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Submission HRN: 602800 Spring Hill Fulton & Collin Architects Office (former) 96 Astor Terrace Corporate details ´´ Quality assurance ´´ Architect 3rd Party Accreditation from Fulton Trotter and Partners Benchmark Certification Architects Pty Ltd Standard AS/NZS ISO 9001:2000 Benchmark Certification Certificate Number: FS520602 ´´ Practice Trading as: Fulton Trotter Architects ´´ Professional indemnity Insurer: Allianz Policy Number: 141A000206PLP Sum Insured: $10,000,000 ´´ ABN 88 342 546 315 Valid to: 31/03/2013 ´´ ACN 110 065 619

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Fulton Trotter and Partners Architects Pty Ltd trading as ´´ Nominated architects Fulton Trotter Architects Mark Trotter This document, its text, QLD 1870 NSW 4421 VIC 17691 photographs and drawings re main the property of Fulton ´´ Paul Trotter Tr otter Architects. All information in QLD 2646 NSW 7177 this document is strictly confidential.

´´ Prequalification New South Wales Government Department of Finance & Services Queensland Government Level 3 a) The Place is important in demonstrating the evolution of Queensland’s History This building was the home of one of Queensland’s oldest and most established Architectural Practices from 1960 to 1990 and from 2001 to 2011. Charlie Fulton and Jim Collin the original owners and founding partners both commissioned and worked in the building over many years.

Charlie Fulton is a famous figure in Queensland architectural circles and his influence is significant in terms of his roles as Head of the School of Architecture at QUT for some 40 years and twice president of the Queensland Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects.

Many young architects were trained in this building including the current Directors Paul and Mark Trotter and many other significant architects that have shaped the state of Queensland. A history of the practice is attached that should demonstrate the role Fulton Trotter Architects has played over three generations of architects.

1960: 96–98 Astor Terrace, Spring Hill: Offices of Fulton & Colin Architects: Cnr Henry Street

1960: 96–98 Astor Terrace, Spring Hill: Offices of Fulton & Colin Architects: Drawing Board Room

© Fulton Trotter Architects Submission 1 b) The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland’s culture heritage The building is a classic 1950’s modernist building that is arguably a not well recognised or respected style. Many similar buildings like Wesley House or the Australian Taxation building have been demolished or refurbished beyond recognition and there are very few examples in the Brisbane CBD or Spring Hill Areas in such sound and original condition.

1960: 96–98 Astor Terrace, Spring Hill: Reception: Robin Trotter: Fulton & Colin Architects

1964: International House Student Multiple Housing, University of Queensland – St Lucia

© Fulton Trotter Architects Submission 2 c) The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to the understanding of Queensland’s history The building fortunately is so well preserved externally and was modified to include the original solar screens as designed by Stephen E. Trotter that is provides a wonderful narrative of modern Architecture. The curtain wall system is still original and contains the same aquamarine panels that have been unpainted or changed since they were installed. The distinctive red brickwork remains original without any painting or rendering to change the exterior.

The building’s interior continues to reveal itself and surprise. When undertaking our refurbishment works allowing for our re occupation of the building in 2001 we uncovered a fantastic tiled ‘feature’ wall in the foyer and uncovered the wonderful hardwood stair treads that had been covered with carpet.

We also pulled out the infill floor to the original internal courtyard creating an atrium in the centre of the building.

Charlie Fulton’s office and drawing board remains intact and in original condition.

1964: Mather’s Residence, Kenmore painting by Stephen Trotter

1968: Sebel Offices, Bowen Hills

© Fulton Trotter Architects Submission 3 d) The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places The building is a fine example of well articulated and considered 1950s office space. The building was ahead of its time in terms of passive ESD design principals with all working areas enjoying good access to natural daylight and shading. The façade contained operable windows so Air Conditioning was not required outside summer and even the original internal office contained louvres to corridors to maximise air flow.

1960: Student Union Building, University of Queensland, St Lucia

1974: Abel Smith Lecture Theature, University of Queensland, St Lucia

© Fulton Trotter Architects Submission 4 e) The place is important because of its aesthetic significance This office building designed by Stephen E. Trotter is one of his earlier and most significant architectural works which was to inform and influence other architectural projects across the state. Its location on a tiny triangular Spring Hill block also enhanced the classic 1950s architecture with exaggerated sharp perspective lines and it sits well in the street on the corner block.

The use of colour, screening and expressed concrete and brickwork forms makes it a wonderful ‘little’ building and readily recognisable by the public.

1972: 294 Adelaide Street, Brisbane

1981: Ipswich Grammar School, Ipswich

© Fulton Trotter Architects Submission 5 f) The place is important in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period We believe this is reasonably well articulated in the heritage submission but the following additional comments might be of interest.

The entrance foyer design was a great early example of creating an ambiguity between inside and outside space. This has been somewhat compromised with the (later) window tinting but this technique was used in the award winning Students Union building at U of Q and involved the use of planters both internally and externally separated only by glazing with the brickwork edging continuing from outside to inside. The floor tiling design also stretched beyond the glazing line to reinforce this inside/ outside effect.

1981: Tweed Heads Police Station & Court House, Tweed Heads

1985: Club Banora, Banora Point

© Fulton Trotter Architects Submission 6 g) The place has strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons The building has a high degree of cultural significance to the current, past employees of Fulton Trotter architects and the many architects that were trained in this office since the 1960s. Both Mark and Paul Trotter started their early architectural careers within this office and many of our award winning or culturally significant buildings were designed and documented in this building.

Fulton Trotter Architects has a proud history as a training ground for many of Queensland’s architects and this building was our home for many years and has many memories.

1962: International House student multiple housing: Construction, UQ St Lucia

© Fulton Trotter Architects Submission 7 h) the place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or association of importance in Queensland’s History. This building is the ‘spiritual’ home of Fulton Trotter Architects and was the place of work and inspiration of all of our partners over three generations. It is significant because the founding partners Charlie Fulton and Jim Collin commissioned and owned the building and had a formidable reputation at the time as Queensland’s leading Architects. They had the confidence in Stephen Trotter and John Gilmour to design and document this wonderful 1950s building which was to be our home for many years.

´´ It’s a great piece of 1950s architecture!

´´ It has tremendous cultural significance to the profession of Architecture in Queensland

´´ It is an unusual but timely application for an ‘until now’ unrecognised style or architecture that has a place in Queensland’s history.

2008: Fulton Trotter Architects – Brisbane team – in front of 96 Astor Terrace (Henry Street side)

2008: Fulton Trotter Architects – third generation of directors – in front of 96 Astor Terrace

John “Jack” Gilmour – 1962; retired 1996 Stephen Trotter – 1962; retired 1999

Ian Fulton – 1966; retired 1999

– Frank Moss – 1966; retired 2004 – Graham Boys – 1962; retired 1980 – Jim Collin – 1946; retired 1960 – Charles Fulton – 2946; retired 1980 – Aubrey Job – 1946; retired 1955

Prominent Queensland Architects who trained / worked at 96 Astor Tce – Peter Gargett – Conrad Gargett Architects – Phil Davidson – Graham Hulme – Hulme & Webster – Geoffrey Pie – Peter Heathwood – Heathwood Cardilo – Phil Tait – BVN – Geoff Street – Suters Architects – Brian Donovan – Donovan Hill

Brisbane buildings reflect the boom and bust cycle of an 2 State Library Extension economy driven by cultural and political change. The 20th Features Glass Mosaic by Lindsay Edwards & century brought great change particularly to buildings of Sculpture by Leonard Shillam the Brisbane CBD. While this happened at a breathtaking 159 William St Public Works Dept 1959 pace we are fortunate enough to have a wide variety of 20th 8 century buildings which exhibit significant architectural The Chifley at Lennons detail and are worthy of recognition. The aim of this guide is (Former Lennons Hotel) 66 Queen St Mall to provide a resource in the form of a guided walk through Littlemore & Associates 1973 the CBD. This is not a comprehensive or accredited list, but 16 simply a selection of buildings dating from the early years Westpac Bank Building of Modernism in the 1930s, extending through to the 1980s, Features Sculpture by Lennard Shillam 1970 260 Queen St when Brisbane was being noticed internationally. Whether Cook & Kerrison with Prangley & Crofts 1970 you spend time in the CBD making your way to work, hurrying down Albert Street to QUT, visiting the Riverside markets or taking in some retail therapy, look around you. The buildings and their designers deserve your attention.

Recommended reference material: Architecture in Brisbane: Graham De Gruchy (1988) ISBN 0864390785 Buildings of Queensland: RAIA Weller E J A (1959) Jacaranda Press Brisbane’s Commercial Heritage 1900-1940: Helen Bennett (2002) ISBN 098625573 A Short History of Brisbane Architecture: Patrick Bingham-Hall (2001) ISBN 0957756097

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William Street 19 Central Plaza 345 Queen St 38 Rothbury on Ann 301 Ann St 1 State Works Centre K Kurokawa & Associates with Hall & Phillips 1932 William St (Cnr Margaret St) Peddle Thorp 1988 (Features swinging crane (Former Shell House) Lund Hutton Ryan Morton 1987 mechanism rooftop) Edward Street 2 State Library Extension 159 William St 20 Singapore Airlines 344 Queen St 39 Rowes Arcade Redevelopment Public Works Dept 1959 Thynne, Denham & Associates 1967 235 Edward St (Features Glass Mosaic by Lindsay Edwards (Former MMI Building , New street facade) Conrad & Gargett 1984 & Sculpture by Leonard Shillam) 21 ANL Building 379 Queen St 40 MLC Building 3 Victoria Bridge Victoria Bridge 1969 Prangley & Crofts 1966 243 Edward St (Cnr Adelaide St) George Street (Former Pearl Assurance Building) Bates Smart & McCutcheon with Conrad & Gargett 1965 4 231 George St Building 231 George St Eagle Street 41 Trilby Misso Lawyers 288 Edward St GA Blackburn & EF Devenport 1957 22 Riverside Centre 123 Eagle St (Former Friendly Society Building) Bligh Jessup & Bretnall 1975 Harry Seidler 1987 (Former Jetset Building) 5 District Court Building 304 George St (Features Foyer Sculpture,‘Winter Wind’ 42 Kenlynn Centre 457 Upper Edward St Bligh Jessup Bretnall 1970 by Norman Carlberg) Supreme Court Building Noel Robinson Built Environ 1983 23 AMP Place 10 Eagle St Bligh Jessup Bretnall & Partners 1981 Wickham Terrace Peddle Thorp & Harvey 1979 6 McDonnell & East Building 414 George St 25 Waterfront Place 1 Eagle St 43 Wickham Terrace Carpark Stage 1 Hall & Prentice 1912 Cameron Chi sholm Nicol 1989 Wickham Tce (Cnr Upper Edward St) Stage 2 TR Hall 1928 James Birrell, Brisbane City Council Queen Street Creek Street Architect 1961 24 Comalco Place 44 Craigston 217 Wickham Tce 7 Westpac Bank 12 Creek St 33 Queen St (Cnr George St) Atkinson & Conrad 1924 Hall & Devereux 1929 Peddle Thorpe & Harvey 1987 45 Metro Hotel ‘Tower Mill’ 239 Wickham Tce (Former Bank of NSW) Adelaide Street Fulton Collin Trotter 1968 8 The Chifley at Lennons 66 Queen St Mall 26 Commonwealth Chambers 313 Adelaide St Astor Terrace Littlemore & Associates 1973 Douglas Daly Bottger 1984 (Former Lennons Hotel) 46 27 Desmond Chambers 303 Adelaide St Fulton Collin (Trotter & Moss) Offices New Queen St Façade Atkinson & McLay 1913 96 Astor Tce Conrad & Gargett 1988 Fulton & Collin 1960 9 Myer Centre 91 Queen St Mall 28 National Bank House Leichhardt Street Malone Buchan Laird & Bawden 1988 255 Adelaide St (100 Creek St) Conrad & Gargett 1976 47 Glencrag 119 Leichhardt St 10 Queen St Mall (Stage 1) Queen St Mall 29 Commonwealth Government Offices F.Oswell 1960 (Features 3 level Robin Gibson & Partners 1982 commercial space with flats above) Queen St Mall (Stage 2) Queen St Mall 232 Adelaide St Malone Buchan Laird & Bawden 1988 JS Murdoch, Commonwealth Works Turbot Street Department Architect 1931-1933-1949 Queen St Mall Redesigned pavilions, 48 Suncorp Building & Theatre shade structures & underground bus stn 30 Queens Plaza 149 Adelaide St Turbot & Albert Sts City Design John Mainwaring 2000 Atkinson & Conrad 1930-1936 Conrad & Gargett 1970 (Former SGIO. New External Cladding) 11 Brisbane Arcade 160 Queen St Mall (Former Finney Isles Dept Store) Richard Gailey 1928 49 Sofitel Brisbane 249 Turbot St 31 Grant Thornton Building 102 Adelaide St Conrad & Gargett 1985 12 Regent Theatre (Foyer) 167 Queen St Mall Commonwealth Dept of Works 1973 Hollingshed & Gailey 1930 (Former Reserve Bank Building) (Former Sheraton Hotel) Theatre Refurbishment: 32 Brisbane City Hall King George Square Elizabeth Street Powell, Dods & Thorpe 1979 Hall & Prentice 1930 50 Hilton Hotel 190 Elizabeth St 13 Wintergarden Stage 1 33 Commonwealth Bank Building Harry Seidler & Associates 1987 171-209 Queen St Mall 71-89 Adelaide St Robin Gibson & Partners 1984 Alice Street Conrad & Gargett 1966 Stage 2 (and Hilton Hotel) 51 Royal on the Park 152 Alice St (Former Reserve Bank Building) Harry Seidler & Partners 1987 1969 (Former Park Royal) 14 Tattersall’s Club 215 Queen St Ann Street Other items off the Map Stage 1 Hall & Prentice 1925 34 State Law Building (Gotham City) 52 Story Bridge Bradfield Highway Stage 2 Hall & Phillips 1938 and Stage 3 Cnr Ann & George Sts Engineer: JC Bradfield 1940 Hall & Phillips 1949 Conrad & Gargett 1977 53 William Jolly Bridge Grey St 15 MacArthur Chambers 229 Queen St (Former Comalco House. Reclad 1993) Engineer: AE Harding Frew 1932 Hall & Cooke 1934 35 Sebel King George Square (Former Australian Mutual & Provident 54 Queensland Art Gallery Grey St South Bank Ann St & Roma St Society Building) Prangley & Crofts 1972 Robin Gibson 1975 16 Westpac Bank Building 260 Queen St (Former Mayfair Crest Hotel) Queensland Cultural Centre Grey St Cook & Kerrison with Prangley & Crofts 1970 Stage 2: Peddle Thorpe & Harvey 1984 Robin Gibson & Partners 1982 (Features Sculpture by Lennard Shillam 1970) Stage 2- Performing Arts Ext 1986 36 Law Society House 179 Ann St Stage 3- Museum 1987 17 Post Office Square 280 Queen St Bligh Robinson 1987 Stage 4- Library 1988 Robin Gibson & Partners 1982 37 Shrine of Remembrance 55 Main Roads Dept 18 Manor Apartments 289 Queen St Anzac Square, Ann St Boundary St (Cnr Fortescue St) Hennesy, Hennesy & Co 1931 Buchanan & Cowper 1930 Karl Langer & Colin Tesch 1965

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40 MLC Building 243 Edward St (Cnr Adelaide St) Bates Smart & McCutcheon with Conrad & Gargett 1965 51 Royal on the Park: Balcony Detail (Former Park Royal) 152 Alice St 1969 21 ANL Building (Former Pearl Assurance Building) 379 Queen St Prangley & Crofts 1966 33 Commonwealth Bank Building (Former Reserve Bank Building) 71-89 Adelaide St Conrad & Gargett 1966 43 Wickham Terrace Carpark: Concrete Detail Wickham Tce (Cnr Upper Edward St) James Birrell, Brisbane City Council Architect 1961

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Brisbane Modern Magazine Issue 2 The History of Our Practice

The History of Our Practice Pre Formation Job & Collin Aubrey Job commenced practice in 1928, later joining Jim Collin before World War II. Aubrey Job was awarded the Queensland Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal for a meritorious pass in his Diploma in Architecture with Honours in 1929. He commenced his own practice in 1929 and had an office in Exton House in Queen Street. During the depression, when building activity slumped, Aubrey moved to Cairns and became a “locum tenens” for Hill and Taylor, Architects.

Aubrey returned to Brisbane in 1934 and practised in association with his former employer, A.E. Brooks. When Brooks moved overseas in 1939, Aubrey took over the practise. James Collin joined Aubrey as a partner in 1938, and they opened another office in Toowoomba with a young architect, Graham Boys in charge.

James Collin graduated from Scots college in 1924 attaining a very prominent reputation as a sportsman, excelling in cricket, tennis, swimming, golf and football. His relationship with Scots college continued both personally and professionally with the practise.

Pre Formation O’Donohue & Fulton

Charles Fulton was born and educated in Sydney and came to Queensland to assist his brother-in- law Harold Cook, a Brisbane Architect, in the design and documentation of Macarthur Chambers. Charles came for three months but never left. His home, at the corner of Indooroopilly Road and McCaul Street at Taringa, is now Heritage listed.

Charles Fulton practised with JP O’Donohue at approximately in the 1930’s. O’Donohue and Fulton designed numerous western and north Queensland hospitals and won a design competition for Nudgee Junior College built in 1939. Both Job & Collin, and O’Donohue & Fulton suspended practice during the war.

Job Collin & Fulton Our firm took its recognised shape immediately after World War II when in 1946 Charlie Fulton joined Jim Collin and Aubrey Job to form a partnership with Bob Froud as their one and only, but chief draftsman. The post-war Architectural practice began in the back of the Albert Hall, now demolished to make way for the Suncorp Building on Albert and Turbot Streets. Their earliest works were mainly in the domestic sector and together they produced some fine houses in Indooroopilly and several other western suburbs of Brisbane.

Charles brought his hospital contacts at Kingaroy, Charleville, Blackall, Barcaldine and Clermont to the new partnership and these formed the base for our firm’s ongoing practice in western areas.

John Gilmour joined the fledgling practice on 31st March 1947 as its first junior and was joined by Stephen Trotter during his third year of architectural study in 1951. Both completed the part time Diploma of Architecture (UQ) course through the QIT School of Architecture. This School was subsequently named “The Charles Fulton School of Architecture” in recognition of Charlie’s establishment of the school and his role as Principal for the first thirty-nine years. The School dropped that name when it merged with the School of Engineering in 2000.

The firm of Job Collin & Fulton prospered and employed some of the best students from QIT. Many of Brisbane’s leading Architects sought the Firm as a training ground for their own sons who in turn, The History of Our Practice

became leading architects in the State. Without exception they enjoyed their training years and have left many happy memories among their contemporaries.

Fulton & Collin (52-62) The firm was renamed Fulton & Collin when Aubrey Job and Bob Froud left the firm to commence their own practice of Job & Froud in the 1950s.

Fulton Collin Boys Gilmour Trotter & Partners (62-80) John Gilmour and Stephen Trotter became Associates of the firm and were offered partnership in 1962. Graham Boys, a Toowoomba architect and pre-war friend and employee of Job & Collin, was also admitted to the partnership in 1962.

The Firm’s practice expanded from domestic architecture to Service and Sporting Club projects, Schools, Hospitals, Motels, Commercial and Industrial works and to Aged Care Development.

Frank Moss and Ian Fulton joined the practice in the late 1950’s having received some student training in other architectural practices. They became partners in 1966.

Steve enjoyed architectural success and several awards, including the Sisalkaft Travelling Scholarship in 1964. As a result “Cities in the Sun” was published, a study of architectural responses to tropical conditions around the world. This work in turn influenced the practice’s design ethic focusing on climatically sensitive architecture. He also won awards for the Student Union Complex at the Queensland University and awards for successful club works.

Regrettably, Jim Collin suffered a number of health problems relatively early in his years, which for such an active person was sad. Jim’s many skills extended to sketching, and in his later life he involved himself in painting with characteristic determination. Jim passed away and was sadly missed. The 60’s and 70’s were busy and the variety of projects helped the practice to weather the times of boom and recession better than most.

Buildings of note: Mather Residence, Tower Mill Motel, International House, Sebel House, TTSC, ERA Library, Ipswich Grammar School, Bald Hills TAFE, Schonell Theatre.

Fulton Gilmour Trotter Moss (80-97) With Charles Fulton and Graham Boys’ retirement in 1980, the practice changed names and continued to prosper throughout Queensland and northern New South Wales. Offices in Rockhampton came and went with Associates Paul Cruice and Neil Roberts. (81-87) Both associates left the office to set up their own regional practices.

Steve Trotter’s second son Mark established and successfully managed the Tweed Heads Office of Fulton Gilmour Trotter Moss from 1982 to 1996. With Steve’s support, Mark grew the Tweed Office to a sizeable practice of 16 staff and the late 80s and early 90s work was recognised for its quality in both the press and awards processes.

The firm had shrunk from 30+ staff to just 12in late 1992 due to “the recession we had to have”. Mark became Managing Partner in 1994 after a major strategic review of the office brought in by difficult times in the 1992 recession.

The practice slowly regathered strength through 92-95 with club and Department of Housing work. We ran a western service with visiting offices in Chinchilla, Roma and Charleville from 92-98 undertaking numerous projects throughout the west and reinforcing our historical ties to the region. Mark Trotter & John Gilmour started that tour and Robert Wesener replaced John Gilmour in 1985.

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Additions to the partnership were made in 1995, including Paul Trotter, Robert Wesener and Andrew Armstrong. Andrew Armstrong had moved from the Brisbane office as a student in 1991 and has since worked in the Tweed office. Andrew brought to the office enthusiasm for his craft, great design skills and drive to keep our Tweed Office healthy as Mark returned to Brisbane to manage the overall practice.

Robert Wesener started in our Tweed Office on contract for two weeks and has been with us ever since. Rob’s talents are many, including design, documentation and management of fast track projects and his attention to detail. Robert helped revitalise the Brisbane office until moving back to Tweed in 1999.

Paul Trotter, Stephen Trotter’s third son, started with the practice in 1983 as a junior, coming and going over the years with work in a number of local and overseas practices. Paul had successes including awards for commercial and multiple housing work. Buildings of note: Tweed Heads Police and Court House, Club Banora, Bush Childrens’, South Tweed Bowls Club, Mackley Residence, Baroona Homestead, Harrington Residence, Southport Business Park, Makita, Caboolture RSL, Geebung-Zilmere RSL, Pier Avenue Housing, Blackall Cultural Centre, Power Tolls offices.

5) Fulton Trotter Moss (97-00) John (Jack) Gilmour retired from the practice in the middle of 1997 and remained a regular visitor for some years. Jack, in his retiring year, celebrated 50 years with the office. The name was changed again to Fulton Trotter Moss in 1997.

Stephen Trotter, and Ian Fulton retired in June 1999.

This period saw two important projects enter the office. Successful completion of Mt St Patrick College in Murwillumbah enabled the practice to re-establish itself as a quality design firm for education facilities, leading to significant commissions in both New South Wales and Queensland in the coming years. Appointment for, and completion of, the Emerald, Barcaldine and Clermont Hospital Redevelopments also re-established our health design credentials which also lead onto significant success in this area. It also allowed us to reduce our work the club design sector which did not fit our new direction.

In 1998 we commenced practice in Sydney in a joint venture with Carthey Project Strategies, as Fulton Trotter Carthey, being appointed for health and school projects.

Greg Isaac who had worked in the Brisbane office since 1987 moved to Sydney to represent our firm in the joint venture. Mark Trotter was the partner in charge of this new venture. Rob Wesener moved back to the Tweed Office in late 1999.

Buildings of note: Emerald, Barcaldine and Clermont Hospitals, Chinchilla Cultural Centre, Mount St Patricks College, Tweed Heads Library, Ballina.

6) Fulton Trotter & Partners (00-08) In 2000, the practice merged with the small Sydney Office of Carthey Project Strategies to form Fulton Trotter & Partners, called Fulton Trotter Carthey in Sydney. This followed a very successful working relationship through the late 1990s on Queensland Health projects and winning work in the joint venture in New South Wales. Roger and Jane Carthey had run Carthey Project Strategies since 1995, working mainly as Health Planners. The practice continued to develop new skills and work systems.

In 2002, Roger and Jane decided to pursue other more specialised goals in architecture and left in June 2002, leaving the four Directors running three interdependent and vital offices in Brisbane, Tweed Heads and Sydney.

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Throughout this period, the practice continued to develop its specialist expertise in health, aged care, educational and local government buildings.

Mark Trotter worked three days a week in Sydney until 2008, working on many school projects with a growing Sydney staff managed by Greg Isaac.

Paul Trotter took over the western Queensland work from Mark and Robert and built upon our reputation for quality civic projects in the region, extending the work to Mount Isa and North Queensland – working closely with associates John Hay and Paul Sekava, who joined Fulton Trotter in 1992 and 1996.

Andrew Armstrong and Robert Wesener continued to build our northern rivers and Gold Coast presence with the valued assistance of associates Bruce Hawley and Greg Mulheran, who joined the practice in 1987 and 1994 respectively.

In 2004, Frank Moss retired as a Partner, remaining with the Practice as a senior Architect and valued mentor to the architectural staff. He exceeded Jack’s record of 50 years in 2008.

In July 2005, Greg Isaac who had been with the practice for more than 20 years was invited to become a Director of the practice managing the Sydney Office.

Buildings of note: Banora Point Community Centre, Dogwood Crossing Visitors Centre – Miles, Browns Plains Ambulatory Services, Wesley House, Feros Care, Wongaburra Aged Care Facility, Miles Hospital, Dalby Hospital, Hinkler Hall of Aviation, Stella Gardens - Manly, Wheller Gardens Aged Care Facility, Nowlanvil Aged Care Facility, Anam Cara, Southern Cross University, Chinchilla Aquatic Centre, Kingscliff Library.

7) Fulton Trotter Architects (08 – Present)

The practice name was finally simplified to Fulton Trotter Architects in 2008 at the same time as adopting a new corporate structure and new graphics and website.

Long standing staff John Ward, Wendy Hay, Hayley Crofts, Belinda Gleeson and Alison Fahy joined the ranks of associates as the practice expanded to 50+ personnel.

We continue to engage in architectural practice aiming at high quality, innovative work, within an enjoyable and rewarding atmosphere for clients who care about their occupants and the community. We continue our commitment toward teaching young architects in practice.

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Retired Partners A number of Partners have retired or left our practice as it has evolved since our first Strategic Plan in 1995, with Frank Moss retiring as a Partner in 2004 but remaining with the practice as a Senior Architect:

John “Jack” Gilmour Stephen Trotter Ian Fulton 1962; retired 1996 1962; retired 1999 1966; retired 1999

• Frank Moss – 1966 – 2004 • Graham Boys – 1962 – 1980 • Jim Collin – 1946 – 1960? • Charles Fulton – 1946 – 1980 • Aubrey Jon – 1946 – 1955?

Fulton Residence Place ID 602208 Status Permanent Entry Address 209 Indooroopilly Road Town/Suburb TARINGA LGA BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL

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Significance The Fulton Residence is an excellent intact Queensland example of the international style of architecture, with its use of modern materials, and the asymmetrical balance of horizontal and vertical elements. The house demonstrates how, in the interwar period, European architectural ideas were transferred to Australia and modified to local conditions. The Fulton Residence is an important building in the evolution of domestic architecture in Queensland. In the immediate post war period the western Brisbane suburbs of St Lucia, Taringa and Indooroopilly were the location of many experiments with modern domestic architecture and the Fulton Residence is part of this tradition. The Fulton Residence is intimately associated with the esteemed architect Charles Fulton as the house he designed for his family. It displays many of the characteristics of his work including the use of face brickwork, the use of modern materials such as steel windows and stainless, corner windows, the eschewing of internal decoration and an interest in designing for a sub tropical climate. The design of the building with its interplay of horizontal and vertical elements and curved balcony has aesthetic value. Sited on a slope the house is enhanced by a large mature garden which contributes to the ambience of the surrounding suburb. Charles Fulton is an important figure in the development of architecture in Queensland both as an educator and a practitioner. He played an important role at the Brisbane Central Technical College (now the Queensland University of Technology) for over thirty years. He was one of the main architects responsible for introducing the international style to Queensland. He experimented with this style combining it with an interest in climatic design. Aside from his own home his key buildings include the Masel residence at Stanthorpe, Nudgee Junior College Indooroopilly, Kingaroy General Hospital, Barcaldine Hospital and Townsville Hospital.

History The Fulton Residence was designed in 1940 by Charles Fulton as his own home. The house was designed in a modified international style and won the 1948 Queensland Royal Australian Institute of Architects award for meritorious architecture. Charles Fulton choose to build his home at a time when the inner western suburbs of St Lucia and Taringa were being opened up for development. This development was stimulated by the move of the University of Queensland to St Lucia. Architects were particularly attracted to these suburbs because of the topography and vegetation and the area developed a reputation for innovative and experimental domestic design. In the post-war period a number of architects settled in the St Lucia area, including of Karl Langer, EJ Hayes, CR Scott and V Gzell. Charles Fulton was born in Sydney 1906 and received his architectural training as an articled pupil of FE Stowe, architect and civil engineer. In 1931-32 he worked in London as a draftsman for Rudder and Grout and then B George Architects. During this period he travelled in Europe and made pilgrimages looking at buildings. He was particularly interested in the work of Dutch architect Willem Dudok, whose Hilverusm Town Hall was influential in Britain in the early thirties. In 1933 he returned to Australia and settled in Brisbane where he was employed by Hall and Cook. In 1937 he entered in to partnership as JP Donoghue and CWT Fulton. In the same year he also became lecturer in Charge of Architecture at the Brisbane Central Technical College and he taught in the architecture school for 33 years. He made a large contribution to architectural eduction throughout his whole career and the Queensland University of Technology named its architecture facility the ‘Charles Fulton School of Architecture’ in his honour. Charles Fulton was a key practitioner and teacher of the modern trends in architectural design in Queensland during the late thirties and forties. The Masel residence at Stanthorpe (1938), Nudgee Junior College Indooroopilly (1938) and his own residence all received meritorious architecture awards in the early Royal Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Awards Programs. Aside from their domestic work the practice of Donoghue and Fulton was renown as hospital architects who combined the latest ideas in hospital planning with recent developments in architectural design. The Townsville Hospital [601388] designed between 1935-39 (built 1951), the Kingaroy General Hospital and Nurses’ Quarters 1936-38, Goondiwindi Hospital 1939, Roma Hospital 1940, Nurses’ Quarters Nambour (601568) 1941-42 (demolished 1999) were all buildings designed in this period. After the Second World War the partnership of Donoghue and Fulton was dissolved and Fulton took a new partner JM Collin. During this period Charles Fulton designed a number of notable hospital buildings including, Barcaldine Hospital main block and Staff Quarters (1953), Clermont Hospital main block (1955), Aramac nurses quarters (1957). All these later buildings were characterised by low pitched roofs, linear planning, cross ventilation, wide eaves or awnings and the use of modern materials. The firm that he founded continues as Fulton Trotter. The Fulton family occupied the Fulton Residence for nearly 60 years with Charles Fulton dying in 1988 and his wife in 1999. Both Mr and Mrs Fulton were very attached to the house and garden and it remained virtually unaltered from when it was completed in 1940.

Description The Fulton House is a modified example of the international style in the materials, detailing and asymmetrical massing. It is a two storey buff coloured brick house with contrasting red brick to the lower levels and a terra cotta tiled roof. A large box gutter is concealed behind a deep fascia board and this combined with the horizontal raked joints and the concrete balcony and steel balustrade serves to emphasise the horizontal lines. The chimney is built in a red brick emphasising the vertical line. Internally the house is designed on three levels with an entrance stair hall leading down to an open planned living dining room opening onto a small kitchen. The open stair well leads to the upper level which contains two bedrooms, a study and a bathroom The main bedroom and study open onto the balcony. Internally the house is without decoration and is flooded with light from the large windows. The house is very intact and has many of the original light fittings and ‘modern’ features such as built in cupboards in the kitchen and bedrooms. Bookshelves in the living room and bed head units in the bedrooms were designed and built by Charles Fulton. The house is set back on the site overlooking Indooroopilly Road with a large mature garden in front of the house. The garden has a stone flagged terrace, stone retaining walls and stepped garden terraces all of which were constructed by Charles Fulton and his family.

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Masel Residence (former)

Place Details Place ID 601552 Registration Type State Heritage Place Name Masel Residence (former) Alternative Name Diamond Residence Place Classification Built Landscape Place Category Residential Place Type Detached house Themes 6 Building settlements, towns, cities and dwellings / 6.4 Dwellings 10 Providing health and welfare services / 10.1 Providing health services Register Entry Date 07/02/2005

Location Address 98 High Street Town / Suburb STANTHORPE Post Code 4380 LGA SOUTHERN DOWNS REGIONAL COUNCIL

Cultural Significance Principal Period 1930s (fabric, historical) of Significance Criterion A One of the first examples in Queensland of a house in a modernist style, the former Masel Residence is an important building in the evolution of architecture in Queensland. During the 1930s most houses in Queensland were being designed in traditional or historically derived styles. The former Masel Residence demonstrates the influence of modernist architectural ideas and practices that developed initially in Europe and became the dominant trend in architecture after World War 2. Criterion B The former Masel Residence was designed in a style which although influential was not widely used and is uncommon outside of Brisbane. It is unusually intact for an interwar house, preserving in original condition both its architecture and its garden setting. Criterion D The house demonstrates, through the inclusion of a purpose-built surgery with separate entry, ways in which work and domestic environments were combined in the homes of medical practitioners during the first half of the 20th century.

The former Masel Residence is a striking example of a building in what is known as the interwar functionalist style and incorporates typical features of the style such as asymmetrical cubic massing, expanses of undecorated brick walls, steel corner and strip windows, curved brickwork corners, flat cantilevered awnings and a concealed roof. Criterion E The aesthetic qualities of the place are heightened by contrast with the otherwise traditional character of the surrounding Queensland country town. The house in its garden setting contributes to the distinctive character of the main street into Stanthorpe. Criterion F The former Masel Residence is a highly accomplished design and received an inaugural award for meritorious architecture in Queensland. Criterion H An early example of the work of one of Queensland's outstanding architects Charles Fulton, the house displays many of the characteristics of his work including an abstract sculptural form and the eschewing of internal decoration. History History A substantial two-storeyed brick building, the former Masel Residence was erected in Stanthorpe in 1937-1938 for Dr Harry Masel and Una Masel and their family. Designed in 1936 by Charles William Thomas Fulton of Donoghue and Fulton Architects and constructed by Sydney builders Kell and Rigby, the building with its functionally zoned planning and abstract monumental facades was strongly influenced by European modernist architecture. One of the first examples of these trends in architecture in Queensland, it was the joint winner of Queensland's inaugural awards for meritorious architecture in 1938.

Settlement at Stanthorpe began around 1872 with the commencement of alluvial tin mining in the area. Originally two townships, it grew into a centre for that part of the Darling Downs. Dr Harry Masel, a general practitioner in Stanthorpe, acquired the title to a half-acre lot on High Street in 1936. Una Masel, Harry's wife, had an interest in contemporary architecture and commissioned Brisbane Architect JP Donoghue to design a home for her family. The house was also to incorporate rooms for Dr Masel's general practice, including waiting area, consulting and x-ray rooms and a laboratory. It was not uncommon during the first half of the 20th century for doctors to practice from their homes. In new homes, for example at La Scala [600207] built in Brisbane in 1914, purpose designed facilities were sometimes incorporated. Dr Masel was particularly interested in radiology and his surgery was subsequently fitted with a large X-ray machine, more commonly found in a hospital.

JP Donoghue already had a commission in Stanthorpe that may have brought him into contact with Dr Masel. He was the architect for the main block of Stanthorpe hospital, erected in 1936. The Masel residence was designed by Charles Fulton, then an employee of JP Donoghue. The architectural practice Donoghue and Fulton was subsequently established and the Masel Residence, completed in 1938, was one of its first commissions. Kell and Rigby, builders from Sydney who were also working in Stanthorpe on the hospital, most likely built the house. Kell and Rigby, now a prominent construction firm, are still operating in Sydney.

During the 1930s the detached residence in a garden setting continued to be the most common form of housing in Australia. Houses were built in a range of styles such as Spanish Mission, Tudor Revival, Georgian Revival and various bungalow styles. A small number of houses were also built in styles inspired by European modernism. Modern architecture was the outcome of an attempt by European architects to invent new ways of building guided by rational principals of construction and associated aesthetic ideals rather than tradition. Typical features of interwar Modernist styles in Australia included parapet walls concealing low pitched or flat roofs, steel framed corner and strip windows, masonry walls devoid of decoration, rounded external corners, cantilevered concrete awnings and balconies, asymmetric composition and stairwells expressed as vertical elements contrasting with dominant horizontality. Low brick walls, hedges and extensive lawns were common in gardens.

The former Masel Residence introduced many features of this new and influential architectural vocabulary to Queensland. Unlike most Queensland houses, the Stanthorpe house was designed to suit the cold climate of the granite belt. Later buildings designed by Charles Fulton show more adaptations to the generally hot Queensland climate. The house for Dr Masel was published in national architecture journals, prior to construction in Building (1937) and after completion in Architecture (1940). Recognised as an important work of architecture at the time of its construction, the house was the winner of one of two medals awarded at the inaugural annual meritorious architecture awards of the Queensland chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in 1939. The awards were for outstanding examples of domestic architecture constructed in the previous five years. The home of Dr H Masel, Stanthorpe won the Country Division.

Charles Fulton was born in Sydney in 1906. He received his architectural training at the Sydney Technical College, was an articled pupil of FE Stowe, architect and civil engineer and subsequently worked as a draftsman for Rudder and Grout. In 1931-32 he travelled overseas working in London for B George Architects. During this period he made trips to Europe to look at buildings. He was particularly interested in the work of Dutch architect Willem Dudok, whose Hilversum Town Hall was influential in Britain and Australia in the early thirties. In 1933 he returned to Australia and settled in Brisbane where he was employed, initially by Hall and Cook and later by JP Donoghue. In 1937 he entered into partnership with JP Donoghue, an older and more established architect and became Lecturer in Charge of Architecture at the Brisbane Central Technical College. Fulton taught at the architecture school for 33 years and the Queensland University of Technology, in recognition of his contribution to architectural education, named its architecture facility the 'Charles Fulton School of Architecture'.

Charles Fulton was a key practitioner and teacher of modern trends in architectural design in Queensland during the late thirties and forties. The Masel residence, Nudgee Junior College Indooroopilly (1938) and his own residence (1940) all received meritorious architecture awards in the early Royal Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Awards Programs. The practice of Donoghue and Fulton was also renowned for innovative hospital design and they were architects for the Townsville Hospital designed between 1935-39 (built 1951), the Kingaroy General Hospital and Nurses' Quarters 1936-38, Goondiwindi Hospital 1939, Roma Hospital 1940, Nurses' Quarters Nambour (601568) 1941-42 (demolished 1999). After the Second World War the partnership of Donoghue and Fulton was dissolved and Fulton took a new partner JM Collin. During this period Charles Fulton designed a number of notable hospital buildings including, Barcaldine Hospital main block and Staff Quarters (1953), Clermont Hospital main block (1955), Aramac nurses quarters (1957). These later buildings were characterised by low-pitched roofs, linear planning, cross ventilation, wide eaves or awnings and the use of modern materials. The firm that he founded continues as Fulton Trotter.

The Masel family owned the house for less than 10 years. Dr Masel moved to Brisbane at the end of the Second World War to further his specialization in radiology. After moving to Brisbane they became friends with the Fultons, their neighbours in Taringa and Charles Fulton later designed another house for the Masel family at Russell Terrace, Indooroopilly. The Masels sold their Stanthorpe house to Dr DT Rushton Smith. In 1949 the property was acquired by Laurence Diamond and remains in the Diamond family. Description Description Situated on the main street into Stanthorpe from the northeast, the former Masel Residence and consulting rooms is a brick and reinforced concrete building set in an established garden. Suburban houses extend along High Street to the east of the residence while institutional and commercial buildings predominate to the west. A school now adjoins the property on two sides. Other heritage buildings in High Street include the Stanthorpe Post Office [600831] an imposing Arts and Crafts building which terminates the vista at the western end of High Street and the Central Hotel [600830].

Solid, cubic and monumental, the house is a two-storey structure with some single storey projections. These single storey sections include the former consulting rooms on the southern corner, a laundry and bathroom on the western corner, a garage at the rear and the eastern end of the living room, which supports a balcony above. Dominating the front fa�ade is a centrally located curved stairwell with strip windows intersected by a continuous horizontal awning.

Exterior walls are finished in a face brick ranging in colour but predominantly red-brown. Brickwork is generally stretcher bond but incorporates header bricks where required to make sections of curved wall. English garden wall bond has been used to make the portion of parapet wall above the line of the roof and a soldier course terminates the top of the parapet. Windows are steel framed strip or corner windows. A dynamic asymmetric composition is created by the contrast between different building elements; curved corners are juxtaposed against right angles, horizontal proportions against the verticality of the staircase and carefully composed windows, emphasized by the fine horizontal planes of projecting concrete awnings, highlight the planar qualities of walls.

Low-pitched corrugated iron roofs are hidden from view behind brick parapet walls. Rainwater, collected in concealed box gutters, is discharged through the parapet walls into painted metal rainwater heads and downpipes. Metal ladders bolted to external walls provide access to the roofs.

Set behind the original low brick fence, the house faces southeast across High Street. An original metal gate in a simple geometric design opens onto a stone path that leads to the main entrance. Metal gates on the driveway match the design of the pedestrian gate but were constructed later by the Diamond family. Situated at the base of the stairwell, the main entrance opens into the residential quarters. A more modest entry further to the west, which originally provided access to the consulting rooms, has since been blocked by the construction of low brick walls. This former public entrance, now converted to a balcony, is closer to the street and is screened from the residential entry by a brick fin wall with a porthole opening. Cantilevered concrete awnings protect the entries as well as most of the doors and windows.

Located on the lower floor of the house are the former consulting rooms and the communal and utility rooms of the private residence. Bedrooms and a bathroom are located on the upper level. A double garage, with an extension used as a storeroom, is located at the rear of the house. Underground power and phone lines, the original arrangement, are connected to the house.

On entering the residence one passes under the mid-landing of a dogleg staircase with a solid timber balustrade that fills the entrance hall. A passage, which continues the entrance hall, bisects the house and leads to the rear garage. On the northeast side of the entrance hall is an L-shaped living and dining area arranged around a north-facing terrace. The living room has a brick fireplace and curved east-facing window. Steel framed French doors open from the dining and living area onto the raised terrace, which is connected to the garden by an elegant curved brick stair. The kitchen, which connects to the dining room via a pivot-hinged door, was renovated in the 1970s but retains some original cupboards. On the southwest side of the passage are a former maid's room and a small room originally designed as a bathroom but never fitted out. The laundry and a small shower and toilet are accessed externally.

A discreetly positioned door off the entrance hall connects the former consulting rooms, now used as an informal living area, with the residence. The internal walls have been removed between the waiting area, consulting and x-ray rooms. But the former laboratory remains intact.

The upper level contains three bedrooms, a nursery and a bathroom. The main bedroom, located on the eastern corner of the house, opens onto a private balcony. Positioned over the curved corner of the ground floor living room, the balcony overlooks the side garden and street. All the bedrooms have built-in wardrobes with timber veneer doors. A third level, located over the upper level bathroom and accessed via an external ladder, originally housed a header tank and hot water system.

The finish of the interior walls and ceilings is generally painted plaster but walls were originally finished with wallpaper. With the exception of wet areas, the floors are carpet over timber. The rich dark finish of the internal joinery, including timber veneered doors and timber architraves and skirtings, contrasts with the white walls. A recess in the reveals of the windows accommodates curtain tracks. A similar recess is located in the opening between the dining and living area and originally was fitted with brown velvet curtains. The original built-in heating system is no longer used but electric radiators remain in the walls of the former surgery and main bedroom. A system of electric bells located in the downstairs hallway, operates doorbells at the house and consulting room entries and connects the main bedroom to the former maids quarters. The house retains some original light fittings in the entry hall and dining room.

The planning of the house is typical of modernist designs of the period. There is an emphasis on open planning in the living and dining spaces, which flow out to the garden and occupy the most favourable orientation. Private and utility rooms are enclosed cubicles, separated from open plan areas. Corridors and vestibules are used to enhance privacy. Published plans of the house show how rooms were designed to accommodate particular furniture arrangements and indicate extensive use of built in furniture, for instance the fireplace area has a built-in sofa and bookshelves. The bookshelves remain but the sofa was never built.

The house is set in a large established garden of lawn, clipped hedges, shrubs and mature trees. Brick planter boxes associated with the terrace and entrance areas help to integrate the house into the garden. The land slopes gently towards the rear of the block. Partly terraced, it is divided by stone garden and retaining walls. The main lawn is located on the north eastern side of the house while the service yard and driveway occupy the south western part of the block. The driveway, originally gravel, is now paved. Access around the garden is via stone paths. The path to the front door has been rebuilt, using the original stones where possible. The circular path on the northern lawn was built by the current owner. Apart from the low front brick fence, the property is enclosed by a variety of non-original fences creating a secluded rear garden. The backyard originally contained a badminton court and remains of a concrete wading pool are visible near the northeast corner of the garage. Trees include a mature gum, English oak and white cedar. Element Element Name Masel Residence (former) Design Period Interwar period (1919 - 1930s) Construction Period 1937 - 1938 Place Components Furniture/Fittings Residential accommodation - main house Wading pool Consulting rooms Fence/Wall - perimeter Driveway Pathway/Walkway Trees/Plantings Wall/s - retaining Laboratory Lawn/s Terracing Gate - entrance Wall/s - garden Garden edging/balustrades/planter boxes Garage Images Description Former Masel Residence Media Author Media Date Copyright DERM

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