Surf Motel (1959)

290 Dallas Road, James Bay

Architect: R.W. Siddall

Built near the Ogdon Point Breakwater, this is one of Victoria's best preserved modern buildings in the International Style, combining the Meis Van der Rohe's minimalist design aesthetic with a studied rational use of industrial building technologies. Rooms look out on the Breakwater, constructed over many years 1913/18 from 20 ton blocks of granite.