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Former Ardoch Flats

Ardoch Education Centre

226 Dandenong Road and 7 - 9 Ardoch Avenue,, ST KILDA EAST VIC 3183 - Property No B6445

The former Ardoch flats complex built principally between 1920 and 1922 by developer Alex M Younger is significant as an early example of grouped housing in a garden setting which developed as a response to post World War 1 housing shortages and the demand for new housing types to replace unfashionable terrace houses. The group is notable for its representation of the garden city possibly derived via North America from the bungalow court concept. Ardoch represents the most ... more

B6445

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