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The APA Building was the tallest building in Australia at the time of its construction in 1889, and was later reputed to have been one of the world's tallest at the time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Skyscrapers )〕 Located at 49 Elizabeth Street, on the corner of Flinders Lane in Melbourne, it was notable for its very vertical proportionals, enhanced by the spires and gables of the Queen Anne architectural style top floors. ==History== The building was constructed in 1888-9 by the Australian Property Investment Co., and called the Australian Building. Melbourne was then in the throes of the 'landboom' of the 1880s,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Land Boom )〕 fueled by easy credit and steep increases in the price of land, especially in the central city. It was reputed to have been originally planned to have fifteen stories, and was to have been twice as wide, but was built with 12 levels, the top one mostly attic space. In 1920 the Australian Provincial Assurance Association Ltd, an insurance company, bought the building as their Melbourne base, and the renamed it the APA Building. The APA Building was Melbourne's tallest for 30 years, until the company purchased and remodelled a building on the corner of Collins and Queen Streets as their new headquarters, adding a very tall tower in 1929 (this was also known as the APA Building, and was demolished in the late 1960s). Some time in the 1950s, the spire, turrets and gables of the top floors of the earlier APA Building were removed, leaving it with a truncated mansard roof. The building was demolished in 1980, and replaced by a five story office building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/buildings/186273/apa-building-melbourne-australia )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「APA Building」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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