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 →
Category Archives: Robin Boyd
Robin Boyd Foundation to sell Robin Boyd House 2
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 →
12 Marawa Place, Aranda
12 Marawa Place, Aranda is a three bedroom house designed by Robin Boyd in 1968-69. Construction was completed in 1970-71. Aranda is characterised by its native landscape setting, being located near large tracts of native bushland at the Black Mountain and Aranda Bushland Canberra Nature … Read More →
204 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill
This profile was prepared by Tim Reeves. The house at 204 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, was designed by Robin Boyd for Will Graves Verge in 1963 and completed in 1964. It is one of five that Boyd built in Canberra and was the first for … Read More →
4 Bedford Street, Deakin
4 Bedford Street, Deakin was designed by Robin Boyd in 1954 for local doctor Hilary Roche. It followed Boyd’s houses at 11 Tasmania Circle, Forrest (the Clark House) and 8 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill (the Fenner House). The house is typical of the post-war Melbourne … Read More →
8 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill
The Fenner House is located at 8 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill within the Red Hill heritage precinct. It was designed by Robin Boyd in 1952-53 for Professor and Mrs Frank Fenner and built by Karl Schreiner in 1953-54. Professor Frank Fenner AC, CMG, MBE, FAA, … Read More →
Going once, going twice…still going…
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 →