Hobart, the Tasman Peninsula & Bruny Island: Architecture & Design
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Hobart, the Tasman Peninsula & Bruny Island: Architecture & Design – February 2022 6 FEB – 13 FEB 2022 Code: 22254AU Tour Leaders Stephen Crafti Physical Ratings With architecture and design writer Stephen Crafti explore the very best of south Tasmania's contemporary art and architecture. Overview Photo credits Image 1 & 3: Trial Bay House by James Jones / HBV Architects. Photographer: Ray Joyce. The house was awarded the prestigious 2010 Robin Boyd Award of Australian Institute of Architects. Image 2: Coopworth, Bruny Island by FMD Architects. Winner of the Residential Architecture - House (New) Award 2021. With architecture and design writer Stephen Crafti explore the very best of south Tasmania's contemporary art and architecture. Join architect Robert Morris-Nunn AM, principal of one of Tasmania’s most awarded practices, Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects, to view projects which involve the recycling of Hobart's historic buildings and a magnificent stately Georgian homestead built in Acton in the 1820s. Enjoy 7 nights at the boutique Moss Hotel; designed by Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects, it was awarded the inaugural Tasmanian Architecture Medal 2021. Spend two days with Paddy Dorney to learn about the work of his father, Esmond Dorney, one of Australia’s most important modernist architects. His famous house at Fort Nelson was recently featured on ABC’s TV show Designing a Legacy hosted by Tim Ross. Included is a special visit to Kuljavee House in the Lenah Valley which has never before been opened to the public. View residential projects that were winners in the Tasmanian Architecture Awards 2021 including Signalman’s Quarters by 1+2 Architecture and Arthur Circus by Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects at Battery Point; Coopworth by FMD Architects and Killora Bay by Lara Maeseele in association with Tanner Architects on Bruny Island. We also visit The Glass House by Room 11 on the Tasman Peninsula which was shortlisted for the Residential Architecture (New) Award. Visit Trial Bay House which overlooks the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island. Here, James Jones, former director of HBV Architects, has carried out a complete reorganisation of an existing dwelling that was built in 1981 and designed by Ray Heffernan. The house was awarded the prestigious 2010 Robin Boyd Award of Australian Institute of Architects. Meet Passive House Consultant, Torquil Canning at his home in Fern Tree which was built in four stages over 20 years and designed partly by JAWS Architects and partly by himself. We also visit his family's former home, Fern Tree House designed by McGlashan & Everist whose design shares elements with other McGlashan Everist houses such as Heide II and Grimwade House. View the work of Ray Heffernan, one of our significant mid-century modernists, at Dock On The Bay, which sites on the waterfront looking out across the bay to MONA. Meet Tasmanian fashion designer Leonie Struthers at her new store in Elizabeth Street, and Nick Randall an award-winning designer of bespoke Tasmanian timber furniture. Enjoy a long table lunch at the Fat Pig Farm, home of chef Matthew Evans, former restaurant reviewer and presenter of the SBS show Gourmet Farmer. Overnight Hobart (7 nights) Hobart, the Tasman Peninsula & Bruny Island: Architecture & Design – February 2022 May 2021 Page 2 Leaders Stephen Crafti An Honorary Membership of the Australian Institute of Architects, Stephen is a leading architecture & design writer of over 40 books & many articles including for 'The Age', 'Sydney Morning Herald' & 'Wallpaper' magazine (London), Stephen has pioneered ASA’s new special design tours to London, Japan, Belgium, Berlin, Hamburg, Finland & Milan. Stephen Crafti is a leading Architecture & Design Writer. With more than 40 books to his name and writing for Australia's leading newspapers and magazines, including the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, Stephen is highly regarded in his field. Whether it's writing about a contemporary home or a design luminary, he makes the subject both intriguing and highly accessible. He started writing on architecture and design in the early 1990s, after purchasing a modernist 1950s home. "I've always been drawn to design, whether it's a building, an interior, a beautifully crafted chair or fashion. I'm fascinated with the stories behind each creation. I never stop looking. It's a continual search for the best in design, whether in Australia or overseas". Stephen Crafti also produces and hosts 'Talking Design', a popular fortnightly RMIT podcast, which features interviews with experts and professionals from all areas of the design world. To listen, please visit: www.rmit.edu.au/news/podcasts/talking-design In 2021 he was awarded an Honorary Membership of the Australian Institute of Architects. "This award recognises your significant and substantial contribution to architecture through your work as one of Australia’s leading architecture and design writers, and as a perceptive and informed commentator bringing architecture to a wider Australian audience. Additionally, your carefully curated architectural tours offer the public a highly tangible experience of architecture". To discover more about Stephen’s activities, visit stephencrafti.com.au Hobart, the Tasman Peninsula & Bruny Island: Architecture & Design – February 2022 May 2021 Page 3 Itinerary The following itinerary describes a range of private projects we plan to view, and a number of key designers we hope to meet. At the time of publication (May 2021) most visits had been confirmed, however a number of visits may only be confirmed closer to the tour’s departure in 2022. The daily activities described in this itinerary may change or be rotated and/or modified in order to accommodate alterations in opening hours, flight schedules and confirmation of private visits. Participants will receive a final itinerary, together with their tour documents, prior to departure. The tour includes meals indicated in the detailed itinerary where: L=lunch and D=dinner. Hobart – 7 nights Day 1: Sunday 6 February, Arrive Hobart Short Welcome Meeting Orientation Walking tour of Hobart’s Waterfront incl. tour of the Henry Jones Art Hotel led by Robert Morris-Nunn AM Introductory talk by Robert Morris-Nunn AM Welcome Dinner at the Old Wharf Restaurant Please meet at Moss Hotel (check-in time is 3.00pm). This heritage hotel is located in the heart of Battery Point, a short 2-minute walk from Salamanca Place. Our program officially starts at 4.00pm. We commence with an orientation walk of Hobart’s waterfront including a tour of the interior of the Henry Jones Art Hotel, led by Robert Morris-Nunn AM. Robert, an adjunct professor at the University of Tasmania’s School of Architecture, is principal of one of Tasmania’s most awarded practices, Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects. In 2017 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his significant service to commercial architecture in Tasmania, to tertiary education and to professional institutes, and as a role model. His body of work which “engages with its users, weaving the natural environment with the stories of Tasmania’s cultural history” includes the luxury Saffire Resort, the Hobart, the Tasman Peninsula & Bruny Island: Architecture & Design – February 2022 May 2021 Page 4 updated Henry Jones Art Hotel in one of Hobart’s oldest waterfront warehouses, and the Islington Hotel in one of Tasmania’s finest Regency mansions. This evening we enjoy an introductory talk by Robert Morris-Nunn followed by a Welcome Dinner at the Old Wharf Restaurant. (Overnight Hobart) D Day 2: Monday 7 February, Hobart Georgian Homestead, Acton – Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects & landscape architecture studio, Playstreet School of Creative Arts The Maker with fashion designer, Leonie Struthers The Barn – Alex Nielsen and Liz Walsh architects Arthur Circus – Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects The Signalman’s Quarters, Battery Point – 1+2 Architecture Despard Gallery, Talk by Director Steven Joyce & exhibition on the Lockhart river painters in association with Fireworks Gallery Brisbane. Hobart is home to a swathe of heritage-protected Georgian and Victorian buildings. Its most significant colonial buildings include Parliament House and the Penitentiary Chapel – both designed by John Lee Archer, a civil engineer and colonial architect who worked in Tasmania from 1827 to 1838. The Penitentiary Chapel, whose tower was inspired by the famous English architect, Sir Christopher Wren, remains one of the finest examples of colonial Georgian architecture in Australia. Today Robert Morris-Nunn AM will accompany us to view a number of projects which involve the recycling of Hobart’s historic buildings. We begin with a visit to a stately two-storey Georgian homestead which was built in Acton in the mid 1820s. Here Robert will explain how materials, including hardwood timbers, sandstone and field stones, from a former heritage-listed (but condemned) outbuilding were carefully ‘recycled’ to create opposing wings to the rear of the house which included an open family dining/kitchen area on one side of a central courtyard, and two children’s bedrooms on the other. We also meet with Miriam Shevland and Carl Turk, directors of the architecture and urban design studio, Playstreet, which won three Landscape Architecture Awards in 2021 including an award for their work at Acton House. Returning to Hobart’s waterfront we make a brief visit to the School of Creative Arts on Hunter Street which is housed in the old Henry Jones IXL Jam Factory dated 1903. Next, we meet with fashion designer, Leonie Struthers, the creative force behind sustainable fashion brand, lj struthers, whose clothing has been handmade in Hobart since the label’s inception in 2005. Her store ‘The Maker’ is currently located in the Salamanca Arts Centre, however we plan to meet her at her new store which is due to open in Elizabeth Street later in 2021. Nearby is The Barn which is a clever renovation of an 1820s sandstone barn by architects Alex Nielsen and Liz Walsh who collaborated on the project as workbylizandalex.