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Shell Corner - William Street. [Walking Melbourne - Building Profile]
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Shell Corner: William Street,


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Building Profile

Name : Shell Corner

Location

Address: William Street
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Postcode:

Construction Details

Built: 1935~
Original use: 1
Current use:

number of floors : 10

Built in the Interwar period in the 7 style

Notable features

A combination of palazzo, stipped classical and art deco, this building is tiled in terracotta with vertical emphasis. Although its design is credited to Kingsley Henderson, it has similarities in its facade composition to the Shell Building in San Francisco, designed by George Kelham three years earlier.

History

Architect: Kingsley Henderson


This building has been destroyed (1989~)

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