Property aficionados to define and appraise Australia's housing styles in Sydney lecture series
Just how do Australians define and appraise various housing styles? Bungalow, villa, shack, terrace and mansion, to suggest a few.
Some 16 property aficionados will be endeavouring to do so in an upcoming Sydney lecture series.
It commences April 26 when the author, historian and conservation consultant Dr James Broadbent – and owner of Australia's oldest house in private occupation – traces the development of the much-loved Australian bungalow in his public talk hosted by the Historic Houses Trust.
It was the developer Richard Stanton who is credited as introducing the American-style bungalow to Sydney in 1906, and by 1912 the new type of compact servant-less house was being erected across Sydney by speculative builders. Californian Bungalows with sandstone footings were followed by the more geometric Chicago style.
Others in the talk series include Hannah Tribe, the founding principal at Tribe Studio Architects, who looks at the terrace house, which was popular in the 19th century especially around Sydney’s inner east and inner west.
The talks – part of the Sydney Open event - run weekly between April 26 and June 14, being held at The Mint on Macquarie Street, Sydney.
Architects can claim informal CPD points by their attendance.
The series
Bungalow
Thursday, April 26, 6pm - 7.30pm
Dr James Broadbent, historian, conservationist and author
Scott Robertson, Director, Robertson & Hindmarsh Architects
Apartment
Thursday, May 3, 6pm - 7.30pm
Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon, assistant director, Creative Services, Historic Houses Trust
Adam Haddow, Director, SJB Architects
Villa
Thursday, May 10, 6pm - 7.30pm
Scott Carlin, Curator, Historic Houses Trust
Philip Goad, professor of architecture at the University of Melbourne
Mansion
Thursday, May 17, 6pm - 7.30pm
Dr Charles Pickett, curator of design and built environment at the Powerhouse Museum
Jonathan Chancellor, managing editor, Property Observer
Beach shack
Thursday, May 24, 6pm - 7.30pm
Dr Michael Bogle, design historian
Peter Stutchbury, Peter Stutchbury Architects
Terrace
Thursday, May 31, 6pm - 7.30pm
Keri Huxley, social and political scientist and former mayor of Woollahra Council
Hannah Tribe, founding principal, Tribe Studio Architects
Project home
Thursday, June 7, 6pm - 7.30pm
Dr Judith O’Callaghan, senior lecturer, The University of New South Wales
Tone Wheeler, principal architect, Environa Studio
Portable
Thursday, June 14, 6pm - 7.30pm
Megan Martin, head of collections and access
Sean Godsell, Sean Godsell Architects
