High Court Building, Little Bourke St, Melbourne (April 2006)

Digital InnovationsPreservation, Victoria

In the face of concerted opposition to demolition, the Department of Justice withdrew the original application and then applied to Heritage Victoria for a permit to modify the building and construct an office tower. The result will be the retention of the front third of the 1926 building, including the facade, entrance foyer and the former Court No. 1. The …

High Court Building, Little Bourke St, Melbourne (Summer 2006)

Digital InnovationsPreservation, Victoria

The former High Court building was added to the Victorian Heritage Register following its transfer from the Commonwealth in 1999. However, this did not stop the bureaucrats in the Justice Department from seeking its demolition to expand the Supreme Court precinct. The building is a fine example of interwar stripped classical architecture, dating from 1926 with a 1935 extension. It …