In July we wrote about the then-imminent sale of the Robin Boyd House II in South Yarra: the auction scheduled for 21 July was postponed when the Victorian Government, the Robin Boyd Foundation and the RAIA Victorian chapter set about finding a way to raise … Read More →
Category Archives: Demolition
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 →
73 National Circuit, Deakin
73 National Circuit, Deakin was designed by E J Scollay for Mr and Mrs P Bailey in 1958. Construction was completed in 1959. John Scollay was a prominent local architect who formed the partnership of Scollay, Bischoff and Pegrum in the 1960s. The house was … Read More →
Cuthbert Whitley Houses
The Whitley Houses in Griffith and Braddon were designed by Government architect Cuthbert Whitley in 1939. Until 2004 they were the last remaining intact examples of inter-war functionalist style public housing in Canberra designed by the Works Branch of the Department of the Interior. The … 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 →
‘A-B-C’ flats to be demolished?
Mid-century modern houses and buildings are always vulnerable when they’re located on valuable land—whether heritage listed or not. And so it is with the Allawah, Bega and Currong flats in Braddon (1954), which sit on land close to Civic estimated to be worth $63 million. … Read More →