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Heidelberg Town Hall

Location Upper Heidelberg Road,, IVANHOE VIC 3079 - Property No B4919 File Number B4919 Level State

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Statement of Significance

The Heidelberg Town hall is architecturally of State significance as one of the first and most prominent public buildings after MacRobertson's Girls' High School to be designed in the inter-war Functionalist style derived from Dutch Architect Willem Dudok. Opened in 1937, designed by architects, A C Leith, A Peck and G A Kempter, and the winner of an RVIA Street Architecture Medal , the Heidelberg Town Hall is a bold composition of large cuboid blocks with the counterpoint of a 30 metre high clock tower. With its green neon illuminated clockface attached directly to the face of the brickwork with a minimum of applied decorative detail, the austerity of the building's forms is relieved by geometric-inspired detail in the window fenestration and wrought iron balconettes. Internally, the main hall is in good condition and the detailing of the ceilings, glazing, doors and stair balustrading maintains the stylised geometric themes of the exterior. Alterations at the rear of the building and the addition of a porte-cochere at the main entry detract from the building's significance.
Classified: 17/02/1983
Revised: 01/04/1996