Robin Boyd was invited to be a judge on the AIA-Sunset Western Home Awards Program (see correspondence item D416). Robin and Patricia Boyd travelled to California in July 1965. They also visited Japan.Colour slide in a mount. Golden Gate Village, Marin City Public Housing, California, USA, 1961. (Architect: Aaron Green.)Made in Australia / 8 / JUL 65Mcalifornia, slide, robin boyd

Discussion of opportunities (or lack of opportunities) open to creative and talented Australians. Asserts main obstacles to promise and progress are conservatism and lack of vision.This appears to be a talk or a speechTypewritten, quarto, (carbon copy), 8 pages. Second copy has pages 3-5 missing. (Two copies)kingsley henderson, australian creativity, new architecture, colour, shapes, robin boyd, manuscript

Discusses the hotel and motel accommodation situation in Victoria and lack of first class hotels, overall, in Australia. Sir Henry Bolte's 10% tax on hotel and motel accommodation saw many proposals for new hotels being shelved.Original manuscript of an article published in "The Sunday Australian" as ‘Bolte’s Victorian Melodrama’, 26.9.1971.Typewritten (carbon copy), quarto, 8 pages.hotel, motel, accommodation, australia, sir henry bolte, victoria, tourist industry, robin boyd, manuscript

List of projects with dates and short description of features. Projects date from 1954 to 1969. Seven more detailed descriptions. Potentially exhibition labels.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 8 pagesarchitecture, building materials, residential architecture, houses, motels, romberg and boyd, robin boyd, manuscript

Boyd outlines the focus of the Modern Movement: function determining form and the rejection of ornamentation; outlines three phases of Modernism: the plain informal functionalist box style; 1950s monolithic sculptural forms (eg TWA terminal); and fragmented systematic expandable forms. Boyd proposes a new phase: a New Revolution Against Architecture, wherein the barriers between art and science are broken down and combined with technology; suggests looking to Japanese Metabolism.Typewritten, pencil edits, quarto, 21 pagesPage 1 refers to a chart (not attached). Sporadic annotations throughout. Appears to be a talk. Pages 6-8 refer to a chart, page 11 refers to an image of apartments by James Stirling, p14 refers to Robert Venturi's Guild House.page 1 refers to a chart (not attached). sporadic annotations throughout. appears to be a talk. pages 6-8 refer to a chart, page 11 refers to an image of apartments by james stirling, p14 refers to robert venturi's guild house

Discusses the reasons for Sydney's and Melbourne's new airports. Discusses the transformation from picturesque landscape to a growth of unordered supplementary structures surrounding airports (motels, sheds, storage rooms, petrol stations, shopping mall). Boyd predicts this "shanty town" image will only get worse, and critiques the image of Australia first presented to international visitors.Original manuscript of an article published in "The Sunday Australian", 27.06.1971Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 8 pagesNumbered in 13 paragraphstullamarine airport, international airport, melbourne's shanty town, robin boyd, manuscript

Discusses the new skyscrapers changing our skyline and classifies them into two types - development buildings and name buildings.Original manuscript of the article ‘Big boxes with holes – for high profits or for prestige’ published in The Sunday Australian on 01.08.1971.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 8 pagesmodern architecture, skyscrapers, development buildings, name buildings, sculptural competitions, clean and uncomplicated, marland house, robin boyd, manuscript

Description of Canberra's development after Walter Burley Griffin's urban planning and the impact it has had on other architects.Original manuscript published in The London Magazine Vol.4, No.4, pp.78 - 82Typewritten (c copy), pencil edits to 1, quarto, 8 pages. (Two copies)canberra, walter burley griffin, national capital development commission, robin boyd, manuscript

Long slideshow talk on beauty in architecture and the progress of the modern movement.Talk illustrated with slides.Handwritten, quarto, 8 pagesSlide number markings. Missing many pages: 2, 6-17, 19-22, and more. Has written "LIGHTS" cue for end of talk.john ruskin, eero saarinen, paul rudolph, plato, vitruvius, beauty , robin boyd, manuscript

Boyd suggests the emergence of an Australian School of modern architecture and points to orderliness, material and structural honesty and austerity as characteristic features.Original manuscript of an article published as 'Australian Architecture' in "Australian Building Profile", 1964, pp. 8-9.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 2 pagesaustralian school, robin boyd, manuscript

Robin Boyd was involved in creating several TV series for the ABC University of the Air. 'Design in Australia' was an eight part series. (Items D184-D193 contain all the manuscripts except part six titled 'Communications'.) In part 8, Boyd concludes his lecture with an overview of the state of Australian design. Boyd points to the uniqueness of Australia's natural landscapes and asks a series of pointed questions, implying that Australian design does not reflect or match up to its context. In Boyd's view, Australia now produces world-class designers, but lacks a world-class design culture, leading the best professionals to leave for the US or UK. Boyd concludes by arguing that Australian design culture can be developed into something both connected to the rest of the world and still uniquely Australian.This is a draft script for the ABC television program 'University of the Air', subtitled 'Design in Australia', broadcast in 1965.Typewritten (c copy), foolscap, 12 pagesInscription in pencil on p.8 - "good ideas (Kings + fountain)"university of the air, design in australia, robin boyd, henry lawson, d.h. lawrence, kangaroo novel, canberra, manuscript

This oil sketch by Donald Laycock is for "Terra Australis", a large (20' X 8') outback desert scene commissioned by Robin Boyd for the Australian Pavilion at Expo 1970. Robin Boyd was the Exhibit Architect of the Australian Pavilions at Expo '70 in Osaka and Expo '67 in Montreal. It is not known what happened to "Terra Australis" after Expo '70.Red toned abstract composition."DL 69" in bottom right corner. Sketch for Terra Australis Exhibition '70" written on canvas around the frame on the rear.donald laycock, expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, walsh st artwork, ohm2022, ohm2022_32

A double spread of mostly photographs of three events in Melbourne, including Toorak and South Yarra. Included is photograph of Mrs Robin Boyd with Lady Tait.Double page, pp 8-9walsh st library

Play ProgramGolden sticker on front cover: "MTC Opening Night, Playhouse Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre May 8 1984"walsh st library

Boyd article: ‘Architetta Italiana e Romande’ pp.8 -9. Shortened English version of Boyd article included in "Translations and Digests" insert. This Journal features the direction of contemporary italian architecture. It is a rare copy of the journal.architecture, italian architecture, aldo rossi, pier luigi nervi, italy, walsh st library

Soft Cover Magazine, Robin Boyd was the Senior Vice-Presidentarchitecture, australian architecture, walsh st library

Soft Cover Magazine, Robin Boyd was the Senior Vice-Presidentarchitecture, australian architecture, walsh st library

SoftcoverTo Davy with love Peter Ryan 18/8/72redmond barry, australian - judge, walsh st library

Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketbiography, dictionary, australian biography, walsh st library

Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket"To Patricia and John. With happy memories of many years of friendship, Denis Warner 30/8/2000"australian biography, world war ii, air pilots, military, walsh st library

1. The writings of William Thomas 2. The Context 3. The record of observation 4. Tubberubbabel, Protectorate head station 5. Kangerong, Protectorate second station 6. Buckkermitterwarrer, Protectorate third station 7. Kullurk, the Bonurong choice for a reserve 8. The raid into Gippsland and the massacres remembered 9. Manufacturing industry on the Mornington Peninsula, 'the successful plan at Arthurs Seat' 10. Death of Johnny and his burial on the foreshore at McCrae 11. The abduction between Arthurs Seat and Point Nepean, and Yankee Yankee's return 12. Thomas' translations.maps, document reproductions, b&w illustrations, colour illustrations, colour photographsboon wurrung, yarra mission, william thomas

Colour slide in a mount. Magazine image of US Embassy, New Dehli, India. (Architect: Durrell Stone.)Encircled 10 (Handwritten) / 8 (Handwritten)india, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Manufacturers House (1965, former), 370 St Kilda Rd, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (Architects: Bates Smart & McCutcheon.)Made in Australia / 8 / JAN 65M / MANUFACTURERS HOUSE / Bates Smart & McCutcheon (Handwritten) / 1965 (Handwritten) / St Kilda Rd (Handwritten)melbourne, slide

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. In 1966 Boyd travelled to Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory for research – the Expo exhibits included a coral display and native plant garden.Colour slide in a mount. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AustraliaMade in Australia / 8 / MAR 66M1queensland, slide

Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. NYC streetscape showing Ford Foundation (S0990) foreground and Chrysler Building (S0522) backgroundMade in Australia / 8 / JUL 69M2slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. War veterans housing, location unknown, AustraliaMade in Australia / 8 / MAY 64M / Encircled 31 (Handwritten) / Encircled 11 (Handwritten) / War Vets Housing (Handwritten) / See also No 2 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Real estate advertising, central Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMade in Australia / 8 / MAY 69M2slide, robin boyd

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka and travelled to Osaka several times in 1969-1970. Boyd designed the innovative Space Tube, which had over 25 exhibition boxes, projecting from it. Amongst the topics covered were Australian scientific innovation (including brain research, immunology, Antarctic research, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, rainmaking, and the night sky), Australian sport, house interiors, car manufacturing, Australian music and art, and Japanese-Australian relations.Colour slide in a mount. Canadian Pavilion, Osaka Expo '70, JapanMade in Australia / 8 / MAY 70M3 / 9 (Handwritten)expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd met architect Neil Clerehan at the end of 1943 when they were both in the army. They worked together on Victorian Small Homes Service and were friends.Watercolour of a mining building in an outback landscape.On the reverse side "Neil Clerehan, 1945" on top left in blue pen, and "No 8" on bottom right in pencil.neil clerehan, robin boyd, ohm2022, ohm2022_29

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka and travelled to Osaka several times in 1969-1970. Boyd designed the innovative Space Tube, which had over 25 exhibition boxes, projecting from it. Amongst the topics covered were Australian scientific innovation (including brain research, immunology, Antarctic research, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, rainmaking, and the night sky), Australian sport, house interiors, car manufacturing, Australian music and art, and Japanese-Australian relations.Colour slide in a mount. Takara Beautilion, Theme Pavilion, Osaka Expo '70, Japan. (Architect: Kisho Kurokawa.)Made in Australia / 13 / DEC 69M8 / 3 7/8" with horizontal arrows / Boyd (Handwritten)expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, slide