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	Former ICI House, Inge king 'Joie de Vivre' Sculpture & Gerald Lewers Fountain Orica House 1 - 4 Nicholson Street cnr Albert Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B5765	Statement of Signficance: ICI House, with its concrete encased steel frame and sheer glazed curtain walls, was completed in November 1958, and was hailed as a new symbol of its time. Set on an open landscape site on the eastern hill edge of the central business district, the office block appears as a soaring tower terminating the axis of Lonsdale Street. This setting of a prismatic form of unprecedented height enhanced the architectural expression of a corporate image. In the ... more	B5765	State

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Former ICI House, Inge king 'Joie de Vivre' Sculpture & Gerald Lewers Fountain

Orica House

1 - 4 Nicholson Street cnr Albert Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B5765

Statement of Signficance: ICI House, with its concrete encased steel frame and sheer glazed curtain walls, was completed in November 1958, and was hailed as a new symbol of its time. Set on an open landscape site on the eastern hill edge of the central business district, the office block appears as a soaring tower terminating the axis of Lonsdale Street. This setting of a prismatic form of unprecedented height enhanced the architectural expression of a corporate image. In the ... more

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