Wurundjeri
Victorian
ANMF House will provide high quality, affordable, short-stay accommodation for ANMF members on the perimeter of Melbourne’s CBD.
Retaining the heritage façades of the Central Club Hotel, the hotel projects vertically with a highly articulated saw-tooth façade. The building delivers 29 rooms over six floors, exclusively for ANMF members. The original Central Club hotel will be reinvented as a gastropub, with a basement bar. On Level 1, boutique micro-hotel accommodation is located behind the retained Art-Deco façade.
The Passive House Standard has been targeted to dramatically reduce energy use, emissions and running costs, while a Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) structure, which is exposed throughout the interior, provides significant reductions of the project’s embodied carbon emissions.
Designed as a place to “care for the carers”, the building is a nurturing space for our unsung heroes, with a focus on health, wellness, and a celebration of sustainable practices.
Set on an iconic street corner, ANMF House thoughtfully compliments the site’s heritage-listed façade with a world-class 21st century design. ANMF (Vic Branch) envisioned the building as a space for its members – nurses, midwives and carers – to feel nurtured while providing affordable, accessible accommodation when they attend the Branch’s CBD Education Centre, conferences or are visiting Melbourne for leisure. The bespoke design adheres to passive house standards, and supports the Branch’s commitments to environmental sustainability, local and responsible procurement, and advancing our members’ interests. ANMF House epitomises the ethos of a healthy building for our healthcare workforce.
Andrew Bancroft, Project Architect
Daniel Byrne, Documenter
Florence Davies, Interior Designer
Jacinda Jones, Interior Designer
Kieran Gleeson, Project Director
Nick Readett-Bayley, Design Director
Bryce Raworth Pty Ltd, Heritage Consultant
Impact Traffic Engineering Pty Ltd, Traffic and Waste Management
Inhabit Australasia Pty Ltd, Facade Consultant
Intuitive Consulting (Pty) Ltd, Fire Engineering
LCS Advisory Pty Ltd, Project Manager
MEL Consultants Pty Ltd, Wind Engineering
Slattery Australia Pty Ltd, Cost Consultant
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd, Acoustic Consultant
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd, Certified Passive House Designer
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd, Electrical Consultant
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd, ESD Consultant
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd, Hydraulic Consultant
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd, Lighting Consultant
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd, Services Consultant
Urbis Pty Ltd, Town Planner
WSP Australia Pty Ltd, Structural Engineer
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
