Roy Grounds House | |
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General information | |
Type | House & apartments |
Architectural style | Mid-Twentieth Century |
Address | 24 Hill Street, Toorak |
Town or city | Melbourne, Victoria |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 37°50′08″S 145°00′47″E / 37.835435°S 145.013180°E |
Completed | 1953 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Sir Roy Grounds |
Architecture firm | Ground, Romberg and Boyd |
Awards and prizes | Victorian Architecture Medal 1954 |
The Roy Grounds House, at 24 Hill Street, Toorak in Melbourne, Australia, was designed by Sir Roy Grounds as his own home for his wife Betty and himself. It is celebrated as one of the most outstanding works of modernist domestic architecture of the mid 20th century in Victoria, a time of great experimentation, and one of the most notable designs by Roy Grounds, one of the most well known and influential modern architects in Victoria.[1]