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    Equus (Melbourne Terrace Apartments), 181 Franklin Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
    The BuildingsFRANKLIN STREET

    Equus (Melbourne Terrace Apartments)

    ArchitectNonda Katsalidis
    Completed1994
    StylePostmodern
    The building

    Equus is one of four sections of the Melbourne Terrace Apartments, built on the Franklin and Queen Street corner in 1994 to a design by Nonda Katsalidis. It was purpose-built as homes — among the first apartment blocks to go up in the city centre — when Melbourne was trying to draw residents back into the CBD. Each of the four entries carries a copper sculpture; the Equus entry shows a centaur, half man and half horse.

    In brief

    1. 1994Built as apartments, among the first in the city centre
    2. 1999Named one of the Top 20 Australian buildings of the twentieth century by Architecture Australia
    3. 2019Given the Enduring Architecture Award by the Australian Institute of Architects, Victorian Chapter
    The record

    What has sold at Equus (Melbourne Terrace Apartments).

    Sales recorded
    Two
    Range
    $750,000 – $1,210,000

    6/181 Franklin Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

    $1,210,000

    The doorstep

    Three places within a short walk.

    What each one is, and how far it is from the front door. Select a place to see it on the map.

    1
    Nature304 m · 4 min walk
    Flagstaff Gardens
    Melbourne's oldest public park, on the hill that was the colony's first burial ground and signal station.
    2
    Dining450 m · 6 min walk
    Patricia Coffee Brewers
    A standing-room espresso bar at the rear of Little Bourke Street, single-minded about coffee since 2011 — no seats, no fuss.
    3
    Character560 m · 7 min walk
    State Library Victoria
    Australia's oldest public library, free to walk into, crowned by the domed La Trobe Reading Room.
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