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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Victoria House Apartments 220-222 Clarendon Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B7011		B7011	File only
Domain Park Apartments 193 Domain Road,, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 - Property No B7026		B7026	File only
Former BP House Domain Apartments 1 - 29 Albert Road,, MELBOURNE VIC 3004 - Property No B6314	Built from 1962 - 64, BP House, is of state significance as an example of the changing international perceptions by 1960 of the International Style tower. Designed by architect, Anthony B Armstrong, for the Melbourne firm of R.S. Demaine, Russell, Trundle, Armstrong &Orton Pty Ltd.,the twenty-one storey tower marks the move in Melbourne away from the International Style 'box' form and the thinness of the curtain wall to a more monumental, sculptural solution. The whole ... more	B6314	State
Former Brunton Chambers Cashmore Apartments , Altson's Corner 298-304 Collins Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6555	A multi-storey Edwardian office building constructed in 1904 and of special significance because of its corner location and relationship to the important 19th century commercial buildings near the corner of Collins and Elizabeth Streets. That prominence would be enhanced by the reconstruction of the building's corner tower (now missing). Classified: 06/06/1994 Note: The tower was reconstructed in 2000.	B6555	Regional
The Lane Building The Lane Apartments 267 - 275 Flinders Lane,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6600	A massive classically detailed office building, the Lane Building was constructed in 1899. It is a critical element of the Flinders Lane historic precinct. Classified: 06/06/1994	B6600	Regional
Former Siege Of Paris Cyclorama George's Hostess Store (Now Georges Apartments) 166-186 Little Collins Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B0471	The building is nationally significant for incorporating the only substantial remnants of a 'Cyclorama' building in Australia. The building is also notable for the Moghul or Saracenic style of the street elevation. A Cyclorama was a large 360 degree painted scene hung in a large purpose-built structure; only five were built in Australia between 1889 and 1893 by American entrepreneurs Reed and Gross, in association with local businessmen. The Little Collins Street Cyclorama is ... more	B0471	National
Former Telephone Exchange/Post Office Hero Apartments 114-120 Russell Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6992	The former Russell Street Telephone Exchange & Post Office, designed by the Commonwealth Department of Works in 1948 and completed in 1954, is significant at the State level for its architectural and historical values. Architecturally, the building is unique as a central city multi-storey building displaying the influence of European Modernism, particularly the Amsterdam School and Scandinavian Freestyle Classicism. The interlocking, unadorned rectangular masses executed in ... more	B6992	State
Former Victorian Railways Administrative Offices Grand Central Apartments , Vicrail Headquarters 33 - 67 Spencer Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B4967	The Victorian Railways Administrative Offices were opened in 1893. They were built by James Moore to the design of the Victorian Railways Department Engineering Office. The building consists of a basement and three levels above, extending 120 meters along the west side of Spencer Street. Although designed to be built in bluestone, it is constructed of brick with the facades finished in stucco. It is symmetrical in plan, with a central main entrance flanked by secondary entrances ... more	B4967	State