Lippincott House, designed by architect Walter Burley Griffin is one of the private homes that will be open to the public. Photo: Supplied.
Some of Melbourne’s most iconic and intriguing venues will open their doors on the weekend of 29-30 July, with the 2023 Open House program offering sneak peeks of places not ordinarily accessible to the public.
Highlights include: ‘Making Home’, a talk and tour series exploring the best of Victoria’s social and affordable housing, and incorporating a look at the role of developers in social housing; a preview of the soon-to-be-open Holocaust Museum; a film celebrating the museum’s architect, the multi award-winning Kerstin Thompson; and 16 modern and historical Melbourne homes open for tours.
Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian.
Her debut, a collection of poetry called Turbulence, came out in 2020 and was released by University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP). Her second collection, Decadence, was published in July 2022, also by UWAP. Her third book, Essence, will be published in 2025.
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