Buildings

131-141 Queen Street

Address: 131 Queen Street, Melbourne

What's Open: Visitors will be taken on a tour up to the new roof garden and then back down to the first floor where the Open University boardroom and Juliet balcony will be open. The tour continues down a staircase to the ground floor and mezzanine to the Buddhist Temple on the foyer level where the Great Bookie Robbery took place. The tour includes a trip through the basement Turf Bar, showcasing paraphernalia on the robbery.

Opening Hours: 10am to 4pm

Frequency Of Tours: Every 10 minutes with 20 people per tour - note no wheelchair or pram access to roof garden

Building Type: Mixed Use

Web: www.growingup.org.au

Architect: Building - L. M. Perrott, Garden -Bent Architecture

Tram Stops: Stop 4: on routes 86 and 96

See an inspiring recent example of retrofitting old building stock with green roof technology.