance as known and valued by the community as a meeting place and as a repository of community memory.