work by this important modernist architect". Burwood Pre-School Centre The Pre-school centre is a classic example of the 'Melbourne Regional style' of the 1950s, with its boldness in structure, geometry and colour. The Burwood Pre-School is a single-storey building, comprising a large central playroom with a distinctive zig-zag roof. Framed up with diagonal steel members in a scissor-like configuration, the zigzag roof essentially comprises three contiguous butterfly roofs, forming three small gables with an upward-sloping skillion at each end. On the north facade, the gable ends are expressed as three diamond-shaped panels and two half-diamonds, each enlivened by concentric rows of flat timber mouldings to create an eye-popping optical effect. Alexandra also proposed an elaborate playground design, with oddly-shaped sandpits and garden beds and interlocking diagonal pathways. Hamilton Art Gallery and Municipal Library In 1958 the Hamilton Council commissioned Alexandra to design an art gallery to accommodate a bequeathed collection of fine art. The building was completed and opened in 1961. In 1973 a second floor was added to the gallery. The Australian Heritage Database describes the building as having "regional significance as an illustration of the leading role played by Hamilton in recent years in the cultural life of the region." List of works 1951 – 6A & 6B Meyer Road, Burwood (Maisonettes) 1951 – 10 Heather Grove, Cheltenham (Residence) 1953 – Alexandra Road, Ringwood East (Residence) 1954 – 2 Maurice Street, Auburn (Residence) 1954 – 13 Point Avenue, Beaumaris (Residence) 1954 – 28 Wellington Avenue, Beaumaris (Residence) 1955 – 7 Hume Street, Kew (Residence) 1956 – 27 Orion Street, Balwyn North (Residence – extended 1961) 1956 – 26 Grandview Avenue, Beaumaris (Jack & Jill Kindergarten) 1957 – 48a Alfred Road, Glen Iris (Burwood Pre-School Centre) 1958–59 – 107 Brown Street, Hamilton (Hamilton Art Gallery and Municipal Library) 1959 – 26 Tashinny Road, Toorak (Residence) 1959 – 4 Lydia Court, Balwyn (Residence) 1959 – 539 The Boulevarde, Ivanhoe East (Residence) 1961 – 61 Molesworth Street, Kew (Residence) 1961 – 168 Tramway Pde, Beaumaris (Residence) See also List of Australian architects References Victorian (Australia) architects 1922 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Australian architects People from Shepparton Australian people of Greek descent Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Shot-down aviators Royal Australian Air Force airmen Stalag Luft III prisoners of World War II Australian prisoners of war Burials at Melbourne General Cemetery