The National Library of Australia recently announced a major new acquisition—the Eric Milton Nicholls Collection. It comprises over 2500 photographs, maps, plans, presentation drawings, and manuscript items by Walter and Marion Mahoney Griffin (including a profile on gold silk of the proposed city of Canberra). … Read More →
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Harry Seidler dies
Harry Seidler died last night at his Sydney home, aged 82. He is recognised as one of Australia’s leading architects of the modern movement and the first architect in Australia to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus. In a career spanning over 50 years, … Read More →
Whitley houses ‘preserved’
Canberra is a young city. Due to World Wars and the Great Depression, its early development came in fits and starts. As a result, there are few public buildings left from this period and even fewer examples of modernist public housing. Take a look at … Read More →
The Robin Boyd Foundation
Robin Boyd CBE (1919-1971) was a renowned Australian architect, author, critic, and public educator in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a leader of the Modern Movement in Australia, a visionary in urban design and an outspoken commentator on the Australian Identity. Boyd was not … Read More →