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Title
Sir John Sulman award winning buildings, 1934-1966 : photographs and descriptions
Creator
Royal Australian Institute of Architects. New South Wales Chapter
Call number
PXA 6900
Level of description
fonds
Date

1935-1966
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs, Textual Records
Reference code
239932
Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : Parts 3 (a-e; g-o), 7 & 13
Physical Description
Photographs - 51 silver gelatin photographs - 12 x 17 cm.-30 x 36 cm.
Textual Records - (typescript) various descriptions of buildings
Scope and Content
Part 1: Sir John Sulman Award 1937
West wing Frensham School, Mittagong
Architects: J. D. Moore & V. L. Dowling (1 page of description and 2 photographs)

Part 2: Sir John Sulman Award 1938
Newcastle City Incinerator
Architect: F. A. Scorer, A.R.A.I.A. (1 page of description and 4 photographs).

Part 3: Sir John Sulman Award 1951
[Rose] Seidler House at Turramurra [now Wahroonga]. [Photographed by Marcell Seidler -- information from Penelope Seidler, 2005].
(1 page of description and 15 photographs).

Part 4: Sir John Sulman Award 1952
Royal Swedish Legation, Canberra (2 photographs)
4a. Stamped verso of photograph: Laurence Le Guay & John Nisbett Pty. Ltd.
4b. Stamped verso of photograph: Sydney Morning Herald[?]

Part 5: Sir John Sulman Award 1955
Canberra Olympic Pool (typescipt description, 1 plan and 9 photographs)
5a. Brief description of Canberra Olympic Pool designed and constructed by Department of Works, Canberra, A.C.T. [3 pages]
5b i. Olympic Pool - Parkes, A.C.T., Site Plan, 12 April 1956 [copy]
5b ii. Canberra Olympic Pool. 6. Filtration Plant Building from East side of Olympic Pool / Australian News and Information Bureau
5c. Canberra Olympic Pool. 1. The Dressing Pavilions and Entrance from the North / Australian News and Information Bureau
5d. Canberra Olympic Pool. 2. Public Entrance / Australian News and Information Bureau
5e. Canberra Olympic Pool. 3. The Dressing Pavilions from the North East / Australian News and Information Bureau
5f. Canberra Olympic Pool. 4. View looking North West from Childrens Pool / Australian News and Information Bureau
5g. Canberra Olympic Pool. 5. View from Diving tower looking N.W. / Australian News and Information Bureau
5h. Canberra Olympic Pool. 9. The Childrens Pool, Diving Pool and Olympic Pool (at right) / Australian News and Information Bureau
5i. Canberra Olympic Pool. 7. The Childrens Pool from the Diving Tower / Australian News and Information Bureau
5j. Canberra Olympic Pool. 8. The Diving Tower / Australian News and Information Bureau

Part 6: Sir John Sulman Award 1935
St Anne's Shrine, Bondi (2 photographs).
Erected 1933-34. Joseph C. Fowell & Kenneth H. McConnel Architects. R. M. Bowcock, Builder
6a. Front elevation. St Anne's Shrine, Bondi N.S.W. / Audio Visual Activities (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.
6b. View across the nave (a temporary crib will be seen in the west aisle)...St Anne's Shrine, Bondi N.S.W. / Audio Visual Activities (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.

Part 7: Sir John Sulman Award 1943
Orient Line Building, Spring Street, Sydney / A. V. A. Photography (1 photograph).
Erected 1939-40. Joseph C. Fowell, Kenneth H. McConnel and J. L. Stephen Mansfield (Fowell, McConnel & Mansfield) Architects. John Grant & Sons, Builders.

Part 8: Sir John Sulman Award 1959
Australian Academy of Science building, Canberra (1 booklet and 3 photographs)
a. The Australian Academy of Science 1959 [booklet]
b. Australian Academy of Science building, Canberra [interior showing fountain] / produced in the studios of Kenneth Ross...for Grounds, Romberg & Boyd
c. Australian Academy of Science building, Canberra [interior showin water feature] / produced in the studios of Kenneth Ross...for Grounds, Romberg & Boyd
d. Australian Academy of Science building, Canberra [exterior view] / produced in the studios of Kenneth Ross...for Grounds, Romberg & Boyd

Part 9: Sir John Sulman Award 1934 (2 photographs)
9a. House at Double Bay. No. 7 Wiston Gardens, North Front / copyright photograph by The Sydney Morning Herald
9b. House at Double Bay. No. 7 Wiston Gardens, East Front / copyright photograph by The Sydney Morning Herald
(Both photographs annotated verso Leslie Wilkinson 1934)

Part 10: Sir John Sulman Award 1942: St Michael's [Church] Vaucluse (2 exterior and 2 interior photographs and 3 small prints of plans).
Part 11: Sir John Sulman Award 1947: Wormald Bros. premises, Waterloo [photographed by Milton Kent] (1 photograph)
Part 12: Sir John Sulman Award 1954: Boots Pure Drug Co. (Australia) office and Warehouse premises, East Willoughby (2 photographs).
Part 13: Sir John Sulman Award 1945: House Maytone Ave, Killara, for S. E. [Sydney] Ancher [photographed by Max Dupain] (1 photograph)
Part 14: Sir John Sulman Award 1966: Dee Why Library [photographed by David Moore] (3 photographs).
Published Information
A colour variant of PXA 6900/3g was published on the cover of The Australian Home Beautiful, February 1951
General note

Architects' plans are available at Location Number: PXD 319-322 Mitchell Library
Rose Seidler House photographs previously attributed to Max Dupain, however only one photograph in this series is stamped "Max Dupain" (no.3(c)). Photographer is said to be Marcell Seidler -- information from Penelope Seidler, 2005.
Digital order no:Album ID : 823567
Creator/Author/Artist
Dupain, Max, 1911-1992
Seidler, Marcell, 1919-1977
Kent, Milton
Moore, David, 1927-2003
Name
Sir John Sulman Medal
Subject
Rose Seidler House (Wahroonga, N.S.W.)
Topic
architectural competitions
architectural features
churches
commercial establishments
houses
incinerators
prizes & awards
public libraries
schools & colleges
swimming pools
warehouses
Place
Australian Academy of Science (Canberra, A.C.T.)
Canberra (A.C.T.)
Orient Line Building (2-6 Spring Street, Sydney, N.S.W.)
St. Michael's Church (Vaucluse, N.S.W.)
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Exhibited in

The most useful Art: Architecture in Australia, 1788-1985 - State Library of New South Wales (6 August, 1985 - 2 March, 1986). Applies to: M. Seidler House, by Max Dupain
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