Cairo Flats is a heritage-listed apartment building in the Melbourne inner city suburb of Fitzroy.[1] The building was designed in 1935 by architect Acheson Best Overend and built in 1936.[2]
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| General information | |
| Address | 98 Nicholson Street |
| Town or city | Fitzroy, Melbourne |
| Country | Australia |
| Completed | 1936 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Best Overend |
| Architecture firm | Taylor Soilleux & Overend |
It is a U-shaped, two story building comprising 28 apartments, mostly studio flats.[3] Overend was influenced by modernist architect Wells Coates and the "minimum flat concept".[2] Each apartment was designed to "provide maximum amenity in minimum space for minimum rent".[3] The building's cantilevered external concrete stairs was noted as an unusual innovation.[2][3]
Further reading edit
https://thedesignfiles.net/2022/03/architecture-cairo-flats-fitzroy/
https://overland.org.au/2013/10/the-cairo-building-fitzroy/
http://architectuul.com/architecture/cairo-flats
https://www.lunchboxarchitect.com/featured/tiny-apartment/
NEVER TOO SMALL ep 33 23sqm/247sqft Micro Apartment The Cairo Flat. 16 February 2020.
https://assemblepapers.com.au/2012/06/18/the-cairo-romance-and-the-minimum-flat/
References edit
- ^ Sosnowski, Marika (24 October 2013). "The Cairo building, Fitzroy". Overland. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Nationally Significant 20th-Century Architecture - Cairo flats" (PDF). Australian Institute of Architects. 23 November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Victorian Heritage Register - Cairo Flats". Victorian Heritage Register. 25 June 1999. Retrieved 27 January 2018.