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Oracle Building: 417 St Kilda Road, MELBOURNE

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Building Profile

Name : Oracle Building

Location

Address: 417 St Kilda Road
City: MELBOURNE

Postcode: 3004

Construction Details

Built: 1991
Original use: Office
Current use: Office

number of floors : 10

Built in the Nineties period in the Stripped Classical style

Notable features

Large blocky building of smooth white render and glass broken up by cavernous central space supported by large chrome column like structures and a metallic spire. The massing, carefully composed cavities and horizontal treatments evokes the bulk and cornice treatment of an interwar palazzo but using modern materials.

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