BRISBANE ART DECO: STORIES OF OUR BUILT HERITAGE 16 June 2015 PRESENTATION 1

Kim Wilson

BRISBANE ART DECO: STORIES OF OUR BUILT HERITAGE 16 June 2015 Cover Art by: Frank & Mimi The craftsmanship and detail of Art Deco

Images: Kim Wilson, State Library of Queensland, Barbara Anne James, Tamara de Lempicka, SMH, Inspired Treasures, Antiques.com What is Art Deco?

• Open to interpretation and very broad • Term wasn’t used until the 1960s • May include aspects of ‘streamlined’, ‘moderne’, ‘continental’, ‘stripped classical’, ‘functionalist’, and ‘modernism’

Grow, R. (2015). Foreword. In K. Wilson (Ed.), Brisbane Art Deco: Stories of our Built Heritage (p. 7). Brisbane, Australia: Jubilee Studio. Images: Thomas Ryan Photography ‘Art Deco’ – an “umbrella phrase”

• “sleek, colourful, innovative geometric designs, with a minimum of applied decoration” • Man-made materials: “concrete, glass, terrazzo floors, neon tubing, aluminium, chrome, stainless steel, and cement render” • Design features: “vertical fins, stepping, large windows, flat roofs, curved corners, motifs, and speed lines”

Grow, R. (2015). Foreword. In K. Wilson (Ed.), Brisbane Art Deco: Stories of our Built Heritage (p. 7). Brisbane, Australia: Jubilee Studio. Images: Paul Dielemans Photography The Brisbane Art Deco book

• Started May 2014 • Officially launched 10th June 2015

Proudly supported by: Goals and strategy behind the concept

Highlight its significance Storytelling in the fabric of our city (past)

Contribute to ensuring it is A creative Design valued in the community approach activism (present)

Strengthen efforts to Futuring preserve and protect it (future)

Wilson, K., Miller, E., & Desha, C. (2015). Design activism through storytelling: A creative and multidisciplinary approach to interpreting and communicating cultural significance (forthcoming). When I think about the future…

…I worry about our ‘culture of demolition’

Images: State Library of Queensland, National Library of Australia, Brisbane Heritage, Quest South-East Advertiser How do we make a point & take a stand?

…we usually engage in activism by protesting

Images: Eddie Hausner/The New York Times, Change.org How can we engage the broader community?

• Engaging younger generations is a recognised challenge • Heritage places are significant for physical & non-physical reasons • “Physical heritage can only attain its true significance when it sheds light on its underlying values” – International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) • Storytelling is critical in communicating about heritage

Image: Qantas Founders Museum A contemporary approach to activism

• This book is an engaging resource that will: • Enlighten readers about things they may not know (past) • Contribute to building a broader & greater sense of value (present) • Act as a speed-bump slowing decision-makers down (future)

Wilson, K., Miller, E., & Desha, C. (2015). Design activism through storytelling: A creative and multidisciplinary approach to interpreting and communicating cultural significance (forthcoming). A collage of the buildings we have lost • Acknowledging the local context • Encouraging readers to draw a parallel between the past & the possible future • Emphasising the importance of redirecting current practice & developing our own counter- narrative Image: Wilson, K. (Ed.). (2015). Brisbane Art Deco: Stories of our Built Heritage. Brisbane, Australia: Jubilee Studio. Comments from the community • Highlighting that local people from all walks of life think this architecture is significant for a whole variety of reasons • Acknowledging that we can all value and appreciate such heritage even if we don’t necessarily have specific expertise in architecture or history • Encouraging readers to reflect on what these examples mean to them

Image: Wilson, K. (Ed.). (2015). Brisbane Art Deco: Stories of our Built Heritage. Brisbane, Australia: Jubilee Studio. A series of custom graphic design prints

Inspired by our Brisbane Art Deco buildings

Forgan Smith Building XXXX Brewery Shell House

Hornibrook Highway Coronet Court Commonwealth Bank

Walter Taylor Bridge McWhirters Archerfield Airport Tattersalls Club

Images: Erin Lightfoot 35 buildings, over 140 images

• 17 contributing authors • A mixture of in-depth ‘hero’ articles and brief ‘snapshots’ • Commercial and residential • Spread across Central, Inner East, Inner West, North, West and Southern regions • Most modern images by 2 photographers, and archive images from many difference sources Image: Google Maps The Great Depression

Cominos, I. (2015). Hornibrook Highway Bridge. In K. Wilson (Ed.), Brisbane Art Deco: Stories of our Built Heritage (pp. 42-51). Brisbane, Australia: Jubilee Studio. Wilson, K. (2015). McWhirters. In K. Wilson (Ed.), Brisbane Art Deco: Stories of our Built Heritage (pp. 90-97). Brisbane, Australia: Jubilee Studio. Images: Thomas Ryan Photography, Moreton Bay Regional Council, State Library of Queensland World War II

East, J. (2015). The Forgan Smith Building. In K. Wilson (Ed.), Brisbane Art Deco: Stories of our Built Heritage (pp. 126-133). Brisbane, Australia: Jubilee Studio. McDonald, I. (2015). Waterloo Hotel. In K. Wilson (Ed.), Brisbane Art Deco: Stories of our Built Heritage (pp. 82- 84). Brisbane, Australia: Jubilee Studio. Images: Thomas Ryan Photography, Australian War Memorial, Tony James World War II

Duran, S. (2015). Archerfield Airport Administration Building. In K. Wilson (Ed.), Brisbane Art Deco: Stories of our Built Heritage (pp. 12-19). Brisbane, Australia: Jubilee Studio. Eriksson, M. (2015). Castlemaine Perkins XXXX Brewery. In K. Wilson (Ed.), Brisbane Art Deco: Stories of our Built Heritage (pp. 114-121). Brisbane, Australia: Jubilee Studio. Images: Thomas Ryan Photography, Civil Aviation Historical Society, The Mackay Daily Mercury PRESENTATION 2

Alice Hampson

FRAIA

BRISBANE ART DECO: STORIES OF OUR BUILT HERITAGE 16 June 2015

PRESENTATION 3

Paul Martyn

BRISBANE ART DECO: STORIES OF OUR BUILT HERITAGE 16 June 2015 A touch of modernity Edwin Hubert Henderson & Art Deco Commonwealth Banks

Paul Martyn Which bank?

• A substantial programme • A distinctive style • Local examples • An interesting story

The Architect

Edwin Hubert Henderson FRAIA, FRIBA

Chief Architect of the Commonwealth of Australia 1929-1939

National Library Patent Office Manuka Swimming Baths Yarralumla extensions Telephone exchanges Post offices and Commonwealth Banks

“a touch of modernity”

Stones Corner Branch Clayfield Branch Paddington Branch “Severely Modern…”

SMH 19 May 1939 Department of Works, Annual Report, 1941, NAA The Argus 9 June 1939, Riverina Grazier 7 July 1939, Images NLA Hobart Mercury 13 June 1939

The Legacy

EHHendersonarchitect.com Thank you

The assistance of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Archives Team is gratefully acknowledged PRESENTATION 4

Fiona Gardiner

RAIA

BRISBANE ART DECO: STORIES OF OUR BUILT HERITAGE 16 June 2015 Shell House Fiona Gardiner

Shell House, 1933 JOL (108576) Shell House, EHP 2015 Shell Logo 1930

Shell Advertisement , The Northern Miner, p.4. (1933 Dec 2). Southport Town Hall (former), EHP 2009

Empire Theatre, EHP 2012 McWhirters, EHP 2014 Shell House, EHP 2105 Entrance Lobby – Shell House. Thomas Ryan Photography (2014) The hollow flooring blocks being used during construction, ca. 1931, JOL (406736) Staircase and marble panelling, EHP 2015 Coloured Glass lift doors, EHP 2015 Plasterwork detail & lightfitting, Kimberley Wilson 2015 The matching pink hues of the Benedict Stone and Granite on the Ann Street Façade, Kimberley Wilson 2015

The Benedict Stone factory at Bowen Hills , ca. 1934. JOL (105144) Holy Name Cathedral Site , EHP 1991

Architect’s sketch , Holy Name Cathedral signed by Jack F Hennessey Holy Name Cathedral Site, EHP 2009 CML Building , Paul Dielemans Photography 2015 Distinctive upper ornamentation, ca. 1936. JOL (99732) “Making Night Flying Safe: Shell Aviation Beacon”. The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia, p2. (1935, Jul 26) PRESENTATION 5

Don Watson

LFRAIA

BRISBANE ART DECO: STORIES OF OUR BUILT HERITAGE 16 June 2015 Brisbane Art Deco Four architects Men seeking employment as day labour, Annerley (JOL)

Pencil seller during the Great Depression, ca. 1932 JOL

Don Watson and Judith McKay (1984) “A Directory of Queensland Architects to 1940”

Le Corbusier Esprit Nouveau pavilion

Charles A Richter, Bath Cabinet Makers, Walnut chest, 1925 International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts

Samuel George Cook Selwyn Cook

Sheffield Plating Works: S. Cook & Sons Charlotte St, Brisbane

20 Prospect Tce, Red Hill Photos: Claryce Cook John Reginald Cyril Blanche (1895-1982) Photo, Board of Architects (Qld) JRC Blanche, Samuel Cook residence, 20 Prospect Tce, Red Hill 1938 Sunday Mail 14.4.1940, 23 AIA_SC_2014

Photo, Kimberley Wilson Interiors, 20 Prospect Tce, Red Hill Photos, Claryce Cook JRC Blanche, Selwyn Cook residence 35 Bank St Newmarket Sunday-Mail 3.3.1940, 12 Arthur William Forster BLIGH (1905 - 1998) Photo, Board of Architects (Qld) Photo, Paul Dieleman

AWF Bligh, Carmel Court 1937 (Telegraph 23.3.1937, 24) AWF Bligh, Regina Court (Telegraph 20.9.1938, 22)

Photo: Kimberley WilsomPhoto: Kimberley Wilson AWF Bligh, Regina Court (Sunday Mail 23.4.1939, 29) AWF Bligh. Sans Souci Private Hotel 1938, Main Beach (?AWF Bligh) Ellenglaze, 1938 Toowoomba (Picture Gold Coast LS-LSP-CD074-IMG0044) (Steering Wheel and Society and Home, 1.9.1938, 40)

AWF Bligh. Yale Apartments, Upper Edward St 1940, (Courier-Mai 28.5.1940, 17l Agnes McCamish, Sine Cura, Garfield Tce, Surfers Paradise 1940 (Steering Wheel & Society & Home 1.6.1940, 40) Roderic Walter Voller (1909-1982) Photo, Board of Architects (Qld) Oliver Bernard, consulting decorator, Strand Palace and Cumberland Hotels, London 1932-3 RW Voller scrapbooks, UQFL150204 Oliver Bernard, Offices and Showroom for Bakelite Ltd, 1936 RW Voller, assistant architect RW Voller scrapbooks, UQFL150204 Oliver Bernard, Offices and Showroom for Bakelite Ltd, 1936 RW Voller, assistant architect RW Voller scrapbooks, UQFL150204 Oliver Bernard, Administration Building, 1937 Supermarine Aerospace Corporation RW Voller, project architect RW Voller scrapbooks, UQFL150204 Plant & Voller, Flats, 999 Brunswick St 1940 Plant & Voller, Fraser residence, Northgate 1939 RW Voller, architect RW Voller, architect RW Voller scrapbooks, UQFL150204 RW Voller scrapbooks, UQFL150204 CE Plant & RW Voller, Flats, 999 Brunswick St Max Strickland, Coronet Court 1933 RW Voller scrapbook UQFL150204 Courier-Mail 17.11.1933, 5

Photo: Paul Dieleman

RW Voller, Beach house, Caloundra 1956 (UQFL150204) Edward James Archibald Weller (1903-1979) Photo, Board of Architects (Qld) EJA Weller, Student designs and early work c1920-1924 EJA Weller Photographs and Papers, QSL JOL 27262

EJA Weller, Hampton Court, 1938 Marguerite Weller, relief panel for Hampton Court EJA Weller Photographs and Papers, QSL JOL 27262

EJA Weller, Westbourne St Flats, 1938 EJA Weller Photographs and Papers, QSL JOL 27262

EJA Weller, Hawthorne St Flats, 1938 EJA Weller Photographs and Papers, QSL JOL 27262 Aerial perspective (Courier-Mail 9.5.1939, 4)

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