DESIGN Anytime - Robin Boyd
To connect with audiences who cannot physically make it to Canberra during the festival, DESIGN Canberra is curating a DESIGN Anytime program. This new program includes self-guided tours of iconic architecture and contemporary design throughout Canberra. This will promote and celebrate Canberra as a global city of design every day of the year. This zine was created for the 2020 DESIGN Canberra festival, as a curated collection of highlights of Robin Boyd’s architectural career in Canberra. This design experience can be enjoyed as a series of leisurely reflections over a week or an exciting day trip through the city.
To connect with audiences who cannot physically make it to Canberra during the festival, DESIGN Canberra is curating a DESIGN Anytime program. This new program includes self-guided tours of iconic architecture and contemporary design throughout Canberra. This will promote and celebrate Canberra as a global city of design every day of the year.
This zine was created for the 2020 DESIGN Canberra festival, as a curated collection of highlights of Robin Boyd’s architectural career in Canberra. This design experience can be enjoyed as a series of leisurely reflections over a week or an exciting day trip through the city.
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Churchill House<br />
1969-1971<br />
Churchill House was <strong>Boyd</strong>’s last major commission, and<br />
he died prior to its completion in 1971. It is one of a small<br />
number of opportunities <strong>Boyd</strong> had to work on a larger<br />
project.<br />
Churchill House was commissioned for the Winston<br />
Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia. The complex is<br />
made up of a main building that connects an east and<br />
south wing, a separate pavilion, the central pool, and a<br />
rear car park. The main building and northern pavilion<br />
form an L shape which encloses the courtyard, an<br />
example of <strong>Boyd</strong>’s interest in creating intimate outdoor<br />
spaces in his designs.<br />
The key feature of the building is the central pool,<br />
flanked by walls of precast concrete fins for sun<br />
protection and vertical slit windows.<br />
ADDRESS. 216 Northbourne Avenue, Braddon<br />
Churchill House. Photo: Darren Bradley @modarchitecture.
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