Donald Langmead (29/8/1939–7/5/2011), Architect, Academic and Architectural Historian, Was Born and Grew up in Adelaide
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LANGMEAD, Donald COLLECTION Architecture Museum, University of South Australia LANGMEAD, Donald SERIES 213, 217, 218, 219, 220, 282, 283, 328, 331 Donald Langmead (29/8/1939–7/5/2011), architect, academic and architectural historian, was born and grew up in Adelaide. The son of a truck driver, he attended Adelaide Technical High School and then studied architecture at the South Australian Institute of Technology (SAIT; the University of South Australia (UniSA) from 1958, graduating with an Associateship Diploma of Architecture in 1966 and a Graduate Diploma in Town Planning in 1972. He then travelled to England to study at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, graduating with a Master of Science (Architecture) in 1974. He completed his doctoral dissertation, ‘George Strickland Kingston: Pioneer and Architect’ at the Flinders University of South Australia in 1983. Choosing an academic career, Langmead was a Lecturer in Architecture at SAIT from 1967 to 1976, Senior Lecturer in Architectural History and acting Head of Interior Design from 1976 to 1980 and Senior Lecturer in Architectural History from 1981 to 1989. He became Principal Lecturer in 1990 and Head of the School of Architecture at UniSA from 1992 to 1996. In 1995 he was promoted to Associate Professor and in 1998 to Professor and Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design. From 1999 to 2002 he was Professor of Architectural History in the Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design (LLS School). He initiated postgraduate research degrees in his school and in 2000 received the UniSA’s inaugural Postgraduate Supervisor of the Year Award. Langmead was a registered architect in South Australia between 1966 and 1997 and an Associate of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects from 1966 to 1991, during which time he was awarded the George Gavin Lawson Postgraduate Research Fellowship in Architecture (1977-1978). In 1984 he was a foundation member of the interim committee of the Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ). He was a registered consultant with the Heritage Unit, South Australian Department of Planning and Development. His research activities have included nineteenth century South Australian architectural history, major international figures in twentieth century architecture (funded by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts (Chicago) 2004-2006) and especially early twentieth century Dutch architecture. That latter interest has taken him to The Netherlands on several occasions (1974-1998), and as an exchange scholar under the aegis of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie voor Wetenschappen (1997). He has delivered seminar papers and public lectures on his research and published extensively producing book, annotated guides to the international literature on Dutch modernism and bio-bibliographies, conference papers and articles in scholarly journals. Langmead’s books include Accidental Architect: the life and times of George Strickland Kingston (Crossing Press, Sydney, 1994) and – all with Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut – Dutch modernism: architectural resources in the English language (1996) Willem Marinus Dudok, a Dutch modernist: a bio-bibliography (1996); J.J.P. Oud and the International Style: a bio-bibliography (1999); The artists of De Stijl: a guide to the literature (2000); Frank Lloyd Wright: a bio-bibliography (Praeger, Greenwood imprint, 2003) and Icons of American Architecture: from the Alamo to the World Trade Center, (2009). Maya Lin: a biography is in press (2010). With Donald Johnson he published The Adelaide City Plan: fiction and fact (Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 1986), Makers of 20th Century Modern Page 1 Architecture Museum, University of South Australia. Email [email protected] last updated 13 March 2019 LANGMEAD, Donald COLLECTION Architecture Museum, University of South Australia Architecture (Greenwood, 1997) and Architectural Excursions: Frank Lloyd Wright, Holland and Europe (Greenwood, 2000) and with Christine Garnaut, Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats (ABC-CLIO, California, 2001). Langmead managed the architectural archives collection donated to UniSA in 1990 by Donald Leslie Johnson. He retired in February 2002 and was appointed Adjunct Professor in the Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture (incorporated into the School of Art, Architecture and Design in 2008), University of South Australia. SOURCES Donald Langmead University of South Australia Staff home page: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Donald.Langmead accessed 2010. Langmead, Donald. Abridged Curriculum Vitae, Architecture Museum, University of South Australia. Massey, Jan (c.1981) Architecture Staff. Schools of architecture Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea 1980. Sponsored by Australasian Architecture Schools. UniSA News, ‘From Port Adelaide to City West’, February 2002: 7. COLLECTION DESCRIPTION This collection comprises Donald Langmead’s own student thesis; papers and bibliographies collected by Professor Donald Langmead during his research, including some profiles of architects and their works; information and documents relating to conferences attended by Langmead; research material pertaining to German settlements in South Australia; selected students’ work; documents relating to papers, articles, books of which Donald Langmead was the author; slides principally of South Australian and Australian architecture; study leave reports; and items relating to the Significant SA Architecture project. Page 2 Architecture Museum, University of South Australia. Email [email protected] last updated 13 March 2019 LANGMEAD, Donald COLLECTION Architecture Museum, University of South Australia Series List GERMAN SETTLEMENTS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA SERIES 213 STUDENTS’ WORK SERIES 217 See SPECIAL LIST CONFERENCES ATTENDED SERIES 218 See SPECIAL LIST This series consists of information and documents relating to conferences attended by Prof Don Langmead. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS & BIBLIOGRAPHIES SERIES 219 See SPECIAL LIST These papers and bibliographies are a selection of miscellaneous items that were used by Professor Donald Langmead during his research. The papers also include some profiles of architects and their works. LANGMEAD PUBLICATIONS SERIES 220 See SPECIAL LIST This series consists of documents for papers, articles, books of which Don Langmead was author. SLIDE COLLECTION SERIES 282 STUDENT WORK BY LANGMEAD SERIES 283 STUDY LEAVE REPORTS SERIES 328 19th CENTURY SA ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHS SERIES 331 Page 3 Architecture Museum, University of South Australia. Email [email protected] last updated 13 March 2019 LANGMEAD, Donald COLLECTION Architecture Museum, University of South Australia GERMAN SETTLEMENTS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA SERIES 213 SPECIAL LIST Series No Description S213/1/1-20 Photographs of Bethany and its buildings (taken in 1976) S213/2/1-36 Photographs of early buildings in Lobethal and nearby. Approximately half of the photos date from 1870-1933 and the remainder from 1970-1980s S213/3/1-12 Photographs of early buildings in Light Pass and nearby S213/4/1-22 Photographs of early buildings in Hahndorf S213/5/1-66 Photographs of early South Australian rural buildings, in other localities, or unidentified, mostly of German settlers Page 4 Architecture Museum, University of South Australia. Email [email protected] last updated 13 March 2019 LANGMEAD, Donald COLLECTION Architecture Museum, University of South Australia STUDENTS’ WORK SERIES 217 SPECIAL LIST School of Architecture and Building S217/1 This series consists of work from the students of the School of Architecture and Building, South Australian Institute of Technology, later the University of South Australia. Series No Description S217/1/1-2 Outlines of proposed papers on C19th Architecture in South Australia by students Giovanni Gentilcore, David Blight and Katherine Rodriguez. S217/1/3 A list of Architectural History Projects completed by the students of the School of Architecture and Building compiled by Glenys Letcher (South Australian Institute of technology Library) S217/2 Dennis, [Tania] and Lewis [Eoghan] (1991) Collingrove: Architectural Precedents. Report. S217/3 Angela Bastiras (1990) Adelaide University Union Hall, Report and copies of research materials, including copies of drawings S217/4 A. Kolovinos (1980) A Critique of Adelaide High School, includes photos S217/5 Iris Iwanicki, History of Colonel Light Gardens Plans drawn or collected by students S217/2 This series consists of plans drawn or collected by students as part of their studies under Don Langmead. In plan file drawers. Series No Description S217/2/1 Chaff Barn. Site plan, sections, floor plans. Ink on tracing paper. No date, no author. S217/2/2 Main House. Site plan, elevations. Ink on tracing paper. No date, no author. S217/2/3 Terrace Houses, 36 - 40 West Terrace, Adelaide. Black & White photos on cartridge paper by K. Ozolins and V. Kangur. S217/2/4 'Four Winds'. Drawing on tinted cartridge paper of colonial house. South and west elevations. No date, no author. S217/2/5 North Adelaide Hotel, North Adelaide for Messrs Beaglehole and Johnston, 1880 by Cummins and Davies, Alfred Chambers, 12 Currie Street, Adelaide. Original drawing, Ink on linen (badly stained). Sections, elevations and floor plans. S217/2/6 Boot makers Shop at 53 Bridge St, Kensington, Adelaide by Max Coffey. Site and location plans. Ink on butter paper. No date. Page 5 Architecture