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The Mansion is located in
Property developers City Pacific had bought the land adjacent to The Mansion and had commissioned the Buchan Group to build an apartment complex. While construction on the apartment complex above and behind the mansion site was underway one builder was killed and many others were injured whilst working on the eighth storey. The company involved in pouring the molds for the concrete pillars, Melbourne Transit Pty Ltd was convicted and fined $100,000 by county court judge for breaching occupation and safety regulations and forced into liquidation.
The heritage listed property needed to be excavated to make way for a 3-storey underground car park that extended 10 metres below ground surface level. The Mansion building had to be safely supported during all phases of the work, especially during excavation of the 10m deep basement. This excavation was the critical activity that could result in damage to the Mansion.
The retention of a heritage building on this commercial site imposed financial penalties on the development as well as physical constraints. If the Mansion was ever to remain a nightclub it would need to be soundproofed if the venue was to comply with zoning rules and noise emission restraints.
, The Mansion, has been shadowed by a high-rise apartment block.
Melbourne
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, Australia
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, at 83 Queens Road. The multi-level historic building was an electronic music venue. The Mansion was once voted No.7 in the world’s top 10 clubs.
History
The Mansion was originally named Clarence House and was built around the late 1800s for financier Laurence Benjamin. The residence was occupied by many famous people including William Jamieson, a civil surveyor & businessman who died at Clarence House from cancer on 8 May 1926.Musical artists / DJs
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...
parties were held with local and international DJs every year bringing the sounds of the UK club and record label to Australia.
Closure
Property developers City Pacific had bought the land adjacent to The Mansion and had commissioned the Buchan Group to build an apartment complex. While construction on the apartment complex above and behind the mansion site was underway one builder was killed and many others were injured whilst working on the eighth storey. The company involved in pouring the molds for the concrete pillars, Melbourne Transit Pty Ltd was convicted and fined $100,000 by county court judge for breaching occupation and safety regulations and forced into liquidation.
The heritage listed property needed to be excavated to make way for a 3-storey underground car park that extended 10 metres below ground surface level. The Mansion building had to be safely supported during all phases of the work, especially during excavation of the 10m deep basement. This excavation was the critical activity that could result in damage to the Mansion.
The retention of a heritage building on this commercial site imposed financial penalties on the development as well as physical constraints. If the Mansion was ever to remain a nightclub it would need to be soundproofed if the venue was to comply with zoning rules and noise emission restraints.
Current status
, The Mansion, has been shadowed by a high-rise apartment block.
See also
*List of electronic dance music venues
A rave (from the verb: '' to rave'') is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 1990s dance mus ...
*Future Entertainment
Future Entertainment is a Melbourne based, youth-focused electronic music entertainment company created by dance-music event organiser Mark James in 1993. Its objective was to present annual music festivals at Australian venues and landmarks. ...
*Summadayze
Summadayze was an annual Australian music festival held in the month of January. The first event occurred on 1 January 1999 at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne. It subsequently expanded into a four city festival including one in New Zeala ...
*Future Music Festival
Future Music Festival was an annual music festival featuring Australian and international artists held in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in Australia and as of 2012 also Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The festival was usually held in ...
References
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