The Planning Minister will now decide if an adjoining tower should be built beside the Shell House skyscraper at the corner of Flinders and Spring streets - one of Melbourne’s most awarded pieces of architecture.
The Planning Minister will now decide if an adjoining tower should be built beside the Shell House skyscraper at the corner of Flinders and Spring streets - one of Melbourne’s most awarded pieces of architecture.
The Planning Minister will now decide if an adjoining tower should be built beside the Shell House skyscraper at the corner of Flinders and Spring streets - one of Melbourne’s most awarded pieces of architecture.
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Marcel Mihulka and his family chose to live near Shell House â the skyscraper on the corner of Flinders and Spring streets â in part because of the heritage listing stopping redevelopment of one of Melbourneâs most decorated pieces of architecture.
But the heritage listing for the skyscraper, designed by world-renowned architect Harry Seidler, will be set aside if an application before authorities is successful.
Marcel Mihulka on the plaza where Shell Houseâs owners want to build a second skyscraper.
Credit:Jason South
The towerâs owners, the Besen and Roth families, want to dig up its rear plaza in Flinders Lane and build a 33-storey tower, standing alone from Shell House but linked via a sky bridge at the 15th level.
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