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If you want any proof that Melbourne in 1990 is very different to what it is today, why not catch up on an old Classic Movie, Death in Brunswick, courtesy of SBS on Demand.
Merchant Builders was a company established in 1965 with two business partners – David Yencken and John Ridge.
The house, located in Crown Road, Ivanhoe (with the area specifically known to the local’s as “Fairy Hills”) is the former home of artist Napier Waller and is now owned by Banyule Council.
Many of Melbourne’s earliest buildings in the CBD are constructed of bluestone and their legacy remains due to the solid foundations laid with this material.
Art Deco was an eclectic mix of styles referencing Cubism, Art Nouveau, Modernism and Futurism.
Location of the stairs for a second storey extension is one of the first decisions made in any design.
Collingwood, Abbotsford, Richmond and South Melbourne more typically had timber terraces and were even more working class! Blocks of terrace homes made way for the housing commission flats in these areas on the late 1950’s.
The Californian bungalows originated in California and the first of its kind was imported from Pasadena California in 1916 by an Australian Real Estate Agent who had it erected in the Sydney suburb of Rosebery for the show.
The scheme is governed by NatHERS – The National House Energy Rating Scheme, which was introduced in 1993.