Join RMIT Architectural Historian Conrad Hayman as he explores the many reinventions of 20th century styles spanning neo-futurism, metabolism, modernism and the emergence of postmodernism in the late 1970s. More information & Bookings
Walking Tour: Sunday, 21 September 2025 – Modernist Melbourne – City East
Join us for a captivating exploration of Modernist Melbourne in the east of the CBD, where we’ll uncover architectural treasures that illustrate the transformation of Melbourne’s built environment in the post-WWII period. More information & Bookings
Walking Tour – Spanish Mission and Mediterranean Melbourne, Sunday 20 July 2025
Both Spanish Mission and Mediterranean styles share a flair for evoking sunnier climes and seaside charm against Melbourne’s grey skies. This walk features notable and diverse examples of these styles across Ripponlea, St Kilda and Elwood, the three suburbs which are home to the highest concentrations of Spanish Mission and Mediterranean buildings in Melbourne. Click here for more information and …
Presentation – PubCrock Collection, Thursday, 17 July 2025
Join us to hear from Di Sandilands, creator of PubCrock, a collection of hotel ware from a time when hospitality venues proudly displayed their name on their crockery, and sometimes glass and metal ware. Click here for more information and bookings.
Town Hall, Horsham (Summer 2016)
We are delighted to report the official re-opening of the Horsham Town Hall. A few years ago, ADMS joined in with a group of dedicated locals in a successful preservation battle to retain the 1940 hall.
Asbestos House, Southbank (Summer 2016)
Another Harry Norris building has been demolished, this one on the corner of City Road and Clarendon Street, Southbank. Designed by Norris in 1936 as the headquarters for James Hardie and Co, it was named Asbestos House, as many of the major building products manufactured and sold by the firm contained asbestos. Of course, this was in the days when …
Capitol Bakeries Building, cnr Chapel St & Toorak Rd, South Yarra (Summer 2016)
After a decade-long battle to preserve the Capitol building, demolition has commenced on this prominent South Yarra corner. The building started life as one of Melbourne’s cable-car engine-sheds before being converted to a bakery in 1936 after the trams were electrified. The makeover was designed by prolific local architect Harry Norris. The massive development of apartment blocks in South Yarra …
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