One of the most fondly remembered but most tantalisingly elusive of Port memories is the smell of gingernuts baking at Swallow & Ariell. Over more than one hundred and thirty years Swallow & Ariell's operations expanded to occupy a whole Port Melbourne block - apart from the London Hotel. …
Adaptive re-use
Kicking on
Shortly after that fateful re-zoning of Fishermans Bend in 2012, a for sale sign appeared on the Australian Furniture Timbers building in Plummer St, Port Melbourne. Australian Furniture Timbers, Plummer St, Port Melbourne I could not imagine how such a modest building could survive the lure …
Pavilions in an urban forest
The fences came down at the exhausted end of the year when attention and time were scarce. Martin Foley, recently re-elected as the state member for Albert Park, opened the newly completed Pickles St campus of Albert Park College on 18 December before dashing off to Albert Park Primary School's end …
Six Degrees – Two Awards
Six Degrees Architects work on the Albert Park College Environmental Arts Hub received two awards at the 2017 Victorian Architecture Awards: the Henry Bastow Award for Educational Architecture and the John George Knight Award for Heritage Architecture Amid the lamented recent loss of local …
Easter Exploration
It's been a while since I've idled through Fishermans Bend. With not a soul out and about, and barely a car to be seen over Easter - Fishermans Bend was quiet. There is a pause about the place, especially in Montague, with many premises for lease, awaiting the direction that new planning guidance …
Fishermans Bend Forum reflections 1
A forum on the future of Fishermans Bend was hosted by the Community Alliance of Port Phillip on Sunday 7 July 2013. A thoughtful panel addressed the theme of the urban renewal of this area from different perspectives. Readers will need to forgive the clumsy acronym FBURA, the Fishermans Bend …