The Capitol Theatre of Melbourne is a building located on Swanston Street, opposite the Melbourne Town Hall. It was designed by Walter Burley Griffin. Construction began in 1921 and was completed in 1924. It was once described by Robin Boyd as "the best cinema that was ever built or is ever likely to be built".^[1] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1712x2304, 2613 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1712x2304, 2613 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... Swanston Street, looking north from the corner of Bourke Street Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. ... During the Melbourne International Comedy Festival the Melbourne Town Hall acts as venue to a large number of the performances. ... Griffins plan for Canberra Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 - February 11, 1937), American architect, gained fame for his role in designing Canberra, Australias capital city. ... Robin Boyd (1917 - 1971) was an influential Australian architect, writer, teacher and social commentator, the foremost Australian proponent for the International Modern Movement in architecture. ...

The building design belongs to the interwar period, and the architectural style is Chicagoesque. It is now recognised as a heritage-listed building and was purchased by RMIT University in 1999. Architectural style constitutes a mode of classifying architecture largely by morphological characteristics in terms of form, techniques, materials, etc. ... Chicago architecture is famous throughout the world and one style is referred to as the Chicago School. ... RMIT University   RMIT Building 1 The RMIT University (previously Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology), is a university in Melbourne, Australia. ...

References

• ^  Robin Boyd, The Australian, 24 December 1965

Robin Boyd (1917 - 1971) was an influential Australian architect, writer, teacher and social commentator, the foremost Australian proponent for the International Modern Movement in architecture. ... The Australian is a national daily broadsheet newspaper published by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ...

External links

• RMIT Capitol website
• Heritage listing