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The 'Civic Visions: Council House 1954-1963' exhibition was on show at Council House from 4 November 2019 until 17 January 2020. The exhibition was commissioned by the City of Perth, to coinicide with Perth Open House 2019, and was... more
The 'Civic Visions: Council House 1954-1963' exhibition was on show at Council House from 4 November 2019 until 17 January 2020. The exhibition was commissioned by the City of Perth, to coinicide with Perth Open House 2019, and was curated by Leonie Matthews (Matthews McDonald Architects/University of Notre Dame) and Nicole Sully (University of Queensland). In 1960, after years of debate the Perth City Council decided to proceed with a national architecture competition for the design of a new town hall and administrative building. The final selection for the site was the parcel of land on St Georges Terrace. There was much interest from the architecture community with the council receiving 184 registrations for the competition, with 61 entries submitted. The competition was won by Melbourne based team of Jeffrey Howlett and Donald Bailey. Second place was awarded to the well-known Perth architecture firm Cameron Chisholm and Nicol, with third place given to a Perth consortium of Anthony Brand, Ronald J Ferguson and William R Weedon. This exhibition re-visits the competition, the context and the construction of Council House - completed in time for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Perth. The exhibition enabled visitors to view other competition submissions and imagine alternative histories of Perth. It will also allowed a greater understanding of the complex social and cultural history of Perth and its efforts to establish an identity as a modern, progressive city.
Research Interests: Architectural History, Modern Architecture, Exhibition Design (Architecture), History and Theory of Modern Architecture, Australian architecture, and 6 moreExhibitions, Western Australia, History of Architecture and Town Planning, Architecture Competitions, Western Australian history, and Council House, Perth
CIVIC VISIONS | Council House 1954 -1963 This publication was produced in association with the 'Civic Visions: Council House 1954-1963' exhibition on show at Council House from 4 November 2019 until 17 January 2020. The exhibition was... more
CIVIC VISIONS | Council House 1954 -1963
This publication was produced in association with the 'Civic Visions: Council House 1954-1963' exhibition on show at Council House from 4 November 2019 until 17 January 2020. The exhibition was commissioned by the City of Perth, to coinicide with Perth Open House 2019, and was curated by Leonie Matthews (Matthews McDonald Architects/University of Notre Dame) and Nicole Sully (University of Queensland)
In 1960, after years of debate the Perth City Council decided to proceed with a national architecture competition for the design of a new town hall and administrative building. The final selection for the site was the parcel of land on St Georges Terrace. There was much interest from the architecture community with the council receiving 184 registrations for the competition, with 61 entries submitted. The competition was won by Melbourne based team of Jeffrey Howlett and Donald Bailey. Second place was awarded to the well-known Perth architecture firm Cameron Chisholm and Nicol, with third place given to a Perth consortium of Anthony Brand, Ronald J Ferguson and William R Weedon.
This exhibition re-visits the competition, the context and the construction of Council House - completed in time for the 1962 British Empire and
Commonwealth Games held in Perth. The exhibition will enable visitors to view other competition submissions and imagine alternative histories of Perth. It will also allow a greater understanding of the complex social and cultural history of Perth and its efforts to establish an identity as a modern, progressive city.
This publication was produced in association with the 'Civic Visions: Council House 1954-1963' exhibition on show at Council House from 4 November 2019 until 17 January 2020. The exhibition was commissioned by the City of Perth, to coinicide with Perth Open House 2019, and was curated by Leonie Matthews (Matthews McDonald Architects/University of Notre Dame) and Nicole Sully (University of Queensland)
In 1960, after years of debate the Perth City Council decided to proceed with a national architecture competition for the design of a new town hall and administrative building. The final selection for the site was the parcel of land on St Georges Terrace. There was much interest from the architecture community with the council receiving 184 registrations for the competition, with 61 entries submitted. The competition was won by Melbourne based team of Jeffrey Howlett and Donald Bailey. Second place was awarded to the well-known Perth architecture firm Cameron Chisholm and Nicol, with third place given to a Perth consortium of Anthony Brand, Ronald J Ferguson and William R Weedon.
This exhibition re-visits the competition, the context and the construction of Council House - completed in time for the 1962 British Empire and
Commonwealth Games held in Perth. The exhibition will enable visitors to view other competition submissions and imagine alternative histories of Perth. It will also allow a greater understanding of the complex social and cultural history of Perth and its efforts to establish an identity as a modern, progressive city.
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Boya House Section: Our house, on a sloping site in Boya, is set among granite outcrops and xanthoreas, shaded by wandoo and sheok trees. From the escarpment are glimpses of the city 20km to the west. North across the valley are views of... more
Boya House Section: Our house, on a sloping site in Boya, is set among granite outcrops and xanthoreas, shaded by wandoo and sheok trees. From the escarpment are glimpses of the city 20km to the west. North across the valley are views of the bush. The house is a place to live and work, a place to build and test. Its materials are old and new. The house begins with a wall. The wall defines and holds. It creates order. The rooms of the house are a slippage of spaces that zigzag around trees. They are negotiated spaces, flowing from one to the other from interior to exterior
This study was prepared for Design WA & DPLH to provide an overview of the history of housing patterns and typologies in Perth, Western Australia and to identify key case studies of group dwellings and low-rise multiple dwellings. The... more
This study was prepared for Design WA & DPLH to provide an overview of the history of housing patterns and typologies in Perth, Western Australia and to identify key case studies of group dwellings and low-rise multiple dwellings. The study is in three parts:Part 1 History of housing patterns and typologies in Perth, Western Australia from 1829 to the present.Part 2 Historic timelinePart 3 Case studies
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Abstract: The 1986 article 'Parochial Matters: The Way It Was (A Matter of Parochial Interest),' written by Duncan Richards and published in The Architect: The Official Journal of Royal Australian Institute of Architects... more
Abstract: The 1986 article 'Parochial Matters: The Way It Was (A Matter of Parochial Interest),' written by Duncan Richards and published in The Architect: The Official Journal of Royal Australian Institute of Architects (Western Australian Chapter) opens with a quote from JM ...