Harry Howard & Associates : collection of photographs, slides, architectural drawings, plans, and associated records, 1954-2003

fonds

1954-2003

Textual Records, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Graphic Materials, Moving Images, Clippings, Photographs, Ephemera, Medals

917523

Approx. 9.5 metres of textual material (24 boxes and 11 outsize boxes)
2 video recordings
Photographs
Architectural and Technical Drawings

Harry Howard (1930-2000) was a prominent Sydney architect best known for his landscape design. Born in Sydney, Harry Stanton Howard grew up in Gordon. He graduated in architecture from the University of Sydney, and completed a diploma in town and country planning. He worked briefly in the office of Sydney Ancher, and then for many years with the progressive firm Edwards Madigan Torzillo. His first commission, a House for a Young Couple and a House for a Retired Couple on a double lot in East Gordon, was exhibited at the arts festival of the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956. During the 1960s, he worked on the site design and landscape development of many schools and also taught design part-time in the School of Architecture at the University of NSW.

Howard was a member of the influential group of architects known as the Sydney School. Their shared sense of purpose found expression in the unique environment of 7 Ridge Street, North Sydney, a building conceived by Howard and Bruce Rickard as a series of professional studios and designed by Ian McKay. At one time the building contained the offices of Harry Seidler, Bruce Mackenzie, Bruce Rickard, Harry Howard, Peter Myers, and the studios of designer Gordon Andrews and photographer David Moore. Howard served on the Council of the NSW Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects from 1970 to 1984, and was an elected member of the NSW Board of Architects in the 1970s.

He was a foundation member of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. In 1978 he was commissioned to design the landscape setting of the High Court of Australia and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. He produced numerous other major works in association with Barbara Buchanan including Sawmillers Reserve at McMahons Point and the landscape of the Australian Film & Television School at North Ryde. Through the use of native plants Howard was also influential in shaping a distinctive form of landscape in a number of municipalities in Sydney, particularly Lane Cove where he was retained as a consultant landscape architect by Lane Cove Council for 20 years. In 1996 he received the Australian Award from the Australian Institute of Architects for his lifework.

Harry Howard died in Sydney in 2000, aged 69.

Reference:
The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October 2000, p. 67

This collection of architectural plans and drawings, photographs, and associated records documents the career of Harry Howard. It includes records relating to the National Gallery of Australia (formerly the Australian National Gallery) Sculpture Garden and High Court of Australia precinct, Canberra; projects undertaken for various local councils and schools; private residences; and personal papers.

SERIES 01
Records relating to the High Court of Australia and National Gallery of Australia (formerly Australian National Gallery) precinct, Canberra, 1967-2000, undated

SERIES 02
Records relating to development applications and the Land and Environment Court, 1972-2000

SERIES 03
Records relating to Lane Cove, Ku-ring-gai, and North Sydney Councils, 1969-2001, undated

SERIES 04
Records relating to miscellaneous architectural, planning, and landscaping jobs in Sydney and New South Wales, ca. 1967-1993, undated

SERIES 05
Personal papers of Harry Howard, 1954-2000

SERIES 06
Video recordings of High Court of Australia and Australian National Gallery model, 1979, and interviews with Bruce Rickard and Harry Howard, undated

SERIES 07
Photographs including the High Court of Australia and National Gallery of Australia Sculpture Garden, Canberra, parks and reserves in Sydney, and private residences and schools, 1957-2003, undated

SERIES 08
Slides including the High Court of Australia and National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and parks and reserves in Sydney, 1967-1999, undated

SERIES 09
Plans, drawings, and photographs, including High Court of Australia, National Gallery of Australia, and National Library of Australia, Canberra, projects for various local councils in Sydney, and private residences, 1959-1993, undated