| House | $590,000  |
| Unit | $599,700 |
Surrounding suburbs
| House | $638 |
| Unit | $698 |
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| Planning History: |
| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| Last updated on - October 29, 1999 What is significant? Alkira House, a six storey, reinforced concrete office building, was erected in 1937 as an investment by Harold and Annie Cohen. JH Wardrop was the architect and Swanson Bros the builders. The facade, composed of strong vertical panels and shafts, is expressed by contrasting grey, green and black terra cotta faience tiles with a central continuous panel of glass blocks surmounted by a cleverly contrived waterfall tower. How is it significant? Alkira House is of architectural significance to the State of Victoria. Why is it significant? Alkira House is of architectural significance as an exceptional example of the vertical Jazz Moderne style in Victoria, a style considered to be extremely avant-garde and rarely adopted for building in this State between the wars. The facade reflects modern office building philosophy then developing in Europe, especially the Dutch and German experiments in glass, vitrolite and terracotta of the 1920s and 1930s. Alkira House was in sharp contrast to the revivalist nature of architecture in Melbourne in the 1930s, and while it has some similarities to the Manchester Unity and Myer buildings, it is considerably more flamboyant. Alkira House is of architectural significance as a distinguished and innovative work of JH Wardrop, who was a principal of the firm that designed the Shrine of Remembrance. |
| 01 Aug 1997 |
| Residential conversion and 2 level addition |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-1997-776) |
| 08 Dec 1997 |
| Four level addition to existing building |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-1997-1312) |
| 18 Aug 1998 |
| Seventeen lot subdivision |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-1998-848) |
| 05 May 1999 |
| Alterations and additions (including an extra floor) to the top floor of the existing building for residential use |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-1999-510) |
| 20 Apr 2000 |
| Alterations and additions to the existing dwelling at level 10 of the building |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-2000-433) |
| 26 Apr 2002 |
| Addition of a single storey apartment to level 10 and a roof garden to level 11 of the existing building |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-2002-382) |
| 26 Aug 2014 |
| Transfer of Licence |
| (Source: Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation, reference no: 16467A11) |
| 08 Jul 2022 |
| On-Premises Licence |
| (Source: , reference no: ) |
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