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45 Balaclava Rd

Location 45 Balaclava Road CAULFIELD NORTH, Glen Eira City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] 45 Balaclava Rd Caulfield,

Statement of Significance

The house at 45 Balac1ava Road, Caulfield North has architectural importance as an early example of the work of Edward F. Billson, whose work demonstrated the influence of the internationally distinguished American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and his one time colleague, Walter Burley Griffin with whom Billson worked in partnership for a period. It is presumed to be the earliest important example Billson's work and attains special importance as an early example of modern architecture in Australia, the earliest work of Griffin preceding it by only five years.