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Issue No 76 February I, 1959.
¶ Canberra's NCDC recommended that the Griffin
— proposed lakes for the centre of the capital be created "as soon as finance permits". The Com'n built a concrete model of the lakes 100 ft by 30 ft.
Among Aust'n cities only Sydney has ever had large numbers of flats. This pattern is today challenged only by Canberra. Perth may have its "Wandana" &
"Graham", Adelaide its South-Terrace group, Melb its several grand proposals, & Brisb will have its "Torbreck", but in Sydney flats are built as a matter of routine. The
last months of 1958 brought to Syd's skyline this neat 10-storey slab, No 10 Eltham Ave, Darling Point (A M Bolot, arch't; Civil & Civic Contractors Ltd). Its 32 units (II I-bed, 14 2-bed, 7 3-bed) face north-east
& magnificent views, and are being sold, not let. Sud a tall slab scheme offers its occupiers better breezes, more ground-level garden & a neater, easier-built bldg.
It is also likely to shut off more view from the neighbours, a constant source of irritation around the Harbour (there were stormy Council meeting about an 8-storey block at Potts Point, & angry protests at Rose Bay recently.) The slab idea is to be exploited even more
units, fitted on 9 floors, are also for sale, (prices £4000 to £12,300) and the bldg is sited in the large old garden of Glenhurst, family home of William Stuart, father of the builders.
Another slab of 10 storeys, which will contain 40 units for sale, is this, Ithaca Gardens, in Elizabeth Bay (design team: Harry Seidler, arch't, Civil & Civic Contractors, P 0 Miller struct eng'eer) The slab type has also been chosen by Syd City Council for its schemes at Camper- down (10 storeys, 4 wings, about 300 units) and Glebe (12 storeys, 120 units), both designed by the Council, Architects' Branch. Slabs grouped about courtyards is
the theme of this Hous'g Commission scheme for Maroubra (R Lindsay Little, cons'g arch't). Other projects, basically slab-like but not as simple, include Glen Towers project at Bondi (8 storeys, 36 flats & 6 shops; J E Wardell arch'I designer, J W Woodfield, cons'g eng'eer; A & A Constr'ns Ltd), the completed
"Gateway" at Potts Point (8 storeys; D Forsyth Evans
& assoc'tes, arch'ts; Sydney Fischer Ltd, bldrs, eng'eers
& promoters), and another block being built in Potts Point (7 storeys, 38 flats; H P Oser, & assoc'tes, arch'ts;
E R Taylor & assoc'tes, cons'g eng'eers).
But a basically different type of flats bldg is the tower block. Unless McIb's Jolimont-viaduct scheme (C-S Aug '58) should suddenly go ahead after all, gland will probably be the first Aust'n state •io possess such a bldg. It is "Taj", a I7-storey, 154-feet high, 72-unit block in Beach-road Surfers' Paradise. The promoting syndicate is prepared to begin building next month, according to the builder Mr C P Hornick, but that would mean swift debating by the South Coast Town Council, which has never had nor needed height- limit regulations, & is now confronted with the proposal.
Any delays there will leave Sydney to be first in this field
because the first block to be built in the rezoned McMahon's Point area (C-S Oct '57) will be this tower, on Blue's Point. It is a 23-storey, 250-feet high, bldg, with 132 2-bedrm flats, & 4 shops. (Harry Seidler, arch't, Civil & Civic Contractors Ltd, promoters
& bldrs). It will have 3 lifts, a 2-level garage for 170 cars, a garden swimming-pool and a kindergarten.
This is one example of the many smaller flats being built around Syd: in Crows Nest, 12 units. (Edwards, Madigan & Torzillo, arch'ts; Miller, Milston & Ferris, eng'eers; H W Thompson Ltd, bldrs; £387 per square, in flat plate reinf conc . . . tenders for lift-slab pro- duced a price of £415 per square). Photo, Max Dupain.
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These flats are off Northbourne-ave, Canberra. The pleasant garden grouping continues the theme begun at Braddon (C-S Oct '57), but the variety of orientations is suspect, and lamp standards & telegraph poles are quite out of keeping. (Budden, Nangle & Michael, arch'ts in assoc'n with Com'Ith Works Dept; Civil &
Civic Ltd, bldrs)
Work will begin this year on a giant "mail handling factory" for the PMG in Redfern, Sydney. It is expected to function by 1965, handling 930 million letters &
packets in that year, increasing its capacity later. It will be a £4.5m, 7-floor bldg, with 12 escalators & 4 lifts. The air-conditioning plant will be Elm worth in order to cope with the heat of mail-handling machinery, never-extinguished lighting and 5,380 hard-working bods. (Com'Ith Works Dept)
¶ Syd City Councillors discussed, not for the first time, the future of Queen Victoria Buildings, opposite the side of the Town Hall. The site was once a market place, and the problem is similar to Melb's pet puzzles, the Eastern & the Western Markets, in that the land value is way out of proportion with the old bldg, while redeveloping such a large site in one piece is both highly desirable and financially difficult. Proposals for the Queen Vic site range from elaborate & intensive development, such as a hotel, to a civic square with underground car-parking
¶ Sinking of 14 1200-ton concrete caissons began at Circular Quay, in preparation for a new overseas passenger terminal. Each caisson is 40 feet square, 41 feet high, & hollow. It is towed into position, floating, filled with water to sink it, later filled with sand.
(Maritime Services Board)
IT
A new Plan for Sydney City was approved by Council and is being studied by the NSW Minister for Local Govt.This veterinary clinic at Frankston, Vic, was designed by young Syd arch't J. G. Williams, now in Canada (W R Gardener, Parkdale, bldr)
1Í Brisb City C brought in a law prohibiting shared kitchens in new multiple dwellings.
IT
Under the heading "Unusual design adapted to sloping site" an Adelaide newspaper illustrated a contemporary house, upside down.IT
An Anglican Church of St. Mary the Virgin was opened at Atherton, Tableland centre near Cairns. The building cost £18,000, the furnishings £19,000. A free- standing concrete tower carries a stainless steel cross (not bells, there are electronic ones). The choir loft in the church is also freestanding, and includes the organ, which is electronic, made by Lipp in Germany.(Ford, Hutton & Newell, arch'ts) A fortnight after its dedication the Atherton Presbyterians dedicated 26 new stained glass windows in +heir building.
¶ The 1958 Morawetz Prize of £800 for an outstand- ing Perth architecture student was won by Duncan Richards.
IT
A new £63,000, HQ for WA's State School Teachers' Union is being built in Murray-st, Perth. An executive room will be 50 ft by 48 ft, with an adjacent lounge and waiting room. (E LeB Henderson & Thompson, arch'ts; C B & M Wildy, bldrs)If
Opposite Perth's Royal Showground a truck-fleet centre was completed, for Bays Transport Service Ltd.Mezzanine-level officers overlook 21,000 sq ft of storage space, & there is also a repair workshop of 5,700 sq ft. One bay is equipped for steam cleaning. (Oldham, Boas, Ednie-Brown & assoc'tes, arch'ts; Jennings Constr'ns [WA] Ltd, bldrs)
The intended arch'I competition for a new Perth Town Hall (C-S Nov '57) will go ahead soon, perhaps in time for something to be built by the 1962 Empire Games. The site, on the eastern side of Stirling Gardens, has been occupied by the ABC, whose new accommoda- tion is on the way. The Town Hall will be about £1.6m worth, including a main hall for 2,400 people, city offices worth £I+m. The competition may be confined to Australia. / A competition for a new chapel at Perth's Wesley College is being conducted among architects who are old-boys of the school.
¶ The research relating to the AMP block at Circular Quay (C-S Jan '59) involved studying affected shadows, light, reflections, air & traffic in the vicinity, & studies of dust, noise & ground-level spaces. It was carried out by the arch'ts with the help of CEBS, then checked by a Govt com'iee & Syd City C. Mr Thorp, arch't in charge of the project, replied to C S that he is willing that it should be all published.
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n Launceston, Tas, a 12-shop, £72,500 arcade linking Brisbane & Paterson streets was opened. It was built for L'ton Savings Investment & Building Society, which dates from 1867. (Bush, Haslock, Parks, Shugg& Moon, arch'ts; H J Martin Ltd, bldr)
This is Elder House, 9-II O'Connell-st Sydney, new office block for Elder, Smith & Co, established in Adelaide 1839. A steel frame supports II -inch brick- work ... rendered where not seen; on the street front, faced with red granite and composite stone. (Stephenson
& Turner, arch'ts; A W Edwards Ltd, bldrs; £680 per square including ducts for future air-conditioning)
IT
Combined showroom, offices part store, workshops &outdoor testing area are being built in Launceston, Tas, for ISAS (Tas) Ltd. (Tandy, Pryor & Rogers, arch'ts; Bushby Bros, bldrs; £55,205)
These new City Offices for Parramatta (NSW) council, form the 1st section of a scheme to develop a large area at the rear of the old city hall as a civic square.
(L J Buckland & Druce, arch'ts; Max Cooper & Sons, bldrs)
IT
During 1958 Aust used nearly 7% more cement than in 1957. The Cement & Concrete Assoc'n attributes this to an increased number of uses for concrete, as well as increased building activity.¶ During last year's Lilac Time Festival in Goulburn, NSW, the foundation stone was laid for a Lilac Time Hall, to hold 750, seated, or 900, dancing. Building is now proceeding. (Brown, Brewer & Gregory, arch'ts; J J Greer & Son, bldrs)
¶ The Painters' Union in Vic persuaded Housing minister Mr Petty to inspect work done on Hous'g Com'n homes in Moe & Morwell which was in their view incompetent.
IT
Vic's PWD is seeking tenders for a £30,000, 2-storey police station for Heidelberg, a suburb known for its high rates, some of Melb's most desirable land, and a large slab of attractive Yarra valley. The new station will accommodate a sergeant & 16 constables, because the area has one of the highest crime rates.¶ Melb's Royal Arcade, built 1892, was sold for the largest sum ever fetched in Melb by auction. It was bought for £541,000 by its 36 former tenants, who were anxious to ensure its preservation.
¶ Vic's Hous'g Com'n decided that some of its precast concrete houses (it produced 1400 last year) will be made of lightweight concrete, of density 80-110 lb a cub ft. It also decided fo standardise on aluminium window frames in all its bldgs, copper spouting &
downpipes on flats.
IT
At the General Motors Holden centre, Dandenong, Vic (C-S Jan '57) £52,000 worth of sports fields &pavilion will be built this year (Stephenson & Turner, arch'ts)
IT
Two subsidiaries of Melb estate agents Wilmore &Randell have purchased 550 acres of seaside land near Geelong, & will develop it as a country club estate.
It will involve creating a beach. (Victor Gruen &
assoc'tes, Los Angeles, in assoc'n with Leslie M Perrott Jr, Melb, arch'ts)
~T A £7000 car-parking deck built over a city lot in Jamison-st, Syd, was coated with copolymer plastic, sufficiently tough to be the wearing as well as the weathering surface. (Jenkins & Maclurcan, arch'ts)
IT
A new Nock & Kirby hardware store at Fairfield, Syd, has a 25-ft mural depicting an Indian market bazaar as the fore-runner of the modern supermarket.(Paynter & Dixon, arch'ts & bldrs. As the Syd Daily Telegraph said, "credit is also due to Nock & Kirby's own arch't, Mr W Percival".)
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