Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France.Colour slide in a mount. Annie Pfeiffer Chapel (1941) at the Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. USA. (Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright.)Made in USA / Patented / 04819 / B (Handwritten) / Encircled 21 (Handwritten) /mit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France.Colour slide in a mount. New York City streetscape: Woolorth Building (1913) in the background, New York, USA. (Architect: Cass Gilbert.)Made in USA / 15 / Wall St Woolworth far down on the right. Emery Roth standard ? 1/2 down rightmit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd wrote two books on Japanese architects and architecture - “Kenzo Tange” published by George Braziller in 1962 and “New Directions in Japanese Architecture” published by Studio Vista in 1968. During the 1960s he travelled several times to Japan to research these books and as part of his role as Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka. Colour slide in a mount. Interior (staircase and tiled walls), Okayama Prefectural Government Building, Okayama, Japan, 1957. (Architect: Kunio Maekawa.)Made in Australia / 7slide, robin boyd, japan

Colour slide in a mount. 270 Park Ave, New York City, New York, USA, 1960. (Architects: Skidmore, Owings and Meadow.)Made in Australia / 9 / APR 67M4slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Drawing by Hardy Wilson from his book “Old Colonial Architecture of New South Wales and Tasmania”, 1924Made in Australia / 1 (Handwritten) / 12 (Handwritten-Cancelled)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Burnell'. 109 Albert St, East Melbourne built 1854-1877 and demolished in 1969. (See item AV103)Mount Made in England / Vict House (Handwritten) / Encircled 5 (Handwritten) / Encircled 19 (Handwritten) / B (Handwritten-Cancelled)melbourne, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Desbrowe Annear House, 36-38 The Eyrie, Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia, 1903. (Architect: Harold Desbrowe Annear.)Made in Australia / Encircled 27 (Handwritten)melbourne, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Image from a magazine of Sarasota High School (1958-1960), Sarasota, Florida, USA. (Architect: Paul Rudolph.)Made in Australia / Encircled 7 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Walter Boas Building or CSIRO Tribophysics Labororatory (1953), Parkville, Victoria, Australia. (Architect: Commonwealth Department of Works.)21 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Penleigh Boyd, Robin and Patricia Boyd's son, writes “Prior to 1950 Robin, like most other amateur or hobby photographers, took black and white printed photographs. The oldest slides date from 1950 when Robin and Patricia travelled to Europe on Robin’s Robert Haddon Travelling Scholarship.” In 1948 Robin Boyd was awarded ‘joint first place’ in the Robert Haddon competition for his design of Mildura art gallery. The scholarship helped fund their first overseas trip. Robin and Patricia were passengers on the Greek ship “Cyrenia” departing in May 1950, passing through the Suez Canal and landing in Genoa five weeks later. For six months, they travelled extensively throughout Europe (predominantly driving themselves) - France, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain.Colour slide in a mount. Zurich Congress Hall, Zurich, Switzerland. (Architects: M. Moser, Max Ernst Haefeli and Rudolf Steiger, 1939.)Zurich / Congress Hall / M.E.Haefeli, W.M.Moser, R.Steiger / 1939 (All Handwritten)haddon travelling scholarship, haddon, robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.Colour slide in a mount. Cuban Pavilion, Expo '67, Montreal, Canada. (Architects: Vittorio Garatti, Sergio Baroni und Hugo D'Acosta)Made in Australia / 3 / JUL 67M6 / 15 (Handwritten) / Encircled 9 (Handwritten) / 41 (Handwritten)expo 67, montreal, robin boyd, 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. Ford Foundation (1963-7), New York, New York, USA . (Architects: Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo.)Made in Australia / 2 / JUL 69M2 / Encircled 1 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Magazine image of M H Bailllieu house, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1926. (Architect: Desbrowe Annear.)Made in Australiaslide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Magazine image of US Pavilion (1960) World Agricultural Fair, New Delhi, India. (Architect: Minoru Yamasaki .)Made in Australia / US Pavilion World Agric'l (Handwritten) / Fair, New Delhi (Handwritten) / Minoru Yamasaki (Handwritten) / Encircled 5 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Robin Boyd travelled to Malaysia, Macau and Singapore in 1970, after a visit to Expo 70 in Osaka, where he was Exhibits Architect of the Australian Pavilion.Colour slide in a mount. Hotel Lisboa, Macau, Macao, 1970. (Architects: Stanley Ho, Teddy Yip, Yip Hon and Henry Fok.)Made in Australia / 19 / MAY 70M3slide, 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. USA Pavilion roof, Expo 70, Osaka, Japan (Architect: Davis Brody, with designers Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv)Made in Australia / 10 / MAY 70M3expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, slide

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. 999 Green St, Russian Hill, San Francisco, California, USA (1964-1965) . (Architect: Joseph Eichler.)Made in Australia / 12 / JUL 65Mcalifornia, slide, robin boyd

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.Colour slide in a mount. CIBC Tower (1962), Montreal, Canada. (The image was taken from the Stanley Tower Apartments.). (Architect: Peter Dickinson.)Made in Australia / 28 / MAY 67M6 / Encircled 23 (Handwritten)expo 67, montreal, robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.Colour slide in a mount. Montreal Expo '67, Canada - various pavilions, including Ethiopia (left), USSR (centre) and African Place (right)Made in Australia / 18 / MAY 67M6 / 8 (Handwritten with red pen) / 22 (Handwritten)expo 67, montreal, robin boyd, slide, russian pavilion, africa place

Colour slide in a mount. Magazine image of Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA, 1939. (Architect: Edward Durell Stone.)Top (Handwritten) / Encircled 20 (Handwritten)new york, 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. South Bank, London, UK, 1968 . (Architects: Norman Engleback, Ron Herron, Warren Chalk and John Attenborough .)Made in Australia / 20 / MAY 69M2 / Encircled 16 (Handwritten)london, slide

Robin Boyd wrote two books on Japanese architects and architecture - “Kenzo Tange” published by George Braziller in 1962 and “New Directions in Japanese Architecture” published by Studio Vista in 1968. During the 1960s he travelled several times to Japan to research these books and as part of his role as Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka.Colour slide in a mount. Taisekiji Temple, exterior view of shower room and lodging house, Fujimiya City, Japan (Architect: Kimio Yokoyama)Encircled 21 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

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. Ford Foundation (1963-7), New York, New York, USA . (Architects: Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo.)Made in Australia / 10 / JUL 69M2 / Encircled 19 (Handwritten)new york, slide

Penleigh Boyd, Robin and Patricia Boyd's son, writes “Prior to 1950 Robin, like most other amateur or hobby photographers, took black and white printed photographs. The oldest slides date from 1950 when Robin and Patricia travelled to Europe on Robin’s Robert Haddon Travelling Scholarship.” In 1948 Robin Boyd was awarded ‘joint first place’ in the Robert Haddon competition for his design of Mildura art gallery. The scholarship helped fund their first overseas trip. Robin and Patricia were passengers on the Greek ship “Cyrenia” departing in May 1950, passing through the Suez Canal and landing in Genoa five weeks later. For six months, they travelled extensively throughout Europe (predominantly driving themselves) - France, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain.Colour slide in a mount. Art Deco house, Massawa, Eritrea, Africa. Note: This building appears to have still been standing in 2003Africa Massawa House (Handwritten) / House in Residentiac (Italian) (Handwritten) / Sector of Massawa (Handwritten)haddon travelling scholarship, haddon, robin boyd, slide

In 1964, Robin and Patricia Boyd spent several weeks on a world tour - Boyd took a leading role at the International Design Conference in Aspen and he also visited Chicago, Yale University, and New York’s World Fair. The Boyds then travelled on to England, Finland (especially to see Tapiola), Russia and India to see Le Corbusier's Chandigarh, and also Hong Kong and Thailand.Colour slide in a mount. Gallery, in former US Embassy building (1960) in Grosvenor St, Mayfair, London, England. (Architect: Eero Saarinen.)Made in Australia / 35 / AUG 64Mslide, robin boyd

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. Sixth Avenue (renamed Avenue of the Americas) showing sign for Venezuela, New York City, New York, USAMade in Australia / 21 / JUL 69M2slide, robin boyd

In 1964, Robin and Patricia Boyd spent several weeks on a world tour - Boyd took a leading role at the International Design Conference in Aspen and he also visited Chicago, Yale University, and New York’s World Fair. The Boyds then travelled on to England, Finland (especially to see Tapiola), Russia and India to see Le Corbusier's Chandigarh, and also Hong Kong and Thailand.Colour slide in a mount. Stanford Medical Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, 1959. (Architect: Edward Durell Stone.)Made in USA / US PAT No. 3013354 / 18 / JUN 64W / Encircled 11 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

In 1964, Robin and Patricia Boyd spent several weeks on a world tour - Boyd took a leading role at the International Design Conference in Aspen and he also visited Chicago, Yale University, and New York’s World Fair. The Boyds then travelled on to England, Finland (especially to see Tapiola), Russia and India to see Le Corbusier's Chandigarh, and also Hong Kong and Thailand.Colour slide in a mount. US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, 1954-58. (Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.)Made in USA / US PAT No. 3013354 / 26 / JUN 64W (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

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. Century Plaza Hotel under construction (opened 1966), Los Angeles, California, USA. (Architect: Minoru Yamasaki.)Made in Australia / 16 / JUL 65Mcalifornia, slide, robin boyd

Robin Boyd was an invited speaker at the 1967 New Zealand Institute of Architects Conference held in Queenstown, New Zealand. From New Zealand, he travelled on to Montreal, Canada, where he was Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67. Colour slide in a mount. Freyberg Place and the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Hall (now called Ellen Melville Centre), Auckland, New ZealandMade in Australia / 37 / APR 67M7slide, robin boyd