Physical description

The major objectives of this proposal were to preserve and restore the heritage listed Villa Alba, and adapt the house for use as Australia's first resource centre of historic interior design. The 34-page report outlines the case for the house's preservation, its projected use and the costs involved. The sections of the report are: Summary, The Villa Alba, Extract from Melbourne "Argus", Objectives of project, Administration, Preliminary estimates, Proposed sources of funding, Project details, Architect's Report, Members of Villa Alba Preservation Committee, and Photographs.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

'Villa Alba: Interior Design Resource Centre', was the outcome of a funded project designed to underpin the restoration, adaptation and use of Villa Alba, 44 Walmer Street Kew, as a repository, resource centre, training institution, and display centre for interior design, decorative materials and techniques of the 19th and 20th centuries. The completed report was a submission by the Villa Alba Preservation Committee, in conjunction with Dulux Australia, to ICI. The submission includes original photographs of the period.