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members in a scissor-like configuration, the zigzag roof essentially comprises three contiguous butterfly roofs, forming three small gables with an upward-sloping skillion at each end. On the north facade, the gable ends are expressed as three diamond-shaped panels and two half-diamonds, each enlivened by concentric rows of flat timber mouldings to create an eye-popping optical effect. Alexandra also proposed an elaborate playground design, with oddly-shaped sandpits and garden beds and interlocking diagonal pathways.
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In 1958 the
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The Pre-school centre is a classic example of the 'Melbourne
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as one that "breaks away from the old familiar features of this kind of dwelling by the imaginative use of natural colour and texture of materials and by the pleasantly simple design". The
Heritage Alliance notes that it is a "notable post-war re-interpretation of a pre-war housing type" and a
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133:(6 February 1922 – 19 February 2000) was an Australian architect, whose works were an important contribution to modernist architecture in Melbourne, Australia.
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significance as an illustration of the leading role played by
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in 1940 and worked in drafting and land surveying offices until
December 1942 when he joined the
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Arts Centre. Berg retired in 1983 and
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architects’. Alexandra designed a series of residences and two kindergartens, one in
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1958–59 – 107 Brown Street, Hamilton (Hamilton Art Gallery and Municipal Library)
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486:. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 27 March 1944. p. 5
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1956 – 26 Grandview Avenue, Beaumaris (Jack & Jill Kindergarten)
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1956 – 27 Orion Street, Balwyn North (Residence – extended 1961)
269:"significant early work by this important modernist architect".
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996:"Clean Lines And Open Space Give This Post-war Design An Edge"
952:"House. Point Avenue, Beaumaris. Melb. Douglas Alexandra 1954"
856:. NSW: National Library of Australia. 15 May 1954. p. 12
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1957 – 48a Alfred Road, Glen Iris (Burwood Pre-School Centre)
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and he was incarcerated for one year in the German war camp,
506:"Alexandratos, Diomedes : Service Number – AUS 419417"
685:"Survey of Post-War Built Heritage in Victoria: Stage Two"
231:. Alexandra died on 19 February 2000 at Cabrini Hospital,
639:"House – 1954. Studley Street, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria"
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Douglas Alexandra, was born Diomedes Alexandratos, in
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Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
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Maisonettes, 6A & 6B Meyer Road, Burwood 027-003
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1951 – 6A & 6B Meyer Road, Burwood (Maisonettes)
375:. Alexandria, New South Wales: Hale and Iremonger.
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821:. Heritage Victoria. October 2008. Archived from
694:. Heritage Victoria. October 2008. Archived from
118:Burwood Pre-School Centre, Alfred Road, Glen Iris
302:1953 – Alexandra Road, Ringwood East (Residence)
299:1951 – 10 Heather Grove, Cheltenham (Residence)
371:Alexakis, Effy; Janiszewski, Leonard (1995).
341:1961 – 168 Tramway Pde, Beaumaris (Residence)
308:1954 – 13 Point Avenue, Beaumaris (Residence)
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587:Goad, Philip; Bingham-Hall, Patrick (1999).
338:1961 – 61 Molesworth Street, Kew (Residence)
305:1954 – 2 Maurice Street, Auburn (Residence)
930:"House – Maurice St. Auburn, Victoria 1954"
329:1959 – 26 Tashinny Road, Toorak (Residence)
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282:Hamilton Art Gallery and Municipal Library
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972:Wille, Peter; Alexandra, Douglas (1971).
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659:Wille, Peter; Alexandra, Douglas (1971).
637:Wille, Peter; Alexandra, Douglas (1971).
879:. Knoxville, Victoria: Five Mile Press.
561:"Modernist Design Finding New Followers"
332:1959 – 4 Lydia Court, Balwyn (Residence)
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180:. Discharged from the RAAF in 1946, he
532:"400 RAAF Men in England from Germany"
1087:Burials at Melbourne General Cemetery
314:1955 – 7 Hume Street, Kew (Residence)
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1057:Australian people of Greek descent
1047:20th-century Australian architects
422:"Shepp. Cafe Owner Dies in Europe"
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1072:Royal Australian Air Force airmen
994:Reilly, Tom (14 September 2008).
692:Burwood Pre-School Centre 002-003
591:. Watermark Press. p. 1944.
559:Williams, Ruth (29 August 2010).
616:. Text Publishing. p. 214.
512:. National Archives of Australia
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172:mission on 20 January 1944 over
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757:Freeland, John Maxwell (1971).
730:"Historic Base for Arts Centre"
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790:. Timothy Hubbard Pty Ltd.
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241:Melbourne General Cemetery
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273:Burwood Pre-School Centre
156:Alexandra graduated from
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396:Gilchrist, Hugh (1992).
186:Bachelor of Architecture
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168:was shot down during a
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1052:People from Shepparton
612:Otto, Kirstin (2009).
589:Melbourne Architecture
853:Sydney Morning Herald
848:"A House in Ringwood"
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450:"Service Casualties"
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209:Shepparton, Victoria
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233:Melbourne, Victoria
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