Hotham Gardens was developed in 1959-61 through a partnership between the Master Builders (Associated) Redevelopment Ltd, a panel of architects and the Housing Commission of Victoria. The panel of architects that undertook the design included noted mid-century Melbourne architects Roy Grounds of Grounds, Romberg and Boyd, John Mockridge of Mockridge Stahle & Mitchell, John Murphy of John and Phyllis Murphy, Phillip Pearce of Bates Smart and McCutcheon and Roy Simpson of Yuncken Freeman, with landscaping by Beryl Mann of Mockridge Stahle Mitchell.