Cairo Flats

Cairo Flats
General information
Address 98 Nicholson Street
Town or city Fitzroy, Melbourne
Country Australia
Completed 1936
Design and construction
Architect Best Overend
Architecture firm Taylor Soilleux & Overend

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]

It is a U-shaped, two story building comprising 28 individual residences.[3] Overend was influenced by modernist architect Wells Coates and the "minimum flat concept".[2] Each unit in the Cairo Flats was designed to "provide maximum amenity in minimum space for minimum rent".[3] In its Victorian Heritage register entry, the building's cantilevered concrete stairs between levels was noted as an unusual innovation.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Sosnowski, Marika (24 October 2013). "The Cairo building, Fitzroy". Overland. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nationally Significant 20th-Century Architecture - Cairo flats" (PDF). Australian Institute of Architects. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Victorian Heritage Register - Cairo Flats". Victorian Heritage Register. 25 June 1999. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

Coordinates: 37°48′11″S 144°58′29″E / 37.8030°S 144.9746°E / -37.8030; 144.9746

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