Melbourne & Australian Architecture Topics

Agree that Shaun Carney's article is mostly good but he should have paid more attention to ther shameless role of the City of Melbourne in not defending a building with a rating of B on their own Planning Scheme and Heritage overlay.

Robin

I agree, hopefully there will be a few more letters published. I was glad that he touched upon the fact that preserving heritage is not just about keeping a few key standout examples but preserving the look of a city.

Dont think it was Madden alone - after all only Brumby got quoted in the Age. And nice to see ed op piece the next day noting the flaws in the justification - lane widening and access to QV not good enough ! Even though the developers may have said that this part was vital to the success of the project, it was only a small corner - really they could have kept the facade, still had their three levels of shopping centre between the Myer facades, and had a new entrance through Lonsdale House, and still get a tidy return. Demolishing Lonsdale House was just the icing on the cake for them surely.

Does this mean that parts of lonsdale house will be demolished or the whole thing will demolished

wonder how many of those there are ....

especially considering how long its been since a proper heritage study was undertaken.

if you were a developer, you'd almost be licking your lips trying to find them all and simply push for a meeting with the fatcats.

would anyone be interested in being part of/organising a small memorial protest about the demolition?

I doubt we can stop it now but need to build awareness for future buildings..

I am very disappointed in the state government that such a decision could have been made.