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What distinguishes ‘Moonbria’ from the others? This op-shop 1999 book find; has the answer…

15/9/2021

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Joi1984
15/9/2021 20:16:16

What a find! 🖐legendary building we’ve stood outside many time admiring it. 😍

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Rowena - Sub Editor
15/9/2021 22:13:58

Cheers Joi1984,
Yes it’s a great book and worth having, thanks for admiring the building.

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Jpapal1997
16/9/2021 09:45:34

Love it can I get copy? Still published? 🙏JP

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Rowena - Sub Editor
16/9/2021 11:20:20

Hello JP,

I don’t think it’s still published but managed to find a single copy in a Google library search in south Yarra. Worth renting for sure.

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Walkypia33
16/9/2021 11:42:28

Fascinating, but what’s actually inside the glazed circular tower at the top? Can’t make it out from street level. :)

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Rowena - Sub Editor
16/9/2021 17:34:05

Hi Wal33,

Thanks for your question; it’s a question we get asked about a lot as it’s the key design feature most people remember and identify with the Moonbria building over everything else, so thanks for commenting.

The top of the west facing tower, (the glazed dome you see front-on from Mathoura road) contains all the lift mechanisms including pulleys and the main drive motor that powers the circular elevator it services beneath.

It goes without saying that the view from this glazed dome across Melbounre is sensational

Hope this helps satisfy your curiosity.

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Poaik92
16/9/2021 22:09:00

So that’s what up there! Thanks I’ve always wondered! 😌

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Pierce Donovan
17/9/2021 12:30:36

Hello Moonbria website,
My wide snd I have by your building for years, contemplating the exact same question; so this finally solves the riddle. It’s a real shame Grounds didn’t make it an observation deck reminiscent of the monolithic cbd glass tower new builds of today. Perhaps Moonbria owners at large could consider this as a additional revenue source to fund the elevator restoration?
Pierce Donovan Architect BA MA BSc

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Pierce Donovan
17/9/2021 12:40:31

Hello Moonbria,
My wife and I have passed by your building many times asking this exact same question, so thank you Rowena, this finally gives us a solution to the riddle.
We’ve often thought it was a shame that Grounds himself didn’t design it as an observation deck similar to Eureka towers and the monolithic Southbank glass structures dotted around Melbourne that are making spurious amounts of cash from tourists. Perhaps this is a revenue source that the owners could consider; to co-fund the lift restoration? Keep up the blogs, it’s always a good read for us.
Pierce Donovan BA, MA, BSc

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