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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 31, 1964
Page
4
Residents of newer Red Hill areas will gain a nearby shopping centre easing trips from Manuka and Kingston. The article notes the current building stage shown in a late last week photo and gives a planned occupancy target for November.
A new Red Hill shopping centre is planned at the corner of Crescent Street and La Perouse Street opposite the sea. It will house about six shops including a chemist and a delicatessen with a covered walkway and parking. The project costs about £23,000 for land and building and includes a joint post office, doctor, dentist and depot block. Local tenants have been lined up and construction is by Capello and Anderson for Fo Tenants Limited.
The text advises consulting an architect to optimize a window wall for view and light. It mentions options like a full glass wall or segmented glazing with vertical and horizontal bars. It notes potential roofline glass at the gable end of a house.
Builders Robert Wall and Sons will construct a two story showroom premises for Larke Hoskins Pty Ltd at Mort Street. The investment, about £24000, covers ground floor facilities for new and used cars a car workshop machine shop and admin offices upstairs with spare parts storage. Frontage 2 chains depth 165 feet. Architects Luker Thompson and Guildsmith.
Strikingly coloured anodised aluminium components are used on two Sydney multi storey structures, the Town House Hotel and Restaurant in Elizabeth Bay and Telford House in George Street. The method uses durable metal colours produced by anodising and immersion in chemical solutions, a technique developed in Sydney and adopted across Australia. The Town House street entrance features three large picture windows 96 inches high and six feet wide framed in polished gold anodised aluminium sections.
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