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Advanced Technologies Centre (ATC). Swinburne University. 427-451 Burwood Road, Hawthorn
Advanced Technologies Centre (ATC). Swinburne University viewed from across Burwood road looking north west
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The Advanced Technologies Centre was completed in early 2011 and was developed at a cost of $140 million.1
The building’s most interesting feature is its giant “spotted” concrete facade of its twin 10 storey towers which are dotted with portholes laid out in a geometrical pattern like an old fashioned dot matrix printer and its dominating three storey transparent glass street level podium which stands begging for attention in largely Victorian era streetscape.
Former Beath, Schiess & Feldstead Building: 109-113 Russell Street, Melbourne
109-113 Russell Street, Melbourne
109 Russell Street is a three storey red brick and render warehouse at the corner of Flinders Lane and Russell Street. It was built in 1910 for Beath, Scheiss and Feldstead clothing manufacturers to a design by architects HW & FB Tompkins and forms part of a significantly intact pre World War II streetscape on both Flinders Lane and Russell Streets.
Posted in City of Melbourne, Low-rise (1-5 storeys), Melbourne 3000 | 
Tags: 1910, 1910s, 20th century, 3 storey, automobile showroom, chicago style, demolition, educational building, edwardian, flinders lane melbourne, Frank Beauchamp Tompkins, Harry Tompkins, Henry William Tompkins, HW & FB Tompkins, red brick, russell street melbourne, warehouse | 
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Dock 5: 55 Victoria Harbour Promenade Docklands