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Figure i Map of , c . 1962 xvi Image: drawn by the author, November 2009. Drawing influenced by map of Los Angeles in Elizabeth Smith, Case Study Houses: The complete Case Study House program 1945–1966 Figure ii ‘The Lantern’ (Verge House), Red Hill 2 Photograph: the author, 2012 Figure 1.1 Coombs and Chifley in front of Palm House at Kew Gardens, London, 10 1946 Photograph: National Archives of . NAA: M2153, 22/4 Figure 1 .2 Oliphant, Hancock and Florey inspect the university site, Easter 13 1948 . Lewis was not invited Photograph: Oliphant Papers, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide Figure 1 .3 University House, The Australian National University, 1954 18 Photograph: National Archives of Australia . NAA: A1200, L17793 Figure 1 .4 The four medical professors—Eccles, Albert, Fenner and Ennor— 21 study plans for the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra, August 1950 Photograph: Australian News and Information Bureau, The Australian National University Collection Figure 1 .5 Birch House, central courtyard with swimming pool 24 Photograph: Max Dupain, 1968 . Max Dupain & Associates Archives Figure 1 .6 Model of the Australian Academy of Science, Canberra 27 Photograph: Wolfgang Sievers, 1963 . National Library of Australia . nla .pic- vn4474852 Figure 1 .7 ‘Margaret and Otto Honeymoon, 1940, Lake Wanaka, New Zealand’ 29 Photograph: Manuscript Collection, Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science . Frankel, Sir O . H ., FAA (1900–2007), MS 106, Box 13 Figure 1 .8 ‘Otto’s two wives Margaret Anderson and Tillie Donsbach in the Port 30 Hills’ Photograph: Manuscript Collection, Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science . Frankel, Sir O . H ., FAA (1900–2007), MS 106, Box 13 Figure 1 .9 Frankel House, Opawa, Christchurch, c . 1940 32 Photograph: Manuscript Collection, Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science . Frankel, Sir O . H ., FAA (1900–2007), MS 106, Box 13 Figure 1.10 Phytotron hothouse, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial 35 Research Organisation, Canberra, 1962 Photograph: National Archives of Australia . NAA: A1200, L42101 Figure 1 .11 Benjamin House, view from north-west 39 Photograph: Wolfgang Sievers, 1958 . National Library of Australia . nla .pic- vn4503045 Figure 2 .1 Fenner House, view from north-east 43 Photograph: from ‘House at Red Hill, Canberra’, Architecture and Arts 13 (August 1954) Figure 2.2 Fenner House, floor plan 44 Image: redrawn by the author from . Courtesy of the Robin Boyd Foundation

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Figure 2 .3 Fenner House, view from west . The diurnal block is on the left; the 45 nocturnal block on the right Photograph: from ‘House at Red Hill, Canberra’, Architecture and Arts 13 (August 1954) Figure 2 .4 Fenner House, view from west 45 Photograph: from ‘House at Red Hill, Canberra’, Architecture and Arts 13 (August 1954) Figure 2 .5 Viewing Canberra Medallion on wall of Fenner House, 1956 . From 46 left: Karl Schreiner (holding screwdriver), Vicki Fenner, Mrs Schreiner, John Scollay (ACT Chapter, RAIA), Frank Fenner, Marilyn Fenner and Bobbie Fenner . Boyd was in the United States at the time Photograph: Manuscript Collection, Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science . Fenner, F . J ., FAA (1914–2010), MS 143, Box 3 Figure 2 .6 Fenner House, view from north-west 47 Photograph: Ben Wrigley, 2012 Figure 2 .7 Manning Clark House, entrance hall showing ladder to study 53 Photograph: the author, 2010 Figure 2 .8 Frank Fenner, diary entry for 12 July, 1953 57 Image: Fenner, ‘Collins’ Trip Book, 1953 . Manuscript Collection, Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science . Fenner, F . J ., FAA (1914–2010), MS 143, Box 22 . Courtesy of Marilyn Fenner Figure 2 .9 Frank Fenner, diary entry for 22 August, 1953 58 Image: Fenner, ‘Collins’ Trip Book, 1953 . Manuscript Collection, Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science . Fenner, F . J ., FAA (1914–2010), MS 143, Box 22 . Courtesy of Marilyn Fenner Figure 2 .10 Lever House, New York 59 Photograph: J . Alex Langley, from Banham,Age of the Masters: A Personal View of Modern Architecture, 113 Figure 2 .11 Aerial view of the John Curtin School of Medical Research, 63 The Australian National University, 1957 Photograph: National Archives of Australia . NAA: A1200, L23558 Figure 2 .12 Marcel Breuer, ‘binuclear’ house proposal, 1943 66 Image: from Blake, Marcel Breuer: Sun and Shadow, the Philosophy of an Architect, 149 Figure 2 .13 Fenner House, view from north-east 68 Photograph: Ben Wrigley, 2012 Figure 2 .14 Fenner House, kitchen 69 Photograph: Ben Wrigley, 2012 Figure 2 .15 Fenner House, living room 76 Photograph: Ben Wrigley, 2012 Figure 2 .16 Fenner House, dining room 76 Photograph: Ben Wrigley, 2012 Figure 3 .1 Zwar House 1955, south-east view from Yapunyah Street 77 Photograph: Brendan Lepschi, 2005 Figure 3 .2 Bowden House, view from south-west, 1954 79 Photograph: Max Dupain, from Seidler, Houses, Interiors and Projects, 53 Figure 3 .3 Harry Seidler’s Point Piper Studio at night 80 Photograph: from Art and Design, no . 1, 1949, 26 Figure 3.4 Zwar House, floor plan 82 Image: redrawn by the author from Harry Seidler

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Figure 3 .5 Zwar House, cross-section 84 Image: from ‘John Zwar House, Lot 68 Yapunyah O’Connor ACT’, drawn by Colin Griffiths for Harry Seidler, 4 August, 1955. John Zwar Collection Figure 3 .6 Portrait of Harry Seidler with Walter Gropius 86 Photograph: Max Dupain, 1954 . National Library of Australia . nla .pic- an12660573 Figure 3 .7 Zwar House, view from south 97 Photograph: Brendan Lepschi, 2005 Figure 3 .8 Zwar House, view from dining area 97 Photograph: Brendan Lepschi, 2005 Figure 4 .1 Philip House, view from north-east 101 Photograph: Ben Wrigley, 2011 Figure 4 .2 Vasey Crescent Group, site plan 106 Image: redrawn by the author from Grounds, Romberg and Boyd . Courtesy of Victoria Grounds and the Robin Boyd Foundation Figure 4 .3 Philip House, living room, looking east 108 Photograph: Candida Griffiths (daughter of Frances Philip and John Philip) Figure 4 .4 Philip House, living room, looking south-west 111 Photograph: Candida Griffiths Figure 4.5 Philip House, floor plans 112 Image: redrawn by the author from Grounds, Romberg and Boyd . Courtesy of Victoria Grounds and the Robin Boyd Foundation Figure 4 .6 Frances Philip, Painting: Philip House from north, 1988 124 Image: Candida Griffiths Collection Figure 4 .7 Frances Philip, Painting: Philip House and children, 1965 . Left to 129 right: Peregrine, Candida and Julian Image: Candida Griffiths Collection Figure 5 .1 Gascoigne House, view from north 131 Photograph: Bill Lyristakis, 2010 Figure 5 .2 ‘Residence 19’, Mount Stromlo Observarory, 1926 . This would 136 become the Gascoignes’ first house Photograph: National Archives of Australia . NAA: A3560, 1820 Figure 5 .3 Rosalie Gascoigne,Loose Leaf, 1991 . Sawn ‘Schweppes’ soft drink 140 crates Image: Rosalie Gascoigne Archives Figure 5.4 Gascoigne House, floor plan 150 Image: redrawn by the author from Theo Bischoff . Courtesy of Phoebe Bischoff Figure 5 .5 Rosalie Gascoigne withIkebana , Gascoigne House, c . 1969 152 Photograph: National Archives of Australia . NAA: A1501, A9510 Figure 5 .6 Gascoigne House, hall with artworks by Rosalie Gascoigne, c . 1975 154 Photograph: Rosalie Gascoigne Archives Figure 5 .7 Gascoigne House, living room with various artworks, c . 1975 157 Photograph: Rosalie Gascoigne Archives Figure 6 .1 Frankel House, Opawa, Christchurch, c . 1940 161 Photograph: Manuscript Collection, Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science . Frankel, Sir O . H ., FAA (1900–2007), MS 106, Box 13 Figure 6 .2 Frankel House, Cobby Street, Campbell, view from south-west 162 Photograph: Ben Wrigley, 2011 Figure 6 .3 Frankel House, Nicholson Crescent, Acton, 1955 163 Photograph: National Archives of Australia . NAA: A1200, L19496

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Figure 6.4 Hans Sedlmayr, the five ‘genetic elements’ of Borromini’s 167 architecture Image: redrawn by George Hersey after Sedlmayr and Borromini, from Hersey, The Monumental Impulse: Architecture’s Biological Roots, The MIT Press, 161 Figure 6.5 Frankel House, preliminary floor plan, October 1969. Service 175 functions to the left, living zone in the centre, bedrooms on the right . Cobby Street is to the bottom of the sheet Image: ACT Heritage Library, Bischoff, Theo – Architectural Records, 0159 . Courtesy of Victoria Grounds and Phoebe Bischoff Figure 6 .6 Frankel House, revised plan, December 1969 177 Image: ACT Heritage Library, Bischoff, Theo – Architectural Records, 0159 . Courtesy of Victoria Grounds and Phoebe Bischoff Figure 6 .7 Frankel House, view from dining room 184 Photograph: Ben Wrigley, 2011

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