Melbourne Buildings

Malthouse Apartments: 22 Abinger Street, Richmond

Malthouse Apartments (also known simply as “The Silos”) is a Richmond landmark.  The result of an innovative residential conversion of 1920s four leaf clover shaped industrial wheat grain silos (known as Daly’s Malthouse¹) which was completed in 1996.  The architect was Nonda Katsalidis who was at the time beginning to establish himself as one of Melbourne’s most fashionable architects.²

The Silos is evocative of the ocean liner moderne style of the 1920s  with its prow like cor-ten verandahs and portholes.

It was built by Probuild Constructions.³

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