Cairo Flats | |
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General information | |
Address | 98 Nicholson Street |
Town or city | Fitzroy, Melbourne |
Country | Australia |
Completed | 1936 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | 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 apartments, mostly studio flats. [3] Overend was influenced by modernist architect Wells Coates and the "minimum flat concept". [2] Each apartment was designed to "provide maximum amenity in minimum space for minimum rent". [3] The building's cantilevered external concrete stairs was noted as an unusual innovation. [2] [3]
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NEVER TOO SMALL ep 33 23sqm/247sqft Micro Apartment The Cairo Flat. 16 February 2020.
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