Adelphi Hotel, Melbourne

at 187 Flinders Lane, Melbourne , 3000 Australia

1. Pub
2. Restaurant
3. Dessert Restaurant

Description

The Adelphi Hotel was originally constructed in 1938 is located in one of Melbourne’s most famous lane ways at 187 Flinders Lane.The hotel was purchased and renovated by Denton Corker Marshall Architects in 1989. Its architecture style pushed the conventional design of Melbourne hotels, redefining the type of architecture hotels are supposed to have, and was considered one of the boldest buildings of Melbourne in 1994. It was something unexpected that broke away from Melbourne’s dull reputation compared to Sydney or New York.The architecture of the Adelphi Hotel and DCM Architects have contributed a philosophy of playfulness to Australian architecture, giving a sense of absurdness, exaggerating common architecture principles to an extreme degree.HistoryFormerly a rag trade warehouse built in 1938, it was bought over by Denton Corker Marshall architects in 1989, who converted the building into a boutique hotel. Construction phase 1 started out from its basement from May 1989 until October 1990. The bistro bar was located in the basement, opened after phase 1 to December 1991, and was temporary closed down for phase 2 construction, which started on January 1992. The hotel officially opened in November 1992.In 2013, the hotel was bought over by three new owners, Dion Chandler, Ozzie Kheir and Simon Ongorato, and they hired award-winning design studio Hachem to redesign the hotel's interior and image.DescriptionSituated within the former rag trade building on Flinders Lane, within a dense area of Melbourne's CBD, the original 1930s building is a concrete framed structure, free of columns with beams spanning 3.8 metre centres from wall to wall piers. It was originally designed as a street facade building, with the lane facade rendered in cement with openable steel framed windows to provide lighting from the side. The Flinders Lane facade was painted and rendered, with horizontal full-width strip windows surrounded by projecting concrete heads and sills. The semi-basement level and ground floor were clad with ceramic tiles.

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Summary

Adelphi Hotel, Melbourne is Melbourne based place and this enity listed in Restaurant category. Located at 187 Flinders Lane VIC 3000. Contact phone number of Adelphi Hotel, Melbourne: +61380808888