Park Towers (South Melbourne)

Park Towers is a 31-storey public housing tower in South Melbourne, Victoria built 1967–69. It was designed by Housing Commission of Victoria Chief Architect, Roy Prentice, and built by its construction division, the Concrete House Project at the Holmesglen Housing Factory in Malvern East. Park Towers is historically and architecturally the most significant of the 47 public housing towers in Victoria. At the time of its completion in 1969, the building was believed to be the tallest pre-cast load-bearing wall building in the world and had more storeys than any other building in Melbourne. It attracted international attention from architects in America, Italy, England and the USSR, and was published in several overseas sources including the RIBA Journal in January 1971. The City of South Melbourne also gave it a special award, as the best residential building erected in the municipality that year.[1][2]

Park Towers
Park Towers in South Melbourne being built in 1967-68
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Residential
Location	South Melbourne
Address	332 Park St
Town or city	Melbourne
Country	Australia
Construction started	1967
Completed	1969
Cost	$4,900,000 AUD
Owner	Homes Victoria
Affiliation	Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
Height	92 m (302 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	31
Lifts/elevators	3
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Roy Prentice
Architecture firm	Housing Commission of Victoria
Other information
Number of units	299
References
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Park Towers has 299 properties and is entirely owned and managed by Homes Victoria, a government agency that sits within Department of Families, Fairness and Housing. In recent times, residents of the building have raised concerns with the increase in crime and drug use within the building as well as poor maintenance.[3]