Heidelberg Town Hall
Building in Ivanhoe, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Heidelberg Town Hall is a civic building located on Upper Heidelberg Road in Ivanhoe, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It is now more commonly known as The Centre Ivanhoe.
Heidelberg Town Hall | |
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Alternative names | The Centre Ivanhoe |
General information | |
Town or city | Ivanhoe |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 37.765571°S 145.045474°E / -37.765571; 145.045474 |
Completed | 1937 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Peck & Kemter |
Opened in April 1937,[1] the building was designed by architectural firm Peck & Kemter in association with A.C. Leith & Bartlett for the Heidelberg City Council (now Banyule City Council) and was influenced by the Hilversum Town Hall in the Netherlands. It listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, described as "the greatest and most eloquent expression of the interwar brick Moderne style in Victoria."[2] The architects were awarded the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects (RVIA) Street Architecture Medal for 1939 for the building.[3]