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Robin Boyd, Roy Grounds and Harry Seidler have contributed significantly to modern Australian architecture by applying modernist-style principles to Australian homes. Another group of architects, such as Glenn Murcutt, Tina Engelen and Ian Moore, and Trop...
As elsewhere in Australia, European settlement disrupted Aboriginal patterns of land use and movement across the country, and many Aborigines died from European-brought diseases like influenza, smallpox and tuberculosis. The Griffins, Walter Burley and Ma...
Image courtesy of Craft ACT. There are a number of professions in Australia that contribute to a diverse design industry, including architects, interior designers, landscape architects, graphic designers, jewellers, industrial designers, fashion designers...
'An Ideal City? The 1912 Competition to Design Canberra' is an online exhibition about the competition to design the capital of Australia, the entrants, Walter Burley Griffin's winning design, and the changes that have been made to the plan as Canberra ha
Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority (more info)
Find information on the National Capital Authority, a history of Canberra including Walter Burley Griffin's original plan. Also includes details on visiting the capital, present day attractions and future plans.
Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>A roof tile making machine designed by Walter Burley Griffin to produce 'Knitlock' roofing tiles. Date designed1920 - 1930 UserWalter B. GriffinPlace of useCastlecrag, ...
Models > Models>>+ 85/2426 Model, Giotto Spacecraft, pewter... > + 2003/34/1-5 Model, 'wind tunnel test', S... > + 91/1186 Model boiler and stand, steel, C... > + 91/1312 Design model, Eveready Dolphin M... > + 91/1314 Design block model, Eveready dol... ...
irn=195628&search=queensland+maple&site_id=3 > A8063 Specimen column, Queensland Maple wood, possibly made by William Johnson, Australia, 1900-1930 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=61225&search=queensland+maple&site_id=3 > 86/1841...
> + 93/299/29 Air bricks (2), terracotta, F ...> + 93/299/30 Air bricks (3), terracotta, F ...> + 93/299/31 Air brick, terracotta, F Liebe... > + 92/50 Wall Tiles (39), [earthenware], [E...> + 85/2057 Roofing tiles (pair), 'Marseille... Bricks (7), 'Knitl...
> + A6380 Travelling desk: H = 17.5cm, L = 3...> + 86/3332 Tooths Collection: Office desk, ... > + A9372 Office furniture, desk, pedestal, ... Designed by Marion Mahony and/or Walter Burley Griffin as part of a range of furniture for student use at Newman...
irn=102105&search=Homes&site_id=3 > 90/1025 Photographic print, black and white, 'House of Tomorrow', paper, Wolfgang Sievers, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1949 [printed 1990] http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=102105&search=Home...
Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>A brick making machine designed by Walter Burley Griffin, made to produce 'Knitlock' bricks. The machine has four legs that are attached to a wider metal component. ...
irn=103446&search=australian+architecture&site_id=3 90/209 Posters, (2) 'Australian Built, a Photographic Exhibition of Recent Australian Architecture', Spatchurst Design Associates, Sydney http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=103446&...
Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>A brick making machine designed by Walter Burley Griffin, made to produce 'Knitlock' bricks. Date designed1920-1930 UserWalter B. GriffinPlace of useCastlecrag, NSW, Au...
irn=28690&search=middle+harbour&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=28692&search=middle+harbour&site_id=3 > 85/1284-2040 Glass negative, half plate, 'Middle Harbour', Kerry and Co., c. 1884-1917 http://www.powerhousemuseum....
> >>Architectural/Interior Decoration and Fittings > Stained glass windows>>+ A2740 Stained glass window, 'St. Nichola... > + H7462 Window, stained glass, Ex-Imperial... Window panels (4), sun burst design, lead/glass, designed for the 'Ladies Boudoir' of...
Architectural/Interior Decoration and Fittings > Windows>>+ 98/95/2 Window panel, lead/glass, design... > + A2740 Stained glass window, 'St. Nichola... > + 85/1296 Window, glass, leadlight, kookab... Window (1), reproduction, wood, glass, Brian Connolly, ...
>User keywords, or 'tags', are words added to object records by other users to enhance their discovery. Architectural/Interior Decoration and Fittings > Makers plates>>+ 86/4451 Tooths Collection: Machinery Ide... Nameplate (in 2 parts), furnace door and...
Architectural/Interior Decoration and Fittings > Light fittings>>+ 92/193 Light fittings, (2) 'Titania', al... > + 98/95/4 Ceiling light, lead/glass/wood, ... Ceiling light, with ceiling fixtures attached, lead/glass/wood, designed for the Capitol Theatre...
They relate specifically to the Pyrmont incinerator designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney. Brooches (3), 'Marion and Walter Burley Griffin Reverberatory Incinerator Series', bone / metal, designed and made by Rohan Nicol, Wagga Wagga, New ...
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