| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
498 Churchill Road KILBURN |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Port Adelaide Enfield Council |
| Polygon Type |
B - Building footprint |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Former Tubemakers Administration Building No 2 |
| Registered Name |
Former Tubemakers Administration Building No 2 |
| Significance |
The former Tubemakers of Australia Administration Building No 2 is historically significant for representing the expansion of secondary industry in South Australia in the late 1930s and during the Second World War. British Tubemills (Australia), which was absorbed into Tubemakers Australia Ltd in 1946, purchased a 40 acre site at Kilburn in the late 1930s and production of tubes for aircraft guns and warships' boilers began within days of the outbreak of the Second World War.
Administration Building No 2, completed in 1942, is also architecturally significant for being a well-executed example of an industrial office building of the era, designed in the Modern (later known as International or Functionalist) style. It is asymmetrical and has curved walls of brick and metal-framed glass (ribbon windows) that intersect with more massive cubic forms. The structure is well-balanced with strong but finely proportioned horizontal lines that emphasise its horizontal nature.
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| Subject Index |
Manufacturing and processing - Office [Manufacturing] |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
10-MAY-2013 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Port Adelaide Enfield |
| State Heritage ID |
26325 |
| Heritage Number |
26324 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
e - it demonstrates a high degree of creative, aesthetic or technical accomplishment or is an outstanding representative of particular construction techniques or design characteristics
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 6123/343 D49055 A201 |