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Tone Wheeler Many know that my favourite book on Australian architecture is Walter Bunning’s Homes in the Sun, which I’ve referenced in talks and columns (see the Third Wave and the Future after Covid). So why, some correspondents asked, wasn’t it in my list of books for students? Good question. Answer here. It comes from a time when architects and authors were interested in the average house, mass and social housing, suburbia and urban planning. A golden era of innovation in the 30 or so years after WW2 when Australia’s population doubled. The books of that time included Robin Boyd...

Regarded as a leader in Melbourne’s Modern Architecture movement, Robin Boyd designed the house for his own family in 1957 on Walsh Street, a stone’s throw from Melbourne Gardens. Now the home of the Robin Boyd Foundation, the house, which is considered an exemplar of modernist Australian architecture, continues to influence architectural thinking.

The 1948-49 modernist home by Robin Boyd was the subject of a local campaign last year after it was listed for sale and advertised as a redevelopment opportunity.

© Bardocz Peter/Shutterstock.com From the Rose Seidler House and Mooloomba House to the Sydney Opera House, these 20 buildings are examples of some of Australia’s most architecturally and historically important structures. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. Rose Seidler House With the uncompromisingly modern Rose Seidler House, Harry Seidler introduced east coast Modern to a country more used to building and living in cottages that woul...

Melbourne Design Week puts ideas on a rooftop We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Ray Edgar Save Normal text size Solar flares explode across a blue sky. Beneath Ash Keating’s vast rooftop mural A New Response, John Wardle Architects have reimagined the solar panel. High above Little Collins Street, the array generates not just power but doubles as shelter, meeting space and rooftop garden. Keating’s mural, created with fire extinguishers loaded with paint, is designed to “give the space a party atmosphere”, he says....