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Architecture  of  the  Region,  ARCH2230,  The  University  of  Queensland  Semester  Two  2012  Deborah  van  der  Plaat/d.vanderplaat@uq.edu.au  

 

JJ Clark, Treasury Building, cnr Queen and George Sts, Brisbane, partly complete in the 1890s

Course  Note  1  

Course  Description  The study of architecture in its regional context, including culture and history. Influences on architectural form and the development of architectural ideas. Australian architecture and the architecture of south-east Queensland provide the basic regional study contexts.

Course  Introduction  Architecture of the Region introduces students to the history and culture of the architecture of Queensland. The major architects and buildings from European settlement until 1980 are surveyed and related to a national and international context of architectural history and theory. An introduction is given to building conservation restoration and adaptive re-use. The course has practical aspects in visiting and analysing buildings and in simple archival research.

Aims  1. To understand the value of regional architecture to the public and to the profession. 2. To study buildings directly rather than through representations. 3. To learn the basic terms and procedures involved in the nomination of and subsequent management of

buildings of cultural heritage significance. 4. To learn the value of simple research tasks in finding and recording buildings, records and publications, and in

developing resources for historical research.

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Learning  Objectives  After successfully completing this course you should be able to:

1. Possess a workable knowledge of the significant architects and buildings of Queensland, and their national and international context.

2. Understand the concepts, terms, and legislation relating to the preservation of buildings of cultural heritage significance. To understand the issues and some of the procedures involved in conserving or adapting historically significant buildings.

3. Be able to make descriptions, analyses and arguments using primary documents, particularly buildings, drawings and other documents contemporary with the building.

4. Undertake simple research tasks such as: recording buildings, sorting and organizing documents, and indexing publications. To understand how such research contributes to historical understanding.

Assessment  City  Walk  2  Report  10%    Individual  work  due  27  August  4pm  on  site  Learning Objectives: 1 & 3

In week 6 we will take a City Walk looking at some of the buildings described in the first series of lectures. Students will be given a work sheet asking them questions about the buildings visited. Each student will submit individual Reports at the end of the City Walk. The Report will ask for short answers illustrated with sketches made on the day. The intention of this task is that 100% of the work can be done on the day of the work, and that students will only need to tidy up notes and sketches in order to submit. Detailed instruction will be given in the tutorial prior to the walk. To do this task well on the day will require good attention and understanding in the previous lectures and tutorials. The marking criteria are:

1. Comprehension of the lectures, buildings and documents provided in preparation: particularly the ability to distinguish styles, period and elements of buildings.

2. Thoroughness and accuracy of observations made during the walk. 3. Presentation of Report ie. simple legible layout, correct English prose expression and correct scholarly

conventions

Research  Assignment  40%    Group  work  due  8  October  10  am  in  class  Learning Objectives: 3 & 4

The research assignment is a data collection and analysis undertaken in groups and directed by the staff. The research findings will be used to build resources for this course and for research in the architecture of the region. The criteria for assessment are:

1. Understanding of the task and ability to plan to effectively undertake the task. 2. Thoroughness in undertaking the task. 3. Graphic, written and verbal presentation of the research findings.

It is impossible to know before hand if the data collected will be interesting or useful, thus students will not be assessed on what they find, but only on their work in the attempt. All members of the group will receive the same mark for this component.

There is a list of research tasks from which students can choose. These are described in more detail later. There are limits on the numbers for some tasks. The staff will form working groups within the tutorials. Staff will guide the research and discuss the form of the presentation as the work proceeds.

Outcomes of the research will include an illustrated time line of the chosen architect or firm, a Google map of work produced, and historical entries (in the style of Wikipedia) describing selected buildings. Options to publish completed entries to Wikipedia will also be explored. Training for this will be offered within the course.

The Research Assignment will be presented by the group on the due date. A schedule of presentation times will be circulated prior. The form of the presentation will be in PowerPoint with a separate folder including the collected images, timelines, maps and written entries. Students will present their finding to the staff and students and will receive directions for how to develop this research within their final essay. Students will be required to submit their presentations and supporting documents as digital files. More detailed information about submission requirements will be given in the Research Assignment Tutorials.

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Essay    -­‐  3000  words  including  footnotes  50%  Individual work due Monday 12 Nov at 4pm via Turnitin. Learning Objectives: 1, 2 & 3

The essay is individual work based on the earlier research assignment. Students are asked to address the following essay question.

In 1889, following his public lecture on ‘Architecture and its Relation to History,’ the architect GHM Addison was asked by the Bishop of Brisbane to comment on the future style of an Australian architecture. Conceding the importance of place – observing the veranda would play a part in the future of the Queensland house – Addison also argued that the development of a local architecture would only be possible if it looked beyond its own geographical borders. ‘So long as the public of Queensland failed to recognise that there was an architecture outside of Queensland architecture, there would be no advancement of architecture here,’ Addison concluded.

Choose a building (or selection of buildings or text) which you studied in you earlier research assignment. Demonstrate how it responds or addresses Addison’s proposition.

Assessment criteria for the essay are:  

1. Understanding of the architecture studied. 2. Understanding of the State, national and international context of the architecture. 3. Ability in description and analysis. 4. Ability in argument where relevant. 5. Ability in academic writing and referencing.  

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Reading  List  

General  Resources  and  Reference  Texts  

Apperly, Richard, Robert Irving and Peter Reynolds. A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture: Styles and Terms from 1788 to the Present. North Ryde, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson, 1989. Evans, Ian, and National Trust of Queensland. The Queensland House: History and Conservation. Mullumbimby, NSW: Flannel Flower Press, 2001. Evans, Raymond. A History of Queensland. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Evans, Raymond and Carole Ferrier (eds.) with Jeff Rickertt. Radical Brisbane. Carlton North, Vic.: Vulgar Press, 2004. Fisher, Rod, and Brian Crozier. The Queensland House: A Roof over Our Heads. Brisbane, Qld.: Queensland Museum, 1994. Freeland, J. M. Architecture in Australia: A History. Melbourne, Canberra [etc.]: Cheshire, 1968. Goad, Philip and Julie Willis, eds. Encyclopedia of Australian Architects (Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2012). Howells, Trevor and Michael Nicholson. Towards the Dawn: Federation Architecture in Australia 1890-1915. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1990. Heritage Council of Queensland, The Queensland Heritage Register, available online at http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/cultural_heritage/queensland_heritage_council/index.html Johnson, Donald Lesley. Australian Architecture 1901-51: Sources of Modernism. Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1980. Lawson, Ronald Lynton. Brisbane in the 1890s: A Study of an Australian Urban Society. St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 1973. Leach, Andrew, Antony Moulis and Nicole Sully eds. Shifting Views: Selected Essays on the Architectural History of Australia and New Zealand. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2008. Riddel, Robert, Robin Dods: Selected Works, Melbourne: URO Media, 2012. Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Queensland Chapter. Buildings of Queensland. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1959. Stephen, Ann, Andrew McNamara and Philip Goad eds. Modernism & Australia: Documents on Art, Design and Architecture 1917-1967. Carlton, Vic.: Miegunyah Press (Melbourne University Publishing), 2006. Taylor, Jennifer. Australian Architecture since 1960. Sydney: Law Book Co., 1986. Walker, Meredith, Peter Marquis-Kyle, Australia/ICOMOS and National Estate Grants Program (Australia). The Illustrated Burra Charter: Good Practice for Heritage Places. Expanded and updated edition. Burwood, Vic.: Australia ICOMOS, 2004. Watson, Donald, and Judith McKay. A Directory of Queensland Architects to 1940. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Library, 1984. Watson, Donald, Judith McKay, and Queensland Museum. Queensland Architects of the 19th Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1994.

   

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Reading  List  continued    Tutorial  Readings  (may  change  during  semester  be  advised  by  email)  

Week 2 Walker, Paul, and King Stuart. "Style and Climate in Addison's Brisbane Exhibition Building." Fabrications: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand 17, no. 2 (2008): 26-47. Dods, Robin. "Industrial Art in Australia." In Modernism & Australia. Documents on Art, Design and Architecture, 1917-1967, edited by Ann Stephen, Andrew McNamara and Philip Goad, 149-51. Carlton, Vic.: Miegunyah Press (Melbourne University Publishing), 2006. (1917)

Week 4 The following extracts from: Fisher, Rod, and Brian Crozier. The Queensland House: A Roof over Our Heads. Brisbane, Qld.: Queensland Museum, 1994.

Gregory, Helen. “Lifestyle,” pages 1-12 Fisher, Rod. “Identity,” pages 31-48 Riddel, Robert. “Design,” pages 49-70 Wilson. A. B. "Domestic Architecture for Tropical and Subtropical Australia." Paper presented at the Volume of Proceedings of the Second Australian Town Planning Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane 1918.

Week 5 Dods, R. "Australian Domestic Architecture III: Queensland." Art and Architecture 2, 3 (1905): 103-108. The following extracts from: Watson, Donald, Judith McKay, and Queensland Museum. Queensland Architects of the 19th Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1994.  

GHM Addison: pages 5 & 6  JJ CLARK: pages 35 & 36  T PYE: pages 149 & 150  FDG STANLEY: pages 166-179  CHARLES TIFFIN: pages 192-195

Week 7 Taylor, Florence. "Unconventional Church Architecture in Queensland." Building, no. 12 November (1917): 47-54. The following extracts from: Evans, Raymond and Carole Ferrier (eds.) with Jeff Rickertt. Radical Brisbane. Carlton North, Vic.: Vulgar Press, 2004.

24. Conscription Riot: pages 156-160  25. Government Printing Office: pages 161-166  32. Battle of Brisbane 1942: pages 206-212 Week 8 Boyd, Robin and Peter Newell. "St. Lucia: A Housing Revolution Is Taking Place in Brisbane." Architecture: Journal of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects 38 (1950): 106-09. Birrell, James. “Criteria for a Criticaster,” in Modernism & Australia: Documents on Art, Design and Architecture 1917-1967, edited by Ann Stephen, Andrew McNamara, and Philip Goad, 887-889. Carlton, Vic., Miegunyah Press (Melbourne University Publishing), 2006. (1952)

Week 12 Frampton, Kenneth. “Critical Regionalism: Modern Architecture and Cultural Identity” In Modern Architecture: A Critical History, 314-327. London: Thames and Hudson, 1992. Walker, Paul. “Kenneth Frampton and the Fiction of Place,” in Shifting Views: Selected Essays on the Architectural History of Australia and New Zealand, edited by Andrew Leach, Antony Moulis and Nicole Sully, 70-80. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2008. Taylor, Jennifer. “Building for the North,” in Australian Architecture Since 1960, 116-140. Sydney: Law Book Co., 1986.

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Timetable The timetable is subject to change owing the complexity of arrangements for the various field work activities. Changes will be notified by email and in the lecture.

Monday Lecture 12pm -2pm

Hawken Engineering 50-N202

Tutorials, activities etc

2pm - 5pm 51-345, 78-224 & 9-

210

Primary sources Secondary sources

1 July 23 Introduction & Organization Selection of Research Assignment Topics

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2 July 30 19th Century

19th Century

Walker & King Dods

Freeland Ch1-9

3 Aug 6 FIELD TRIP: City Walk 1 12pm-5pm.

4 Aug 13

The Qld House

The Qld House

Fisher & Crozier Wilson

Freeland Ch14 Taylor

5 Aug 20 Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts

Wikimedia Training State Library of Queensland

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6 Aug 27 FIELD TRIP: City Walk 2 12pm-5pm

Submit City Walk Report At end of field trip

7 Sep 3 Modern & Styles

Modern & Styles

F.Taylor

Freeland Ch11-12

8 Sep 10 Modernism

Modernism -

Birrell Boyd and Newell

Freeland Ch11-13 Johnson

9 Sep 17 Research Assignment Tutorials 10am-4pm

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Sep 26 Semester Break

10 Oct 01 Public Holiday - -

11 Oct 8

Present Group Research Assignment 10am-4pm

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12 Oct 15 High Modernism Critical Regionalism

Critical Regionalism

Frampton Walker J. Taylor

Taylor

13 Oct 22 Preservation & Conservation Summary of lecture series.

Summary of course Essay Tutorials

Essay Tutorials

Heritage Act Burra Charter

- Oct 29 Swot Vac

Nov 5

Nov 12 Essays by 4pm

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Research  Assignment  Project  List    

1. Andrea Giovanni Stombuco (1820 – 1907)

Born in Italy, Stombuco travelled the world before moving to Australia in 1851. He worked as a sculptor, monumental mason and later as an Architect. With the Roman Catholic Church as his principal client, Stombuco worked in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. This project will involve researching the work of Andrea Giovanni Stombuco with a focus on his work in Queensland. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the Architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 Group

2. George Henry Male ADDISON (1857-1922)

Born in Wales and trained at the South Kensington College of Art, Addison emigrated to the colonies in 1883. Working initially on drawings for South Australia’s Government house, Addison later joined the Melbourne firm Terry & Oakden. Arriving in Brisbane in 1886, Addison became the Brisbane representative for the firm Terry, Oakden and Addison (later Oakden, Addison & Kemp) and was responsible for a number of Brisbane more prominent late Victorian buildings including the Exhibition Building (1891), the Mansions (1889) and Cumbooquepa (1890/91). This project will involve researching the architecture of Addison with a focus on his work in Queensland. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the Architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 2 groups.

3. Francis Drummond Greville STANLEY (1839-1987)

Born in Ascog, Edinburgh, Scotland, Stanley migrated to Brisbane in 1861 where he was employed by the Lands Department before going into private practice in 1862. In 1863, Stanley was appointed Clerk of Works in the Office of the Colonial Architect, and in 1872 he took up the position of Colonial Architect, one he retained to 1881. This project will involve researching the life and work of FDG Stanley with a focus on his work in Queensland. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the Architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 2 groups.

4. Charles TIFFIN, (1833-1873)

Born in Newcastle, England, Tiffin immigrated to the colonies in mid-1850s, first to Geelong (Victoria) and later Hobart. In May1857, Tifin was appointed Clerk of Works for Moreton Bay which marked the beginning of a career in which the architect oversaw the design and construction of many of Queensland’s early public buildings including Government House, the Houses of Parliament, Public Lands Office, and Brisbane Hospital. This project will involve researching the architecture of Tiffin. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the Architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 2 groups.

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5. John James CLARKE (1838-1915)

Born in Liverpool England, Clarke was appointed Queensland’s Colonial Architect in 1883, a post he held for only three years when he was dismissed in 1885. Prominent buildings by Clarke include Yunagaba in Kangaroo Point and the Treasury Building in Brisbane. This project will involve researching the work of Clarke with a focus on his work in Queensland. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the Architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 group.

6. Suter, Richard George

Born in London, George Suter immigrated to Brisbane sometime in the 1860s. Working initially with the Brisbane architect Benjamin Backhouse, Suter is associated with the development and dissemination of external studding on timber buildings throughout Queensland. This project will involve researching the architectural output of Suter. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 group.

7. Richard Gailey, (1834-1924)

Born in Tullygay, Donegal, Ireland, Gailey arrived in Brisbane (via Melbourne and New South Wales) in 1864. The following year, Gailey established his own architectural firm which went on to be one of the city’s most productive private practices. The “doyen of Brisbane architects,” Gailey’s work spans commercial projects (hotels, shops, banks, etc), religious institutions and housing. This project will involve researching the architectural work of Richard Gailey. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field work required

Maximum 2 group.

8. William Hodgen (jnr) 1866-1943

Born in Toowoomba, Hodgen established a practice in Toowoomba in 1897 and practiced well into the 20th century. Combining “up-to-date Arts and Crafts motifs with the local timber tradition,” Hodgen is associated with an extensive body of work produced in and around Toowoomba and throughout Southern and Western Queensland. This project will involve researching the architecture of Hodgen. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 group.

9. Hall and Dods Hall and Dods were a partnership of the architects Francis Richard Hall and Robert Smith Dods, formed in Brisbane in 1896. Terminated in 1916, after Hall moved to Sydney in 1913, the firm produced some of Brisbane’s most iconic houses and commercial properties. This project will involve researching the work of Hall & Dods, focusing on their Queensland work. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the firm’s work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 group.

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research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

10. George Brockwell Gill (1857 – 1954)

Born in London, George Brockwell Gill moved to Australia in 1886 and settled in Ipswich where he worked as an architect. This project will involve researching the work of George Brockwell Gill with a focus on his work in Queensland. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 Group

11. Lange Leopold Powell (1886– 1938)

Born in Queensland and educated in Brisbane, Lange Leopold Powell practiced in several of Brisbane’s significant architectural partnerships. This project will involve researching the work of Lange Leopold Powell with a focus on his work in Queensland. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 2 Groups

12. Arts & Crafts Brisbane (John Smith Murdoch, 1862-1946, George David Payne, 1853-1916 & Thomas Pye, 1861-1930)

John Smith Murdoch, George David Payne and Thomas Pye produced a body of work throughout Queensland that is contemporary with the second generation of Arts & Crafts architects working in Europe. This project will involve researching the life and work of this group of architects, focusing on their work in South-east Queensland. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 group

13. Alexander Brown Wilson 1857-1938.

A.B Wilson established his own practice in Brisbane in 1884 and is the architect of many of the city’s grand residences, including Hayslope in Tennyson and Leckhampton in Kangaroo Point. This project will involve researching the work of AB Wilson. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field work required

Max 1 group

14. Eric Percival Trewern, 1895-1959.

An architect of the interwar years, E.P Trewern is associated with Brisbane’s more idiosyncratic early 20th century houses, such Santa Barbara (1929), a Spanish Mission style house in New Farm. This project will involve researching work of Trewern. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 group.

15. Karl Langer, 1903-1969

Educated and trained in Austria, where he worked with some of the key figures of European modernism, including Peter Behrens, Karl Langer arrived in Brisbane in the 1940s. Combining part time employment with the Qld Railways with a teaching position in architecture at the University of Queensland, Langer is best known for his iconic modernist buildings and 1944 publication Subtropical Housing. This project will involve researching the

Field Work Required

Maximum 2 groups.

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architecture of Langer in Queensland. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (where possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

16. John Dalton, 1927-2007.

Described by Elizabeth Musgrave as a ‘practitioner, critic, polemicist, artist, educator – a pivotal figure in architecture in Queensland between 1956-1979,’ Dalton is associated with the modification of a modernist idiom to the Queensland context. This project will involve researching the work of Dalton in Queensland. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (where possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 group.

17. Wilson Architects A local Brisbane firm that continues to practice to the present day, Wilson Architects was first established in 1884. This project will involve researching the work of this firm from 1945-1975. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the firms surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 group.

18. Job & Froud, (1954- Established in 1954, the best-known work of Job & Froud is the apartment complex, Torbreck (1957-61) in Highgate Hill. This project will involve researching the work of the architects Aubrey Horswill Job (1907-2002) and Robert Percival Froud (1920-2001). Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 group.

19. Conrad & Gargett Conrad & Garget was first established in 1884. This project will involve researching the work of this firm from 1945-1975. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the firm’s surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 group.

20. Robin Gibson & Partners (1957-

Robin Gibson and his firm (Robin Gibson and Partners, est. 1956) designed many of Brisbane’s more recent public institutions including the Performing Arts Centre (1985), Qld Museum (1986), State Library of Queensland (1988), and Mayne Hall (1972) at the University of Queensland. This project will involve researching the work of Robin Gibson & Partners. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the architect’s career, developing a Google map of the architects’ work (both extent and demolished), visiting and photographing buildings (when possible) and documenting in detail a selection of the architects’ surviving buildings. The opportunity to publish this research as scholarly entries for Wikipedia will also be explored.

Field Work Required

Maximum 1 group.

21. Campus Planning This project will involve researching the history of a university campus in Queensland. Research activities will include working with historical documents, collating a timeline of the development

Field Work Required

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of the campus, identifying the architect/s and dates of significant buildings, mapping the development of a site plan (showing the address of significant buildings including major additions or renovations), and visiting the campus to document aspects of the campus design and examples of campus architecture. Aspects of this research will contribute to a new guide book on Brisbane architecture by Don Watson, Fiona Gardiner and Alice Hampson to be published in 2013. Campuses to be considered include:

-­‐ Griffith University Nathan Campus -­‐ QUT, Gardens Point Campus -­‐ QUT, Kelvin Grove Campus -­‐ University of Queensland, Ipswich Campus.

Maximum 4 Groups

1 group per campus

22. Tenneriffe/ Newstead—adaptive re-use & urban renewal

This project will examine the urban renewal and adaptive re-use of industrial buildings within the Newstead and Tenneriffe precinct. Research activities will include working with historical documents, mapping the development (and redevelopment) of the suburb, identifying the architect/s and dates of significant buildings, the generation of a site plan (showing the address of significant buildings including major additions or renovations) and visiting the site to document buildings. Aspects of this research will contribute to a new guide book on Brisbane architecture by Don Watson, Fiona Gardiner and Alice Hampson to be published in 2013.

Field Work Optional

Maximum 3 Groups

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