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Melbourne’s Capitol Theatre turns 100. A look back at the radical Modernist marvel that almost met an early end

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par Conrad Hamann, Associate Professor of Architectural History, RMIT University

Melbourne’s Capitol Theatre – and the reinforced concrete and steel-beamed building around it – turns 100 today.

The spectacular modern architecture, which was refurbished some years ago by RMIT, was designed by US architect Walter Burley Griffin and his partner Marion Mahony Griffin. It opened on November 7 1924 as a grand “picture palace” and is still used…

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