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Collins Street, Melbourne

Kurrajong House, 175-177 Melbourne Theosophical Society 181-187 Manchester Unity, 220-226 Century Building, 125-133 Newspaper House, 247-249 Howey House, 234-238 Kodak House, 252 Block Court, 288

Kodak House and Howey House A pair of Art Deco buildings, slim and strongly vertical. Howey House has the original name still in place above an arched window. It features a Spanish terracotta hipped roof with attic window. Five years later, Kodak house was built, with its stainless steel a subtle reminder of Kodak's silvery income source.

	Century Building
		The architect of the Manchester Unity building also worked on Century Building In this case the tower has a bell-like feel to it. The tower is less reminiscent of church architecture, but not obviously functional.

Newspaper House A competition decided the design of this building. It s a more human, decorative building for the Herald & Weekly Times Newspaper Group who now have an anonymous brown tower in Southbank. Clad with sandstone ashlar. The glass mosaic is by Napier Waller.

Block Court A shopping arcade, Block Court was built into an existing building to link Collins Street with the Block Arcade in Elizabeth Street. The polychromatic terrazzo floor is a feature.

	Manchester Unity
	This building contrasts against its near-neighbour the Century Building. It is an example of the Grand Commercial Gothic style, and featured modern innovations such as steam heat, mail an rubbish chutes.

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