The following citation was prepared for the 1998 RAIA 25 Year Awards by architects Philip Leeson and Cassandra Kelleher for the ACT Chapter of the RAIA. It is reproduced here with their permission. 1998 RAIA 25 Year Award Citation In stark contrast to the archetypal … Read More →
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Demolished houses
Have Canberra’s modernist houses been protected? Although a number of houses and buildings are listed on the ACT Heritage Places Register, to what extent does this ensure preservation and prevent demolition? The answer is, sadly, not much. In fact, it’s hard to recall a single … Read More →
Heritage: striking a balance
As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald (23 October, 2006), a house in Lurline Bay, Sydney, designed by Harry Seidler in 1963, is under threat of demolition. The listing agent says that the new owner will probably demolish the house, since it’s a modest place … Read More →
65 National Circuit, Forrest
The house at 65 National Circuit, Forrest was designed by Peter Byfield in 1998. The house occupies one half of a dual occupancy development on the corner of National Circuit and Melbourne Avenue. The 1900 square metre parcel of land was sub-divided in 1997. A … Read More →
37 and 39 Finniss Crescent, Narrabundah
37 and 39 Finniss Crescent, were designed by Ric Butt in 1995 and 1999. Both houses are solar passive redevelopments in an established residential suburb, designed to address Canberra’s cold winter and warm summer climate. They have floor to ceiling expanses of glass to the … Read More →
7 Tennant Place, Jerrabomberra
The Lovie House at 7 Tennant Place, Jerrabomberra, was designed and built by Geoff Lovie in 1998. The colourful house has attracted attention and many curious onlookers to this suburb of Queanbeyan, located about 10km from Canberra’s centre. The house is an excellent and unique … Read More →
Exhibition Home
24:7 was a series of exhibitions, performances and events linking ACT Government agencies with artists and arts organisations. An initiative of Arts ACT, it was held from 17-25 May 2003. Exhibition Home was one of these. It saw the work of twenty Canberra craft practitioners, … Read More →