Standard Steel
18 Market Road, SUNSHINE VIC 3020 - Property No 110
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Statement of Significance
Statement of Significance
Standard Steel is of local historical and architectural significance as a representative large steel -fabricating works expressing the maturation of Sunshine as a significant industrial and manufacturing centre in the post-war period. Standard Steel was a local pioneer in steel fabrication for many of the new wave of steel-framed building of both factory/warehouse and high-rise commercial functions. The surviving buildings are characteristic of the utilitarian style of the period with simple, International style, and the peculiar form of bow truss curved roofs, with suspended lantern are an unusual type reflecting the innovation of the company.-
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Standard Steel - Physical Description 1
Description
The former Standard Steel factory is a large steel-framed factory complex with curved roofs expressing steel bow trusses. The unusual wing roof profile with joined 'Nissen hut' forms with lantern roof in the centre suggests recycling of buildings - or possibly a one-off engineering solution to particular functional needs (e.g. clear spans) The front office section features a plain International style brick-parapeted facade with steel framed windows.Standard Steel - Physical Conditions
Condition/integrity
In good condition and substantially intact. The former welded-steel sign that spelt out the company name has been removed.Standard Steel - Intactness
Substantially intact.
Standard Steel - Historical Australian Themes
3 Developing local, regional and national economies
3.13 Developing an Australian manufacturing capacityHeritage Study and Grading
Brimbank - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study
Author: G. Vines
Year: 2000
Grading: LocalBrimbank - Melbourne Western Region Industrial Heritage Study
Author: G. Vines & A. Ward
Year: 1989
Grading:
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