IG Anderson

Illiffe Gordon Anderson (1890–1963), usually known as IG Anderson, was an Australian architect, practicing in Melbourne and later Tasmania, who is noted for his sometimes unusually expressive 1930s commercial and apartment designs.

Career Born in South Yarra in Melbourne in 1890, he with his family relocated to Geelong in 1910. After studying architecture at the Gordon Institute of Technology in Geelong, he set up practice in that town by 1916.

His first notable commission that still stands is the Mildura Club, in the far northern Victorian town of Mildura, prominently sited on a corner with a round portico entry. The design won a competition with 60 entries, and led to further commissions in town, notably the tall Memorial Clock Tower attached to the library.

Through the 1920s he designed numerous commercial, industrial and residential buildings in Geelong, including the grand CML Building, as well as the Geelong West Town Hall, both in a Stripped Classical style.

In 1930, he relocated to Melbourne, and that year designed the Brunswick Market, intended to be a form of early supermarket. Notwithstanding the sometimes elaborate designs, he was highly regarded by clients for working within budget.

1924 : Geelong West City Hall, 153 Pakington Street, Geelong West

1926 : Belcher's Corner, 141-149 Ryrie Street, Geelong (demolished 2020 )

1927 : The Block, 127 Little Malop Street, Geelong

1927: CML Insurance Building, 74 Malop Street, Geelong

1930 : Brunswick Market, corner Ballarat Street and Sparta Place, Brunswick

1932 : Avon Butter Factory, 218-222 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy

1934 : Dorijo, Victoria Parade, East Melbourne

1934 : Avenue Court, 64 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park

1935 : Ostend Flats, 29 Seacombe Grove, Brighton

1935 : Park Gate, 352 Albert Road, South Melbourne

1936 : Abrahams House, 3 Elwood Street, Brighton

1936 : Lonsdale House, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (demolished 2010)

1937 : Mon Reve, 35 Hampden Road, Armadale

1938-41 : Flats (5), 1-3 and 2-16 Garden Avenue, 48-50 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne

c1941 : Pair of flats, 25 & 37 George Street, East Melbourne (which back onto Garden Avenue)

1942: Flats, 53 George Street, East Melbourne

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