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Prahran Market

Location 63-85 Commercial Road,, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 - Property No B0591 File Number B0591 Level State

[1/1] B0591 Prahran Market, South

Statement of Significance

A complex of State architectural, historic and social significance. The Prahran Market, founded on its present site in 1881, is one of the oldest surviving public markets and still one of the most vibrant public market places in Melbourne. The large rendered brick building fronting Commercial Road was built in 1891 to designs by the notable architect Charles D'Ebro and is substantially original externally except for extensive ground floor alterations and paintwork. This building is one of the few large-scale and most ornate terrace shop rows in Melbourne. Between 1976-82 the market was substantially rebuilt to the designs of the Gunn Hayball partnership. The use of curved tubular steel and corrugated iron, perforated steel panels and pastel colours, the sympathetic refurbishing of historic buildings and the incorporation of contextual elements make this a notable innovative work of the period. The rebuilt Prahran Market received the RAIA Award of Merit in 1982 and remins intact.
The market site has been of enormous social significance for over a century.
Classified: 19/04/1995