| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
28 - 30 Grenfell Street ADELAIDE |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
ADELAIDE Council |
| Polygon Type |
B - Building footprint |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Ferrari House (former Eagle Star Insurance Building) |
| Registered Name |
Ferrari House (former Eagle Star Insurance Building) |
| Significance |
Ferrari House (former Eagle Star Insurance building) constructed in 1967-1968, is an outstanding example of the modern commercial buildings that irrevocably changed the city's skyline between 1955 to c1970, an important period of architectural transition in the city of Adelaide. The building pronounced the shift towards modernism in terms of both design and the use of materials and construction techniques, and the built form and curtain wall retain a high degree of integrity.
Ferrari House is also an outstanding example of a Post-war International Style building in South Australia and finely articulates many of the key characteristics of the style, including a sleek, rectilinear, prismatic or crystalline form; reinforced concrete frame; cantilevered floors; and an elegant light-weight curtain wall. The curtain wall features grey-tinted glazing, anodised aluminium spandrels and distinctive anodised aluminium 'I'-beam mullions that span vertically between the floors. The design of Ferrari House (former Eagle Star Insurance building) was inspired by the work of Mies van der Rohe and has been recognised by the SA Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects as a 'neoclassical refinement of Miesian philosophy - less is more.' |
| Subject Index |
Commerce - Office building; Commerce (retail and wholesale) - Shop |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
12-DEC-2019 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Adelaide |
| State Heritage ID |
14099 |
| Heritage Number |
27792 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
d - it is an outstanding representative of a particular class of place of cultural significance
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 5959/263 C20905 F11,CT 5849/649 C20905 FCP,CT 5849/647 C20905 F10,CT 5849/646 C20905 F9,CT 5849/645 C20905 F8,CT 5849/644 C20905 F7,CT 5849/643 C20905 F6,CT 5849/642 C20905 F5,CT 5849/641 C20905 F4,CT 5849/640 C20905 F3,CT 5849/639 C20905 F2,CT 5849/638 C20905 F1 |