107 Cambridge in Melbourne
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107 Cambridge in Melbourne
Housing Development in Victoria, Australia ? design by Elenberg Fraser, Architects
26 Sep 2017
107 Cambridge
Architects: Elenberg Fraser
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
107 Cambridge
It seems trite to trot out the over-worn truism ?change is inevitable?: but behind those bland t-shirt logo words stands unyielding fact. The implicit challenge, as architects, is how to effect change in a positive and meaningful way" Honouring the past while whole-heartedly saluting the future, 107 Cambridge Street, Collingwood takes that challenge on the chin.
Located in the former factories and warehouses of Foy & Gibson, this project shares a part of Australia?s history. Melbourne?s first department store, Foy & Gibson was part of the southern capital?s coming of age ? a glamourous 19th century style temple on Smith Street that drew on the chic addresses in Paris and the United States, which soon spread into many other Australian cities. The nearby industrial facilities were no less elegant, designed by William Pitt, their red-brick facades have been landmark buildings in Collingwood ? now one of Melbourne?s most desired inner-city neighbourhoods ? ever since.
Now, Elenberg Fraser with developer Gurner TM, have put their own mark on this site, converting the Cambridge Street warehouses into sleek apartment residences. Like Mark Foy before us, we...
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