Melbourne Open House

doigal · 20th July 2008, 4:26 PM

Melbourne opened its doors today for the Melbourne Open House intiative, part of the Melbourne International Design Festival. I'm not so sure that they'd anticipated the amount of interest in this, as we turned up to the Manchester Unity (classic Neogothic building) at about 10:30, then waited almost two hours to get up the top.

Was it worth it? Hell yeah.

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Click for bigger, CC welcome.

Thanks for looking.

peewee82 · 20th July 2008, 4:33 PM

Ahh that's awesome, I want one in Brisbane. Great idea.

I love the one of the street. So rarely do you see images of Melbourne from above. All the leafless winter trees make it very unique. Cars strewn across the tram tracks is very Melbourne too lol.

xhanatos · 20th July 2008, 5:52 PM

I totally forgot about this til me and missus got to the city. Jesus christ.. the queues went around the block

I didn't bother lining up because I did not bring my wideangle with me

DiZZ_19 · 20th July 2008, 8:03 PM

I got the feeling it was far more popular than what the organisers had anticipated.
Next year I'm sure it will be held over a weekend instead of just one day.

On with the photos,
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Manchester Unity:

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This table was dropped in by crane when they were constructing the building.
At the time, it was the largest single peice of pane glass to be imported to Australia.

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Council House 2
This building has just about every eco technology out there built into it. This PDF explains it far better than I can.

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Note the wavy roof and cooling radiators.

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The yellow things are wind turbines, which help cut energy consumption to just 13% compared to the old council building.

All in all it was a great day, I hope next year they are better prepaired for the big crowds!

djnz · 20th July 2008, 8:19 PM

Love that boardroom, it's like something out of the Godfather. Might have to speak with management tomorrow, they're renovating one of ours at the moment...

chet · 20th July 2008, 9:07 PM

Nice photos doigal

I went to this today. Couldn't believe some of the wait times - so many people! The Regent Theatre was awesome, as was the Capitol Theatre.

Wish this was done more often!

mosaic · 21st July 2008, 9:35 PM

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Flecktone · 22nd July 2008, 9:19 PM

oh shit!!!

these photo's are awesome!!!!!

my favourite subject(melbourne) from perspectives not normally available to the general public....

.. brilliant!

I would have loved to check all of these sites out in the flesh, but by the sounds of it, the queue was already big enough...

I work in the arcade near the corner of flinders & swanston street; so to be able to see these everyday places and objects in such light is breathtaking!!!!!

QuakeDude · 23rd July 2008, 5:33 AM

Hey, some nice shots there mate!

chet · 25th July 2008, 11:21 PM

Here's some I got at the basement Ballroom at the Regent Theatre. Stunning place!

20th July 2008, 4:26 PM	#1
doigal Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Hawthorn, Melbourne Posts: 2,458	Melbourne Open House Melbourne opened its doors today for the Melbourne Open House intiative, part of the Melbourne International Design Festival. I'm not so sure that they'd anticipated the amount of interest in this, as we turned up to the Manchester Unity (classic Neogothic building) at about 10:30, then waited almost two hours to get up the top. Was it worth it? Hell yeah. 1 2 3 4 Click for bigger, CC welcome. Thanks for looking. __________________ \| The OCAU 'film is not dead' club member#020 \| Flickr Album \| Redbubble Prints FS: 4 rolls of Ilford SFX200 IR 135 Film

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peewee82 Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brisbane Posts: 859	Ahh that's awesome, I want one in Brisbane. Great idea. I love the one of the street. So rarely do you see images of Melbourne from above. All the leafless winter trees make it very unique. Cars strewn across the tram tracks is very Melbourne too lol. __________________ peterjwilson.com.au flickr dA

20th July 2008, 5:52 PM	#3
xhanatos Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Abbotsford VIC Posts: 4,149	I totally forgot about this til me and missus got to the city. Jesus christ.. the queues went around the block I didn't bother lining up because I did not bring my wideangle with me __________________ Reuters Photo Blog

20th July 2008, 8:03 PM	#4
DiZZ_19 Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Melbourne, 3039 Posts: 1,741	I got the feeling it was far more popular than what the organisers had anticipated. Next year I'm sure it will be held over a weekend instead of just one day. On with the photos, 1 Manchester Unity: 2 3 4 5 6 This table was dropped in by crane when they were constructing the building. At the time, it was the largest single peice of pane glass to be imported to Australia. 7 Council House 2 This building has just about every eco technology out there built into it. This PDF explains it far better than I can. 8 Note the wavy roof and cooling radiators. 9 10 11 The yellow things are wind turbines, which help cut energy consumption to just 13% compared to the old council building. All in all it was a great day, I hope next year they are better prepaired for the big crowds! __________________ Home: NAD C320BEE + NAD C521BEE > LSK M6 Listening Room Camera: Nikon D700 \| Nikon D80 - Tokina 12-24 f4 - 24-85 AF-S - 18-70 AF-S DX - 70-200VR f2.8 - 50mm f1.8 - 85mm f1.8 - SB-600 My Flickr Canikontaxny

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20th July 2008, 8:19 PM	#5
djnz Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mexibourne Posts: 621	Love that boardroom, it's like something out of the Godfather. Might have to speak with management tomorrow, they're renovating one of ours at the moment...

20th July 2008, 9:07 PM	#6
chet R.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,426	Nice photos doigal I went to this today. Couldn't believe some of the wait times - so many people! The Regent Theatre was awesome, as was the Capitol Theatre. Wish this was done more often!

22nd July 2008, 9:19 PM	#8
Flecktone Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 211	oh shit!!! these photo's are awesome!!!!! my favourite subject(melbourne) from perspectives not normally available to the general public.... .. brilliant! I would have loved to check all of these sites out in the flesh, but by the sounds of it, the queue was already big enough... I work in the arcade near the corner of flinders & swanston street; so to be able to see these everyday places and objects in such light is breathtaking!!!!! __________________ Never trust a monkey OCAU Night Owl #41 OCAU Guitar Players Club member#36 trades completed with: Synoptica, Flugle

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QuakeDude Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 6,316	Hey, some nice shots there mate! __________________ PSN: quakedude311

25th July 2008, 11:21 PM	#10
chet R.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,426	Here's some I got at the basement Ballroom at the Regent Theatre. Stunning place!