Aaron M. Bolot (1900–1989) was a

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n-born

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. After migrating to

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, Bolot contributed to and designed a number of historically significant buildings, including the Flats at Potts Point, registered with the

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for, among other things, its significance in the history of

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design in Australia.

Career

Bolot left Crimea with his family in 1911 to resettle in Australia. In 1926, he graduated from Brisbane's Central Technical College, where he studied architecture, attaining a Gold Medal from the Queensland Institute of Architects. Following graduation, Bolot contributed to several significant projects, including with

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, before undertaking solo designs in the 1930s. His notable designs from that period include the Ritz Theatre in , the Astra Theatre at , the NSW State heritage-listed Ritz Cinema in , completed in the Inter-war Art Deco style, and the Art Deco Regal Theatre in

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. He also redesigned the Melba Theatre in

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, which was renamed the Liberty. In 1941, Bolot entered service under Australia in

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. Notable designs after the war include an apartment building at 17 Wylde Street in Potts Point, which was completed in 1951. In 1997 the building was registered on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate as historically significant for several points, including architectural, as "an outstanding example of an International style post-war residential building. It holds an important place in the development of a high rise aesthetic in Australia and is valued by the architectural and broader community."

References

Sources

Ritz Cinema, Randwick, NSW profile
Aussie Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-08-16.

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