Cairo Flats facts for kids
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| Address | 98 Nicholson Street |
| Town or city | Fitzroy, Melbourne |
| Country | Australia |
| Completed | 1936 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Best Overend |
| Architecture firm | Taylor Soilleux & Overend |
Cairo Flats is a heritage-listed apartment building in the Melbourne inner city suburb of Fitzroy. The building was designed in 1935 by architect Acheson Best Overend and built in 1936.
It is a U-shaped, two story building comprising 28 apartments, mostly studio flats. Overend was influenced by modernist architect Wells Coates and the "minimum flat concept". Each apartment was designed to "provide maximum amenity in minimum space for minimum rent". The building's cantilevered external concrete stairs was noted as an unusual innovation.
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Circa 1936. Photographer unknown. Courtesy Tronn Overend.
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