The Morrison Government has started planning for the renovation and ongoing use by Defence of an historic art-deco building in the Victoria Barracks precinct in Melbourne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defence has engaged Melbourne architects Lovell Chen to conduct a feasibility study into the refurbishment and re-use of the former Repatriation Outpatients Clinic located at 310 St Kilda Road, Melbourne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lovell Chen specialises in the preservation and adaptive re-purposing of heritage buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The building, which adjoins Victoria Barracks on St Kilda Road near the CBD, was completed in 1937 and contains heritage elements of Commonwealth significance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was constructed to provide outpatient support to World War I veterans and continued providing services to veterans for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The site was used by Defence up until the late 1990s but has been vacant for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The feasibility study will identify opportunities for the renovation and ongoing use of the building, while taking into account a planned redevelopment of the wider Victoria Barracks precinct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the study would allow Defence to consider options for the future re-use of 310 St Kilda Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister Price said this would include accommodation for both Defence and Defence-related community groups, such as veterans\u2019 organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Morrison Government is committed to ensuring the future use of 310 St Kilda Road preserves the building\u2019s heritage and architecture,\u201d Minister Price said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are seeking to balance the growing needs of Defence, while noting the building\u2019s close links to Australia\u2019s military history and our veteran community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This study will guide Defence\u2019s restoration and repurposing of the building, and potential accommodations for Defence-related community groups, including veterans\u2019 organisations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Morrison Government has started planning for the renovation and ongoing use by Defence of an historic art-deco building in the Victoria Barracks precinct in Melbourne. Defence has engaged Melbourne architects Lovell Chen to conduct a feasibility study into the refurbishment and re-use of the former Repatriation Outpatients Clinic located at 310 St Kilda Road, … Continue reading “REVIEW TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO HISTORIC MELBOURNE DEFENCE FACILITY”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14951,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14950\/revisions\/14951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}