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Grand Hyatt. 123 Collins Street, Melbourne
The Grand Hyatt is a 547 room, 5 star hotel on Collins Street. With a curtain wall of golden tinted glass shaped in a giant L-shaped curve, it has an imposing, if now built out, presence on the “Paris End” of Collins. Faceted vertical bays of glass break up the main exposed concrete mass and add to a shimmering effect.
Crown Metropol: 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank
Crown Metropol viewed from Clarendon Street to the north
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Crown Metropol is a 28 storey modern landmark which opened on Wednesday 21 April, becoming part of the Crown Entertainment Complex at Southbank. The 5 star 5 star 658 room hotel’s design is a sleek curved S-shaped curtain wall box was design was by Bates Smart architects and it was constructed by Baulderstone Pty Ltd at a cost of $300 million.12
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Tags: 2000s, 2007, 2010, 2010s, 21st century, 28 storey, accomodation, bates smart, baulderstone, crown, curtain wall, hotel, luxury hotel, modern, southbank, whiteman street southbank | 
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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.
Chevron Hotel: 539 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Chevron Hotel: 539 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
The Chevron was built in to the design of Leslie M Perrott in 1934 with construction of the 200 room hotel with unusual tower by E.A. Watts taking 18 weeks.
The rooms featured ensuite bathrooms and garages for guests’ cars.
At its peak, it was a ritzy nightclub which hosted the likes of Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, Winifred Atwell and Frank Sinatra.
The nightclub finally closed in 2001.
Posted in City of Melbourne, Low-rise (1-5 storeys), Melbourne 3004 | Tags: 1930s, 1934, 20th century, 4 storey, apartment building, decorative tower, hotel, interwar, leslie m perrott, palazzo, st kilda road | No Comments »
30 Collins Street, Melbourne