Showing 4 items
matching exterior shells
-
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, Now It’s Not An Opera House, But Is It Architecture? Or (Wind Out of the Sails)
... exterior shells... William Davis Hughes exterior shells concert hall Pier Luigi Nervi ...Discusses the quality of the architecture of the Sydney Opera House, its use as a concert hall, design by Jorn Utzon and continuation by Peter Hall.Typewritten, quarto, (carbon copy), 10 pages. A second copy has pencil edits and additions. (Two copies)sydney opera house, jorn utzon, peter hall, william davis hughes, exterior shells, concert hall, pier luigi nervi, buckminster fuller, eero saarinen, nikolaus pevsner, robin boyd, manuscript -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Spectacles
Spectacles synthetic frame narrow rimmed tortoise-shell with nose pads, metal hinges and metal bridge. Case hard exterior with maroon felt lining.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Shepparton RSL Sub Branch
Shell Carrier, Circa WW1
Used to protect Artillery Shells and Projectiles by the German Imperial Army An example of the protection offered to Artillary shells by the German Imperial Army during ww1Shell Carrier of Wicker of tightly woven Wicker, Leather, Cylindrical in shape with a Tapered Nose. Leather and Metal Carrying Handle to bottom. Four Leather Reenforcing Rings to Exterior. Nose poen to the Diameter of 45mm. Noneshell case holder, ww1, immperial german army -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Geological specimen, Stone Chips From Old Law Courts, Russell Street (Melb), 1974
The law court buildings on the corner of Russell and La Trobe Streets (Melbourne) were later to house the Supreme Court of Victoria. The law courts were built in 1842. The inscription by Dorothy Rogers [sic] incorrectly describes the builders as Swanson Bros., who instead were the builders of the later Magistrates Court on the same site. Matchbox containing architectural fragments from the old law courts [Supreme Court] in Russell Street. The matchbox has a label on the front and more detailed information included in a note inside the box. The item is believed to have belonged to the historian Dorothy Rogers.Exterior "Chips from the old law courts Russell St." Inside: "Court House built by Swanson Bros in 1842 of Moorabool Stone & opened 1st time [sic] in 1843. Stone composed of tiny shells".dorothy rogers collection, supreme court - melbourne (vic), supreme court of victoria - russell street - melbourne (vic)