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“m3architecture is a national award winning architecture firm, which started in 1997. The practice is run by Directors Michael Banney, Michael Christensen, Michael Lavery and Ben Vielle.”
De Manincor Russell Architecture Workshop existed up until 2013-14.
This website was retired circa 2015.
A large visual database of Melbourne’s finest CBD buildings, many demolished. The site also has a lively forum about Melbourne’s architecture.
This much-improved site focusses on 20th Century deco and modern buildings around Sydney. Lots of photos and links and a series of walks.
A busy looking site with lots of events and a newsletter.
Dr Miles Lewis’ text database of old melbourne mansions. A useful resource, but not easy to use. You can make it cough up screeds of historic addresses if you play around with it. TIP: Use the View As Table option on the left to looks at results of a search.
The local offshoot of the Dutch organisation whose mission is to, “draw attention to the plight of some of the pioneering early modern buildings which were decaying for lack of a current use.” Not a lot of action on this site, though there are occasional notifications of talks and conferences.
Site with an interest in buildings of the period, and a well-stocked links page. Unfortunately it is let down by the bombardment of pop-up ads that the webhost has decided to annoy people with.
A big group with a site that includes information on about 30 buildings.
The United Nations site for World Heritage. A trove of information, the site includes the Exhibition Building in Melbourne, and the earthquake damaged Iranian city of Bam.
Dedicated to the conservation of the world’s historic monuments and sites. Link through to the Australian committee.
On the occasion of the V&A’s Modernism exhibition in 2006, Robert Hughes wrote this essay for the Guardian.