building register

The Australian Working Party of DOCOMOMO has begun to compile a register of Modern Movement buildings, sites and landscapes in Australia. A series of forms in the standard international format are being compiled, to allow this information to be forwarded to DOCOMOMO International so that it can be available to all members and other interested parties.

The first twenty buildings of the DOCOMOMO Australia Register are the buildings included in the 2000 publication by DOCOMOMO entitled The Modern Movement in Architecture: Selections from the DOCOMOMO Register.

Progessively entries for other important Modern Movement buildings will be prepared and forwarded to DOCOMOMO International, for inclusion on the International Register. This information regarding entries on the Australian Register will also be available from the Working Party here in Australia.

To avoid duplicating research work already undertaken on a voluntary basis the Australian Working Party is currently collating information from organisations such as the Royal Australian Institute of Architects who maintain a register of Twentieth Century buildings.

Members are encouraged to prepare entries for buildings they consider worthy of inclusion on the DOCOMOMO Register. The International Web Site contains the standard form (fiche) and guidelines for preparation of the fiche. The determination of criteria is left to the individual working parties. The Australian Working Party has started to debate the development of Modernism in Australia and hopes to transfer this debate into a public forum in the near future.

If you are interested in assisting with the preparation of entries please contact DOCOMOMO Australia. A version of the form in Microsoft Word format is available for use.

For further information contact the Register Co-ordinator of DOCOMOMO Australia:

Australian Capital Territory (Canberra):
Academy of Science 1958
Australian National University, Canberra ACT
Architects: Grounds, Romberg and Boyd

New South Wales:

Houses, Castlecrag, Sydney, NSW 1920-1935
Architects: Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney Griffin

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Gloucester House 1936
Missenden Road, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW
Architects: Stephenson & Turner

King George V Hospital for Mothers and Babies, 1938-41
Missenden Road, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW
Architects: Stephenson & Turner

Wylde Street Appartments 1948-1951
17 Wylde Street, Potts Point, Sydney, NSW
Architect: Aaron Blot

Rose Seidler House Group 1948-1956
69-71 Clissold Road, Sydney, NSW
Architect: Harry Seidler

Ancher House III 1957
Bogota Avenue, Neutral Bay, Sydney, NSW
Architect: Sydney Ancher

Sydney Opera House
(Stage 1) 1957-63
(Stage 2) 1963-1973
Bennelong Point, Sydney, NSW
Architects: Jorn Utzon (Stage 1)

Hall, Todd and Littlemore (Stage 2)
Liner House 1960
13-15 Bridge Street, Sydney, NSW
Architects: Bunning and Madden

Woolley House I 1962
34 Bullecourt Avenue, Mosman, Sydney, NSW
Architect: Ken Woolley

CB Alexander College 1965
Tocal, Paterson, NSW
Architects: Phillip Cox and Ian Mackay

Australia Square 1967
264-278 George Street, Sydney NSW
Architect: Harry Seidler & Associates
Victoria:
Stanhill Flats 1945-1950
34 Queens Road, Melbourne, VIC
Architect: Frederick Romberg

ICI House 1955-58
1 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne, VIC
Architects: Bates, Smart & McCutcheon

Sidney Myer Music Bowl 1956-1959
Kings Domain, Melbourne, VIC
Architects: Yunken Freeman Brothers

Engineers: Griffiths & Simpson
Robin Boyd House II 1957
290 Walsh Street, South Yarra, Melbourne, VIC
Architects: Grounds, Romberg and Boyd

South Australia:

Adelaide High School 1940-51
Corner of West Terrace & Glover Avenue, Adelaide, SA
Architects: EB Fitzgerald and John Brogan

Queensland:

Dalton House 1960
Fig Tree Pocket Road, Fig Tree Pocket, Brisbane, QLSD
Architect: John Dalton

Centenary Swimming Pools 1959
Gregory Terrace, Spring Hill, Brisbane, QLSD
Architect: James Birrell

Western Australia:

Summerhayes House 1960
3 The Coombe, Mosman Park, Perth, WA
Architect: Geoffrey Summerhayes
Engineer: Graham Click

Council House, 1962
St. George's Terrace, Perth, WA
Architects: Howlett & Bailey Architects
Engineers: Fraser Consultants