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Savoy Plaza Hotel: 630 Little Collins Street and 122-133 Spencer Street, Melbourne
Savoy Plaza Hotel: 630 Little Collins Street, Melbourne. Looking north east from western side of Swanston Street.
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Hotel Alexander (or Alexander’s Hotel) was opened in early 1927 and run by Alexander Hotel Pty Ltd. At the time it was billed as “Melbourne’s most modern hotel” a fully licenced hotel with 200 rooms each with their own bathroom. At eleven storeys it was one of Melbourne and Australia’s tallest and most prominent hotels at the time taking advantage of its proximity to Spencer Street railway station. 1 A 20th Century American style hotel it claimed to be one the first in Australia to offer modern air-conditioning.
Former Michaelis Hallenstein & Co: 441-445 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Former Michaelis Hallenstein & Co 441-445 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
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This fine four storey building with basement was built as the new offices for Hallenstein & Co, a tanners in 1924 to a Tompkins brothers design and built by FE Shillabeer & Sons. The company purchased the property from Edwards Dunlop & Co in 1923. The company had traded in Melbourne since the 1860s.12
Swann House: 22-38 William Street, Melbourne
Swann House: 22-38 William Street, Melbourne
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Built for the State Electricity Commission in 1921 as an eleven storey office building, it has also been known in its history as Lyle House. It was designed by the SEC chief architect and constructed by Hansen & Yuncken in reinforced concrete.
Carlow House: 34-36 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Carlow House as viewed from the north west across Elizabeth Street
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Carlow House is one of Harry Norris’ more interesting designs from the late 1930s and it was originally constructed as an steel framed 10 storey office building for the Paynes by E A Watts and completed in 1939.1
AMP Square: 535 Bourke Street, Melbourne
AMP Square's main tower at 535 Bourke Street, Melbourne viewed from the corner of Bourke and William streets
This 26 storey 113 metre building was completed in 1969. Constructed on part of the site of John Sanderson & Co. woolbroking premises, St. James Building, 111 William Street, a large five storey second empire building which spanned an entire city block.
Posted in City of Melbourne, Melbourne 3000, Skyscraper (13+ storeys) | 
Tags: 1960s, 1969, 20th century, 26 storey, amp, bates smart, bates smart mccutcheon, bourke street melbourne, cor-ten, eero saarinen, john sanderson, modern architecture, office building, public art, sculpture, skidmore owings & merrill, william street melbourne | 
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Grand Hyatt. 123 Collins Street, Melbourne