in the later 1930s, plottel's work became increasingly moderne, with examples such as the 1935 beehive building (92 to 94 elizabeth street melbourne) and 1937 yoffa house (187 flinders lane melbourne) reflecting the functionalist/moderne style of the interwar period. the beehive building has been described as ‘one of the most distinctive buildings in melbourne’, while yoffa house is ‘almost modern in concept, the moderne note is sounded by the 'architectural terracotta' applied to the facade and the portholes intended for its walls’ further flat designs also came in the 1930s such ‘clovelly’ at 136 alma road, st kilda of 1938, featuring the old english style which was a fashionable and romantic style for flats in the period 1919–1941, described as ‘a cheery tonic after the rigours of the great war.’