[3] Alexandra graduated from Caulfield Grammar in 1940 and worked in drafting and land surveying offices until December 1942 when he joined the RAAF.
His Lancaster bomber was shot down during a strategic bombing mission on 20 January 1944[4] over Neubrandenburg and he was incarcerated for one year in the German war camp,[5] Stalag Luft III.
The Heritage Alliance notes that it is a "notable post-war re-interpretation of a pre-war housing type" and a "significant early work by this important modernist architect".
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.