On 22 June, 2007 the Directors of the Robin Boyd Foundation announced their decision to sell the Robin Boyd House II in Walsh Street, South Yarra. The house will be auctioned on 21 July, 2007. The house was designed and built by Robin Boyd in … Read More →
Category Archives: Heritage
9th World Congress on Art Deco
In April 2007, the Art Deco Society will host the 9th World Congress on Art Deco in Melbourne. The 2007 Congress will be held from Monday 16 April to Friday 20 April, 2007. A World Congress is held at a nominated city around the world … Read More →
Enrico Taglietti awarded RAIA Gold Medal
Italian-born Canberra architect Enrico Taglietti has been awarded Australia’s most prestigious architecture prize—the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Gold Medal for Architecture. In presenting the Gold Medal at the Australian National University in Canberra on 15 March, RAIA President Carey Lyon said the Award … Read More →
A genius if ever there was one
The death of one of Australia’s forgotten modernists has been reported in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times. Alex Jelinek, whose only fully realised architectural work is the Round House, at 10 Gawler Crescent, Deakin, died on 12 February 2007 aged 81. Jelinek … Read More →
Vasey Crescent 25 Year Award
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 →
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 →
Recent Twentieth Century heritage press coverage
It’s been pleasing to see some coverage of twentieth century heritage in the mainstream media lately. ABC TV’s The Collectors aired a segment on 7 September about a restored apartment (or a flat, to use a period-correct term that’s gone right out of vogue) in … Read More →