Gilbert Court

Other Name

100 Collins Street Melbourne

Location

100-104 Collins Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6095

File Number

B6095

Level

Regional

Statement of Significance

Designed by J A La Gerche and erected in 1954-5, Gilbert Court is symbolic of the recovery in commercial building after World War Two and the onset of Olympic Games preparation. It provided a novel form of building development in its co-operative ownership and appears to be the first true multi-storey commercial "glass box" built in Australia. Receiving much national publicity, it was the first Australian commercial building to fully express the new international Modern aesthetic then epitomized by New York's Lever House.
Classified: 16/11/1989

Group

Commercial

Category

Office building