Review of architecture media. 1955-1987 “BRUTALISM” IN THE ARCHITECTURE MEDIA IN NEW SOUTH WALES."

Michael Bogle, 2^nd ed.  Revised 12 December 2011. Developed from photocopy file in AIA Offices, Sydney.

ASPECTS OF “BRUTALISM” IN THE ARCHITECTURE MEDIA IN NEW SOUTH WALES
DATE OF MEDIA	CLIENT	BLDG AND LOCATION	INNOVATION	ARCHITECTURE FIRM	DESIGNATED ARCHITECT	ENGINEER
1955	religious	St Bernards Catholic Church, Botany	Precast parabolic arches with hollow concrete beam infill	Curtin, Kevin J.	Curtin, Kevin J.	Crooks, Michelle and Peacock
1956	commercial	Exhibition Pavillion, France, Sydney Showgrounds	Precast brise-soleil over louvres	Trenchard, Smith, Maisey and Morgan	Not identified	H.R. Smith and Lacelles
1957	commercial	Hotel International, Potts Point	Lift slab	McDonald, Kenneth and Associates	Not identified	Not identified
1957	education	University of Technology, Kensington (UNSW), laboratory bldg	Precast floor units, aggregate concrete panel facade	NSW Govt Architect	Not identified	Not identified
1957	commercial	Amalgamated Printing Trades Employees Union	Precast concrete louvres (brise-soleil)	Seidler, Harry	Seidler, Harry	P.O. Miller
1957	religious	North Shore Hebrew Congregation	Precast wall panels with façade finish in terra-cotta chips in white cement, concrete grillwork (brise-soleil)	Oser, H.P. and Associates	Mugdan, R.F., as project associate	P.O. Miller and A.K. Milston
1957	commercial	Grace Bros., Parramatta	Concrete frame, floors, roofing slabs (monumental façade in Brutalist scale)	Bunning and Madden	Not identified	Crooks, Mitchell and Peacock
1957	commercial	Behr-Manning Australia, Lidcombe	Lift slab (described in Const. Rev., May 1957, pps.22-25 as “Australia’s First Lift Slab Bldg”.	Lement, Niblett and Daubney	Not identified	Woolacott, Hale and Bond
1957-1973	Opera house	Sydney Opera House interiors	Massive scale ribbed vaulting in public areas	Jorn Utzon	Jorn Jutzon, Hall, Todd and Littlemore	Ove Arup and Partners
1958	residential	Domed house at Pittwater	Fibreglass dome atop concrete and masonry circular forms	Muller, Peter	Muller, Peter	Not identified
1959	Local government	Civic Centre, Orange	Massive circular form for Council meeting chamber	Edwards, Madigan and Torzillo	Not identified	Not identified
1959	religious	St Margarets Hospital Chapel	Tilt-slab, precast concrete panels with white quartz decorative aggregate	NSW Dept of Public Works also identified as NSW Govt Architect	Browe, Burrows and Turner. NB: Const. Rev., April, 1959, p.37 states that bldg designed by NSW Govt Architect	P.O. Miller, Milston and Ferris
1959	religious	Methodist Church, Caringbah	Precast portal arches with brise-soleil façade to one side	Loder and Dunphy	Not identified	J.P. Hallett
1960	religious	Unidentified church, Gosford	Pleated precast panels on a single side of skillion-roofed church	Loder and Dunphy	Not identified	Not identified
1961	commercial	CIBA-Geigy office and warehouse, Lane Cove	Large scale barrel vault poured in formwork, white quartz surface on interior of vaults	Seidler, Harry	Seidler, Harry	P.O.Miller, Milston and Ferris
1961	commercial	Kalamazoo House, North Sydney	“torsion box” columns and twisted structure appearance, white marble plaster in white cement used on exterior face walls	Minnett, R.V., and Cullis-Hill, Petersen and Powell	Not identified	M.G. Bull
1963	Local government	Woollahra Council works depot, Double Bay	Folded (pleated) plate roof plan,	Not identified	Not identified	Not identified
1963	commercial	Abbott Laboratories, Kurnell	Decorative or sculptural bas-relief face panels	Stafford, Moore and Farrington	Not identified	Not identified
1963	commercial	Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Frenchs Forest	Decorative or sculptural bas-relief mural in concrete	Brown, Brewer and Gregory	Not identified	Not identified
1964	commercial	RSL Club, Granville	Concrete shell roof plan in massive scale, constructed in formwork	Fox, Frank R., and Associates (A.B. Snodgrass, Alan Gilbert, Ron Devine, Bert Read, Peter Compagnoni)	Not identified	P.O. Miller, Milston and Ferris
1965	residential	Port Hacking residence	Monumental cantilevered terrace/balcony, infill in besser blocks	Seidler, Harry, and Associates	Not identified	Miller, Milston and Ferris
1965	education	Goldstein Hall	Brutalist-scale and expressed structure	NSW Govt Architect	Not identified	Not identified
1966	NSW government	Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board	Brutalist-scale and expressed structure in 23+ storey bldg in precast façade panels with granite aggregate, “sun-visor” façade	McConnel, Smith and Johnson	Not identified	Woolacott, Hale, Bond and Corlett
1966	religious	Jewish Community Centre, Darlinghurst	Brutalist-scale sculptural  façade and expressed structure. Façade by Lyndon Dadswell	Epstein, H.	Not identified	Stanley, Llewellyn and Whitten
1966	education	Randwick Girls High School, Randwick	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure
1967	NSW government	Housing Commission Flats, Rosebery	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure, off-form surfaces on exterior	Seidler, Harry, and Associates	Not identified	Miller, Milston and Ferris
1967	education	Macquarie University, library	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure, smooth finish and off-form finishes, zone planning for site by Walter  Abraham	NSW Govt Architect	Hall, Peter [?]	Taylor-Thomson & Whiting
1967	education	Macquarie University, original teaching block/administration	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure, smooth finish and off-form finishes, zone planning for site by Walter  Abraham	Stafford, Moore and Farrington		Woolacott, Hale, Bond and Carlett
1967	commercial	Readers Digest, Surry Hills	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure, range of concrete finishes in interior and exterior incl. off-form, white cement, light sand on exterior	James, John, and Associates	James, John	Docker and Smith
1967	commercial	Dee Why RSL	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure combined with green concrete brick, pre-formed cellular concrete ceiling	Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo and Partners	Not identified	P.O.Miller, Milston and Ferris
1968	Local government	Bath pavilion, Balmoral Beach	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure	Woodward, Tarannto and Wallace	Not identified	F.S. Hespe
1968	education	Hornsby Technical College, Hornsby	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure, off-form finishes mingled  with brown brick, cantilevered access balconies[1]	NSW Govt Architect	Collard, Clarke and Jackson identified as “joint architects”	Rankine and Hill
1968	residential	Harry and Penelope Seidler	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure, off-form finishes, cantilevered balconies	Seidler, Harry and Penelope	Seidler, Harry and Penelope	P.O. Miller, Milston and Ferris
1968	commercial	Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia	Brutalism on a small scale, off-form concrete finishes mingled with brick, constructed below grade	Taglietti, Enrico	Taglietti, Enrico	K. Sellick and Associates
1970	Local government	Parking garage, Ultimo	Brutalist on an interior scale, waffle-slab with cells 15 inches deep, set on precast mushroom capital  columns	Not identified, perhaps not used.	Designed by engineers [?]	P.O. Miller, Millston and Ferris
1970	education	Macquarie University, Union Bldg	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure, off-form finishes, cantilevered balconies, waffle-slab ceilings	Ancher, Mortlock, Murray and Woolley	Mortlock, Bryce and Ken Woolley “in collaboration”	Taylor, Thomson and Whitting
1970	NSW government	Wollongong Courthouse	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure, off-form and bush-hammered finishes	NSW Govt Architect	Not identified	Not identified
1971	education	Wm Balmain Teachers College, Kuringai	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure, off-form and bush-hammered finishes, brick masonry infill	NSW Govt Architect	Turner, David with Bruce Mackenzie and Associates, landscape architects	Taylor, Thomson and Whitting
1971	commercial	Commonwealth Bank Stores Bldg, Annandale	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure, modified tilt-slab construction that splits the slab after it is mounted; exposing aggregate in ribbed pattern	Clarke, Gazzard	Not identified	Woolacott, Hale, Corlett and Jumkis
1971	education	Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW	Brutalist-scale concrete in prismatic form, off-form finishes with smooth finished in interior	Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis and Maclurcan	Holmwood, M.S.	Woolacott, Hale, Corlett and Jumkis
1972	education	Bankstown Technical College, Bankstown	Brutalist-scale concrete and expressed structure, masonry infill	NSW Govt Architect
1972	residential	Hugh Buhrich House Castlecrag	Off-form concrete, brutalist scale in selected elements	Hugh Buhrich
1972	Commonwealth Govt	Campbell Park Offices, Canberra	Brutalist scale, hammered nib finishes	Dept of Works, Canberra,	T.J. Hirsch and W. Adamson	Rankine & Hill
1972	education	Sir John Clancy Auditorium	Brutalist scale, prismatic form, off-form with delineated scoring from boards	Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis and Maclurcan	O.R. Jarvis	Woolacott, Hale, Corlett and Jumikis
1973	education	Dixon Library, Univ of New England (UNE)	Brutalist scale, precast panels, projecting eaves over horizontal strip windows	NSW Govt Architect
1973	Local government	Civic Centre, Warringah Shire Council	Brutalist scale, precast concrete piers support, waffle-coffered slabs, bush-hammered, coarse aggregate finishes, massive internal ramps	Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo and Briggs, landscape architect Bruce Mackenzie and Associates		Miller, Milston and Ferris
1973	commercial	Commercial Banking Centre, St Leonards,	Moderate scale concrete, light corrugations in precast panels, waffle-slab detailing, curvilinear geometry	Kerr and Smith		Morrison and Little
1973	education	Riverview, St Ignatius College	Brutalist scale, cantilevered external stairs, balconies, projecting eaves over windows, off-form concrete, precast	Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis and Maclurcan		Cinquefoil Consulting Engineeers
1973	commercial	Harry Seidler and Associates office bldg	Urban scale, precast panels with on-site pour, off-form finishes, brise-soleil louvres, internal Nervi-designed ceiling beams
1973	education	Science Bldg, UNSW	Brutalist scale, precast concrete, off-form finishes, plaza furniture in concrete	Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis and Maclurcan
1973	Local government	Civic Centre, Willoughby Council	Brutalist scale, monumental columns, precast concrete, sand-blast finish	Crooks, Mitchell, Peacock and Stewart		Crooks, Mitchell, Peacock and Stewart
1974	various	North Narrabeen school	Two large-scale shells adjoining	Dante Bini & NSW Govt Architect
1974	education	Sciences Bldg, UNSW	Brutalist scale, precast concrete, off-form finishes, plaza furniture in concrete	Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis and Maclurcan		Woolacott, Hale, Corlett and Jumikis
1974	Commonwealth Govt	Campbell Park Offices, Canberra	Brutalist scale, hammered nib finishes with coarse aggregate	Dept of Works, Canberra,	T.J. Hirsch and W. Adamson	Rankine & Hill
1976	education	School of Music, Canberra	Brutalist scale, off-form finishes, floors in ribbed slab	Daryl Jackson, Evan Walker Architects	Bill Ryan and John Wilson	Irwin, Johnston and Partners
1976	commercial	Torin Corporation, Penrith	Brutalist scale in split-face concrete brick, sun-visors, abstract massing	Marcel Breuer and Herbet Beckhard, landscape architect Bruce Rickard	Marcel Breuer	Murray W. Low
1977	education	Woden TAFE, Woden, ACT	Brutalist scale, strongly expressed structure and articulated roof support system in concrete	John Andrews International		D.S. Thomas, Ove Arup and Partners
1977	education	William Balmain Teachers College, Lindfield (now UTS campus)	Brutalist scale, off-form concrete, strongly expressed geometric forms incl. multi-storey round tower	NSW Govt Architect	David Turner	Taylor, Thompson and Whitting
1978	Civic organisation	Masonic Centre, Sydney	Brutalist scale, off-form concrete with bush-hammering to selected areas, immense internal volume foyer (3 levels)	Joseland, Gilling and Associates with T.W. Hodgson and Sons		Rankine and Hill
1978	residential	Sirius, The Rocks, Sydney	Off-form concrete, coarse aggregate, but not Brutalist scale	Housing Commission of NSW	Tao Golfers
1978	NSW Police Centre	Sydney Police Centre, Surry Hills	Brutalist scale, expressed structure, range of concrete finishes	NSW Govt Architect	Richard Dinham	Not identified
1980	education	Alexander Mackie College, Oatley	Brutalist scale, use of brise-soleil, off-form finishes, ribbed slabs, multi-storey round stair tower	NSW Govt Architect, landscape architecture Bruce Mackenzie and Associates	Colin Still, project architect; Les Reedman, principal architect; with Rice and Daubney	Longworth and McKenzie
1980	Commonwealth government	Commonwealth High Court, Canberra	Brutalist scale, off-form finishes and other finishes used selctively	Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo and Briggs	Chris Kringas, Feiko Bouman, Rod Lawrence, Michael Rolfe, Peter Simmonds	Miller, Milston and Ferris
1980	residential	Curry House, Bayview	Brutalist scale piers, beams and balustrades, sand-blasted finishes, combined with open plan	Bruce Rickard	Bruce Rickard	Maryon, Taylor, Brown
1981	education	Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education, Oatley	Brutalist scale, off form and ribbed finishes, brise-soleil louvres, cantilevered internal stair	NSW Govt Architect	Colin Still, L. Reedman	B. Applebey
1982	Commonwealth government	National Gallery of Australia, Canberra	Brutalist scale, off-form and bush-hammered finishes, coarse aggregate, internal  and external ramps	Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo and Briggs	Colin Madigan	Miller, Milston and Ferris
1982	residential	Bland residence, Rose Bay	Massive supporting piers, cantilevered stair, split block internal finishes
1985	Commonwealth government	Parking garage, Cowper Wharf Road, Woolloomooloo	Massive scale with circular stair tower and vehicle ramps	John Andrews International		Ove Arup and Partners
1987	Commonwealth government	Natl Acoustics Lab and Ultrasonic Institute, Chatswood	Detailing of classic geometric solids, off-form concrete	Comm. Dept of Housing and Construction	Graham Nicholas, Tim Alexander, Paul Dunn, Stephen Frith, Joe Leung

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[1] “The natural finished of Hornsby Technical College were selected not because of any fashion for “Brut” concrete but because years of school and college maintenance has shown the Government Architect the value of upkeep-free materials.” “Technical College.” Constructional Review, March, 1968, pps.14-17.