Curtin House
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For the historic house in Wisconsin, see Jeremiah Curtin House.
Curtin House is a six-storey Commercial Palazzo style building on Swanston Street in the Melbourne city centre, built in 1922 for the Tattersalls Club with offices to rent, and transformed in the early 2000s into a 'vertical laneway', with a range of specialist retailing, dining, and entertainment spaces occupying every floor and the roof.
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Curtin House | |
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Former names | Tattersall's Club Tattersalls Building[1] |
General information | |
Architectural style | Art Nouveau |
Address | 248–256 Swanston St |
Town or city | Melbourne |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 37°48′43.2″S 144°57′54.7″E |
Opened | 1922 |
Cost | £50,000[2] |
Dimensions | |
Other dimensions | Frontage of 81 ft 5 in to Swanston St. by a depth of 88 ft on the southern boundary and 66 ft on the north side. It has a rear frontage of 50 ft 8 into Tattersalls Lane.[1] |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Structure of reinforced concrete (as placed by the Steel Form Supply Co P/L) |
Floor count | 6 |
Floor area | 21,360 sq. ft.[1] |
Lifts/elevators | Single lift within open cage encircled by stairs. |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Harry Norris[3] |
Architecture firm | Harry Norris |
Civil engineer | Hawkins & Bendixsen |
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