"Tuffnell Lodge" Entrance - East Melbourne
In East Melbourne, just off busy Wellington Parade in the little cul-de-sac of Garden Avenue is a blissfully quiet piece of "between the wars" Melbourne.
The entire avenue is made up of wonderful Functionaist Moderne blocks of flats including "Tuffnell Lodge", a clinker brick block with brown brick features. It has a wonderfully moderne entranceway with a circular porch which forms part of a balcony of a first floor flat. The front door is graced with a wonderful wrought iron grillework flyscreen door, whilts a pretty porch light in true Art Deco style hangs to the right of the door.
Unlike many Art Deco buildings which focussed on a vertical emphasis, Functionalist Moderne buildings often featured horizontal emphasis, which is why it has horizontal bands of brown feature bricks.
"Tuffnell Lodge" Entrance - East Melbourne
In East Melbourne, just off busy Wellington Parade in the little cul-de-sac of Garden Avenue is a blissfully quiet piece of "between the wars" Melbourne.
The entire avenue is made up of wonderful Functionaist Moderne blocks of flats including "Tuffnell Lodge", a clinker brick block with brown brick features. It has a wonderfully moderne entranceway with a circular porch which forms part of a balcony of a first floor flat. The front door is graced with a wonderful wrought iron grillework flyscreen door, whilts a pretty porch light in true Art Deco style hangs to the right of the door.
Unlike many Art Deco buildings which focussed on a vertical emphasis, Functionalist Moderne buildings often featured horizontal emphasis, which is why it has horizontal bands of brown feature bricks.