| Claremont Medical Centre | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Former names | Highway Hotel (1940-1992) Coronado Hotel (1992-1994) |
| General information | |
| Status | restored |
| Architectural style | Inter-War Functionalist/Streamline Moderne |
| Location | 206 Stirling Highway (cnr Bay Road), Claremont, Western Australia |
| Completed | 1940 |
| Opened | 11 November 1940 |
| Renovated | 2000 |
| Closed | 1994 |
| Client | Swan Brewery Co. Ltd |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | two |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Marshall Clifton, Reginald Summerhayes |
| Engineer | L. C. Cutt |
| Main contractor | Plunketts Building and Investment Company Limited |
The Claremont Medical Centre in Perth, Western Australia is a landmark heritage listed building located in Claremont, Western Australia. Originally built in 1940 as a hotel.[1] In 2000 it was converted into a medical centre. In 2002 it won the Art Deco Society Award for “Best refurbishment of a heritage listed building”, and in 2004 won the Town of Claremont “Civic Design Award 2004 for Best adaptation of a heritage place”.
The hotel was designed on a central axis which bisects the angle of the street intersection and it is at this point that the main entrance is located, under the wide sweep of a curved concrete cantilevered balcony.[2] The circular nature of the exterior is expressed in the lounge bar, with curved plaster walls and glass brick panels, as well as spacious spiral staircase. The staircase lead to twenty one bedrooms located on the two first-storey wings, four of them with private bathrooms.[3]
Style and heritage features
editThe two storey expansive building addresses the corner situation with sweeping curved lines that extend along the secondary street front, curve the corner and along the Stirling Highway frontage. The horizontality of the rendered bands of balustrade is contrasted with vertical block elements on the Stirling Highway frontage. Behind the curved corner parapet, the hipped Marseille clay tile roof is evident.[4]
The massing of horizontal and vertical forms are reminiscent of European examples, such as those by Dutch modernist architect, Willem Marinus Dudok.[5]
History
editFurther reading
edit- Bodycoat, Ron (July 1999). Coronado Hotel Claremont: Conservation Plan. Campion Design Group.
References
edit- ^ "Highway Hotel is Completed". The Daily News. Vol. LVIII, , no. 20472. 9 November 1940. p. 22. Retrieved 22 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Planning for the Future". Building : the magazine for the architect, builder, property owner and merchant. 69 (9): 14. 24 September 1941. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "Palatial New Highway Hotel Dominates Stirling-Highway". Sunday Times. No. 2233. Western Australia. 10 November 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 29 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Town of Claremont Heritage Inventory" (PDF). Town of Claremont. 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Robyn (1993). An investigation into the nature of modernism and modernity during the 1930s in Perth, Western Australia, through the study of specific buildings and related art and design forms. University of Western Australia.
Category:1940 establishments Category:1940 architecture Category:Buildings and structures in Perth, Western Australia Category:Heritage places in Perth, Western Australia Category:Art Deco architecture in Western Australia