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Eltham District Historical Society IncAdvertising, Real Estate For Sale advertisement, 777 Henley Road, Kangaroo Ground, March 2007, 2007
... alistair knox design, henley road, kangaroo ground, morrison kleeman real estate, real estate advertisement...Morrison Kleeman Real Estate sales information material Advertised March 2007 for $595,000 plus; Sold April 2007 for $630,000 1970s Alistair Knox design...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Morrison Kleeman Real Estate sales information material Advertised March 2007 for $595,000 plus; Sold April 2007 for $630,000 1970s Alistair Knox design alistair knox design, henley road, kangaroo ground, morrison kleeman real estate, real estate advertisement Laminated; 42.3 x 30.3 cm Real Estate For Sale advertisement, 777 Henley Road, Kangaroo Ground, March 2007 Advertising ...Morrison Kleeman Real Estate sales information material Advertised March 2007 for $595,000 plus; Sold April 2007 for $630,000 1970s Alistair Knox designLaminated; 42.3 x 30.3 cmalistair knox design, henley road, kangaroo ground, morrison kleeman real estate, real estate advertisement -
Eltham District Historical Society IncAdvertising, Real Estate For Sale advertisement, 152 Progress Road, Eltham North, March 2007, 2007
... alistair knox design, eltham, morrison kleeman real estate, progress road, real estate advertisement...Morrison Kleeman Real Estate sales information material Advertised March 2007 for $570,000 plus; Sold April 2007 for $693,000 1970s Alistair Knox design...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Morrison Kleeman Real Estate sales information material Advertised March 2007 for $570,000 plus; Sold April 2007 for $693,000 1970s Alistair Knox design alistair knox design, eltham, morrison kleeman real estate, progress road, real estate advertisement Laminated; 42.3 x 30.3 cm Real Estate For Sale advertisement, 152 Progress Road, Eltham North, March 2007 Advertising ...Morrison Kleeman Real Estate sales information material Advertised March 2007 for $570,000 plus; Sold April 2007 for $693,000 1970s Alistair Knox designLaminated; 42.3 x 30.3 cmalistair knox design, eltham, morrison kleeman real estate, progress road, real estate advertisement -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, 68 Mount Pleasant Road, Eltham, c.1983, 1983
... alistair knox design, eltham, graham rose, houses, mount pleasant road...An early Alistair Knox design and build, this home was purchased by George Coop in 1968. ...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne An early Alistair Knox design and build, this home was purchased by George Coop in 1968. ...An early Alistair Knox design and build, this home was purchased by George Coop in 1968. Eltham builder, Graham Rose, extended the original Alistair Knox structure over the foundation excavation dug by George. Graham organised the brick walls where required, raised all frame work and laid the steel tray roof. George did all external/internal wall cladding, made all opening windows, sliding and swinging doors, stairs and general interior timber cabinet work. Bedroom wardrobe doors came from scrapped Victorian Railways country coaches. This particular view shows the original Alistair Knox design and materials. The photo was taken where the original external wall was located and knocked down to add the extension.Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford XP1 black and white transparencyalistair knox design, eltham, graham rose, houses, mount pleasant road -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, 68 Mount Pleasant Road, Eltham, c.1983, 1983
... alistair knox design, eltham, graham rose, houses, mount pleasant road...An early Alistair Knox design and build, this home was purchased by George Coop in 1968. ...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne An early Alistair Knox design and build, this home was purchased by George Coop in 1968. ...An early Alistair Knox design and build, this home was purchased by George Coop in 1968. Eltham builder, Graham Rose, extended the original Alistair Knox structure over the foundation excavation dug by George. Graham organised the brick walls where required, raised all frame work and laid the steel tray roof. George did all external/internal wall cladding, made all opening windows, sliding and swinging doors, stairs and general interior timber cabinet work. Bedroom wardrobe doors came from scrapped Victorian Railways country coaches. Most of the timbers used in the extension were re-purposed from the Templestowe Cool Store and the Port Melbourne wool, hide & skin store.Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford XP1 black and white transparencyalistair knox design, eltham, graham rose, houses, mount pleasant road -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, 68 Mount Pleasant Road, Eltham, c.1983, 1983
... alistair knox design, eltham, graham rose, houses, mount pleasant road...An early Alistair Knox design and build, this home was purchased by George Coop in 1968. ...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne An early Alistair Knox design and build, this home was purchased by George Coop in 1968. ...An early Alistair Knox design and build, this home was purchased by George Coop in 1968. Eltham builder, Graham Rose, extended the original Alistair Knox structure over the foundation excavation dug by George. Graham organised the brick walls where required, raised all frame work and laid the steel tray roof. George did all external/internal wall cladding, made all opening windows, sliding and swinging doors, stairs and general interior timber cabinet work. Bedroom wardrobe doors came from scrapped Victorian Railways country coaches. Most of the timbers used in the extension were re-purposed from the Templestowe Cool Store and the Port Melbourne wool, hide & skin store.Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford XP1 black and white transparencyalistair knox design, eltham, graham rose, houses, mount pleasant road -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, 68 Mount Pleasant Road, Eltham, c.1983, 1983
... alistair knox design, eltham, graham rose, houses, mount pleasant road...An early Alistair Knox design and build, this home was purchased by George Coop in 1968. ...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne An early Alistair Knox design and build, this home was purchased by George Coop in 1968. ...An early Alistair Knox design and build, this home was purchased by George Coop in 1968. Eltham builder, Graham Rose, extended the original Alistair Knox structure over the foundation excavation dug by George. Graham organised the brick walls where required, raised all frame work and laid the steel tray roof. George did all external/internal wall cladding, made all opening windows, sliding and swinging doors, stairs and general interior timber cabinet work. Bedroom wardrobe doors came from scrapped Victorian Railways country coaches. Most of the timbers used in the extension were re-purposed from the Templestowe Cool Store and the Port Melbourne wool, hide & skin store.Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford XP1 black and white transparencyalistair knox design, eltham, graham rose, houses, mount pleasant road -
Eltham District Historical Society IncDocument - Property Binder, 30 Kerrie Crescent, Eltham
... ...Alistair Knox Design...Mud bricks were hand crafted on site by apprentices to Alistair Knox and it was designed by Ivan Stranger....Mud bricks were hand crafted on site by apprentices to Alistair Knox and it was designed by Ivan Stranger. Kerrie crescent Mud brick building Ivan Stranger Alistair Knox Design Folder of information including: 1. ...Folder of information including: 1. Newspaper clipping of Real Estate adverisement for 85A Silver Street showing undeveloped land written underneath in pencil "30 Kerrie Cres Eltham". 2. Site Plan and Contours including structure scheme: Proposed residence for Janet R Boddy at Lot 3 Kerrie Crescent, Eltham, 25-9-72 (2 copies). 3. Handwritten notes (on the back of recycled paper for Paul/Boddy Gold Coast Studio offering painting tution in Surfers Paradise) by Janet Boddy to Ivan Stranger designed the house (3 pages). 4. Handwitten notes addressed to Mr L. Nelson, Greensborough requesting faults in the causeway at the Boddy property to be fixed signed possibly by Ivan Stranger (2 pages). 5. Hand drawn profile of a house. 6. Copy of a refined profileof the house as above. 7. Information sheet published by the Shire of Eltham; "General information to propspective builders in the Shire of Eltham" outlining obligations under the town and country planning control. 8. Printouts of a series of photographs and plan of the house, also replicated in Morrison Kleeman brochure, 2022 (3 pages). 9. Colour brochure produced by local Real Estate Agent promoting the sale of 30 Kerrie Crescent, Eltham.Folder of information including: 1. Newspaper clipping of Real Estate adverisement for 85A Silver Street showing undeveloped land written underneath in pencil "30 Kerrie Cres Eltham". 2. Site Plan and Contours including structure scheme: Proposed residence for Janet R Boddy at Lot 3 Kerrie Crescent, Eltham, 25-9-72 (2 copies). 3. Handwritten notes (on the back of recycled paper for Paul/Boddy Gold Coast Studio offering painting tution in Surfers Paradise) by Janet Boddy to Ivan Stranger designed the house (3 pages). 4. Handwitten notes addressed to Mr L. Nelson, Greensborough requesting faults in the causeway at the Boddy property to be fixed signed possibly by Ivan Stranger (2 pages). 5. Hand drawn profile of a house. 6. Copy of a refined profileof the house as above. 7. Information sheet published by the Shire of Eltham; "General information to propspective builders in the Shire of Eltham" outlining obligations under the town and country planning control. 8. Printouts of a series of photographs and plan of the house, also replicated in Morrison Kleeman brochure, 2022 (3 pages). 9. Colour brochure produced by local Real Estate Agent promoting the sale of 30 Kerrie Crescent, Eltham. kerrie crescent, mud brick building, ivan stranger, alistair knox design -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Alistair and Margot Knox House
... alistair and margot knox house...alistair knox...alistair knox design...Image 18 Alistair and Margot Knox House Designed and built by the owners The Alistair Knox Collection The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of mud brick houses and related subjects. ...(EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002) alistair and margot knox house alistair knox alistair knox design houses margot knox mud brick construction Alistair Knox Collection Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etc Black and white print mounted on card 35mm Colour positive transparency (copy of print) Mount - Black and White Alistair and Margot Knox House Photograph Photograph ...Image 18 Alistair and Margot Knox House Designed and built by the owners The Alistair Knox Collection The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of mud brick houses and related subjects. The collection is understood to have been put together by Alistair Knox although it is the work of several unacknowledged photographers. For some years it was held by the Building Department of the former Eltham Shire Council and was then passed to our Society for safekeeping. Some of the photos have been used in Knox's books and from time to time some of them have been part of various historical displays. As far as we know there has not been a public display of the whole collection which numbers about forty photographs. The collection has been copied on to slides for the purpose of this meeting and to be retained as part of the Society's pictorial collection. Alistair Knox 1912 - 1986 is acknowledged as the founder of Eltham's mud brick building movement. Many of the buildings shown in the collection are of his design and he was also involved with the construction of several of them. Others are the work of his contemporaries and associates such as Peter Glass, Gordon Ford, and John Harcourt. (EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002)Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etcalistair and margot knox house, alistair knox, alistair knox design, houses, margot knox, mud brick construction, alistair knox collection -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Alistair and Margot Knox House
... alistair and margot knox house...alistair knox...alistair knox design...Image 18 Alistair and Margot Knox House Designed and built by the owners The Alistair Knox Collection The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of mud brick houses and related subjects. ...(EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002) alistair and margot knox house alistair knox alistair knox design houses margot knox mud brick construction Alistair Knox Collection Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etc Black and white print mounted on card 35mm Colour positive transparency (copy of print) Mount - Black and White Alistair and Margot Knox House Photograph Photograph ...Image 18 Alistair and Margot Knox House Designed and built by the owners The Alistair Knox Collection The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of mud brick houses and related subjects. The collection is understood to have been put together by Alistair Knox although it is the work of several unacknowledged photographers. For some years it was held by the Building Department of the former Eltham Shire Council and was then passed to our Society for safekeeping. Some of the photos have been used in Knox's books and from time to time some of them have been part of various historical displays. As far as we know there has not been a public display of the whole collection which numbers about forty photographs. The collection has been copied on to slides for the purpose of this meeting and to be retained as part of the Society's pictorial collection. Alistair Knox 1912 - 1986 is acknowledged as the founder of Eltham's mud brick building movement. Many of the buildings shown in the collection are of his design and he was also involved with the construction of several of them. Others are the work of his contemporaries and associates such as Peter Glass, Gordon Ford, and John Harcourt. (EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002)Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etcalistair and margot knox house, alistair knox, alistair knox design, houses, margot knox, mud brick construction, alistair knox collection -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Alistair and Margot Knox House
... alistair and margot knox house...alistair knox...alistair knox design...Image 18 Alistair and Margot Knox House Designed and built by the owners The Alistair Knox Collection The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of mud brick houses and related subjects. ...(EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002) alistair and margot knox house alistair knox alistair knox design houses margot knox mud brick construction Alistair Knox Collection Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etc Black and white print mounted on card 35mm Colour positive transparency (copy of print) Mount - Black and White Alistair and Margot Knox House Photograph Photograph ...Image 18 Alistair and Margot Knox House Designed and built by the owners The Alistair Knox Collection The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of mud brick houses and related subjects. The collection is understood to have been put together by Alistair Knox although it is the work of several unacknowledged photographers. For some years it was held by the Building Department of the former Eltham Shire Council and was then passed to our Society for safekeeping. Some of the photos have been used in Knox's books and from time to time some of them have been part of various historical displays. As far as we know there has not been a public display of the whole collection which numbers about forty photographs. The collection has been copied on to slides for the purpose of this meeting and to be retained as part of the Society's pictorial collection. Alistair Knox 1912 - 1986 is acknowledged as the founder of Eltham's mud brick building movement. Many of the buildings shown in the collection are of his design and he was also involved with the construction of several of them. Others are the work of his contemporaries and associates such as Peter Glass, Gordon Ford, and John Harcourt. (EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002)Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etcalistair and margot knox house, alistair knox, alistair knox design, houses, margot knox, mud brick construction, alistair knox collection -
Eltham District Historical Society IncMagazine - Magazine Article, Southdown Press, Living in style in mudbricks by Kate Newman, New Idea, April 29, pp10-11, 1978
... Alistair Knox...Alistair Knox Design...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Article with images about Alistair Knox and building in mudbrick Alistair Knox Alistair Knox Design Eltham Margot Knox mudbrick construction Mudbrick houses mudbricks Magazine, 28 x 20.5 cm; 112 pages Living in style in mudbricks by Kate Newman, New Idea, April 29, pp10-11 Magazine Magazine Article Southdown Press ...Article with images about Alistair Knox and building in mudbrickalistair knox, alistair knox design, eltham, margot knox, mudbrick construction, mudbrick houses, mudbricks -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Busst House, cnr Silver Street and Kerrie Crescent, Eltham, 2 February 2008
... Alistair Knox...Alistair Knox Design...Alistair Knox. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p143 The Busst house hidden by trees at the corner of Silver Street and Kerrie Crescent is considered the best of the early mud-brick houses built by Eltham architect, Alistair Knox. Knox himself said, that the Busst house was the most mature mud-brick house designed...Nillumbik Now and Then (Marshall-King) Collection Alistair Knox Alistair Knox Design Busst House Kerrie crescent mudbrick construction Mudbrick houses silver street Born digital image file Busst House, cnr Silver Street and Kerrie Crescent, Eltham Photograph Digital Photograph Alan King Alan King Marguerite Marshall ...Considered the best of the early mud-brick houses built by Alistair Knox. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p143 The Busst house hidden by trees at the corner of Silver Street and Kerrie Crescent is considered the best of the early mud-brick houses built by Eltham architect, Alistair Knox. Knox himself said, that the Busst house was the most mature mud-brick house designed at that period. ‘It related with true understanding to its steep site and expressed the flexibility of earth building ………to develop a new sense of flowing form and shape’. Built in 1948 for artist Phyl Busst, a former art student at Montsalvat, the house helped usher in Eltham Shire’s distinctive mud-brick residential character. Knox was the pivotal figure of the style developed from the 1950s to the 1970s. Scarcity of building materials after World War Two encouraged mud-brick building because earth was a cheap and plentiful building medium. But when Knox began building in mud-brick in 1947, no council in Victoria knew anything of this ancient art and he needed a permit. Fortunately the Commonwealth Experimental Building Station at Ryde in NSW, had been experimenting with earth construction to help overcome the shortages of that time. They published a pamphlet that became available in Melbourne on the same day the Eltham Council was to consider whether the earth building should be allowed. Knox caught one of the three morning trains to the city in those days and bought several copies of the pamphlet to give to each councillor. On his return he found the councillors standing on the steps of the shire offices after lunch at the local hotel. He heard that earth building had been discussed before lunch and that they were not in favor of it. Knox gave each councillor a pamphlet. They passed that plan and by doing so, opened the door for all future earth building in Victoria and by default, in Australia. Mud-brick houses attracted artists to Eltham, for their aesthetic appeal and because they were cheap. Those who built their own houses, included film maker Tim Burstall, artists Peter Glass, Clifton Pugh, Matcham Skipper, Sonia Skipper and husband Jo Hannan. For Knox, mud-brick building was more than just a cheap building medium. He saw it as harmonising with the surrounding bush and as a way of counteracting the growing materialism of the age. He wrote of its impact on ‘ 20th century man. It should counteract the confusion that the perpetual flow of high technology products have upon him ..’ Building the Busst house on a steep site was difficult because most earth-moving equipment was then in its infancy. For instance drilling for explosives was done by hand, which was a slow and painful process. Knox, assisted by his foreman Horrie Judd and Gordon Ford (who was to become a famous landscape designer), built two large main rooms - a living room/ kitchen downstairs - and upstairs, a studio/bedroom. The studio/bedroom opens onto the balcony, which covers the living area. The bath made of solid concrete by stonemason Jack Fabro, is particularly deep. Sunshine pours through the three French windows of the north-east facing kitchen/living area, which is lined with timber. The large hearth can fit a family around the fire while the timber floors and solomite (compressed straw) ceilings add to the cosy atmosphere. The garden is thick with trees, and in the late 1990s, Ford put in a pool near the original dry wall he had built as a young man.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, alistair knox, alistair knox design, busst house, kerrie crescent, mudbrick construction, mudbrick houses, silver street -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Busst House, cnr Silver Street and Kerrie Crescent, Eltham, 2 February 2008
... Alistair Knox...Alistair Knox Design...Nillumbik Now and Then (Marshall-King) Collection Alistair Knox Alistair Knox Design Busst House Kerrie crescent mudbrick construction Mudbrick houses silver street Born digital image file Busst House, cnr Silver Street and Kerrie Crescent, Eltham Photograph Digital Photograph Alan King Alan King Marguerite Marshall ...Considered the best of the early mud-brick houses built by Alistair Knox. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p143This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, alistair knox, alistair knox design, busst house, kerrie crescent, mudbrick construction, mudbrick houses, silver street -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Periwinkle House (1948); Bob and Ada Zull House (1970)
... alistair knox...alistair knox design...Images 9A and 9B 9A 'Periwinkle House' 1948 For Mr and Mrs J Holmes Built by Sonia Skipper, Horrie Judd, Tony Jackson and others Designed by Alistair Knox 9B Bob and Ada Zull house built 1970 Designed and built by Alistair Knox Floor laid by Ada Zull The Alistair Knox Collection The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of mud brick houses and related subjects. ...(EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002) ada zull alistair knox alistair knox design bob and ada zull house bob zull horrie judd houses j holmes mud brick construction periwinkle house sonia skipper tony jackson Alistair Knox Collection Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etc Black and white print mounted on card 35mm Colour positive transparency (copy of print) Mount - Black and White Periwinkle House (1948); Bob and Ada Zull House (1970) Photograph Photograph ...Images 9A and 9B 9A 'Periwinkle House' 1948 For Mr and Mrs J Holmes Built by Sonia Skipper, Horrie Judd, Tony Jackson and others Designed by Alistair Knox 9B Bob and Ada Zull house built 1970 Designed and built by Alistair Knox Floor laid by Ada Zull The Alistair Knox Collection The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of mud brick houses and related subjects. The collection is understood to have been put together by Alistair Knox although it is the work of several unacknowledged photographers. For some years it was held by the Building Department of the former Eltham Shire Council and was then passed to our Society for safekeeping. Some of the photos have been used in Knox's books and from time to time some of them have been part of various historical displays. As far as we know there has not been a public display of the whole collection which numbers about forty photographs. The collection has been copied on to slides for the purpose of this meeting and to be retained as part of the Society's pictorial collection. Alistair Knox 1912 - 1986 is acknowledged as the founder of Eltham's mud brick building movement. Many of the buildings shown in the collection are of his design and he was also involved with the construction of several of them. Others are the work of his contemporaries and associates such as Peter Glass, Gordon Ford, and John Harcourt. (EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002)Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etcada zull, alistair knox, alistair knox design, bob and ada zull house, bob zull, horrie judd, houses, j holmes, mud brick construction, periwinkle house, sonia skipper, tony jackson, alistair knox collection -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Bob and Ada Zull House (1970)
... alistair knox...alistair knox design...Images 9B Bob and Ada Zull house built 1970 Designed and built by Alistair Knox Floor laid by Ada Zull The Alistair Knox Collection The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of mud brick houses and related subjects. ...(EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002) ada zull alistair knox alistair knox design bob and ada zull house bob zull houses mud brick construction Alistair Knox Collection Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etc Black and white print mounted on card 35mm Colour positive transparency (copy of print) Mount - Black and White Bob and Ada Zull House (1970) Photograph Photograph ...Images 9B Bob and Ada Zull house built 1970 Designed and built by Alistair Knox Floor laid by Ada Zull The Alistair Knox Collection The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of mud brick houses and related subjects. The collection is understood to have been put together by Alistair Knox although it is the work of several unacknowledged photographers. For some years it was held by the Building Department of the former Eltham Shire Council and was then passed to our Society for safekeeping. Some of the photos have been used in Knox's books and from time to time some of them have been part of various historical displays. As far as we know there has not been a public display of the whole collection which numbers about forty photographs. The collection has been copied on to slides for the purpose of this meeting and to be retained as part of the Society's pictorial collection. Alistair Knox 1912 - 1986 is acknowledged as the founder of Eltham's mud brick building movement. Many of the buildings shown in the collection are of his design and he was also involved with the construction of several of them. Others are the work of his contemporaries and associates such as Peter Glass, Gordon Ford, and John Harcourt. (EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002)Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etcada zull, alistair knox, alistair knox design, bob and ada zull house, bob zull, houses, mud brick construction, alistair knox collection -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph - Digital Photograph, Yarra Plenty Regional Library, Presentation to Gordon TAFE students by Jim Connor, President, Eltham District Historical Society at Eltham Library, 4 March 2022
... Alistair Knox...Alistair Knox Design...Presentation by Jim Connor, President, Eltham District Historical Society, to interior design students from Gordon TAFE, Geelong on the work of Alistair Knox and Merchant Builders, as well Greg Burgess and the Eltham Library. ...The day included a tour around Eltham to look at Merchant Builder and Alistair Knox homes. Activities Alistair Knox Alistair Knox Design Eltham Library Gordon TAFE Geelong Greg Burgess jim connor Merchant Builders presentation Presentation to Gordon TAFE students by Jim Connor, President, Eltham District Historical Society at Eltham Library Photograph Digital Photograph Yarra Plenty Regional Library ...Presentation by Jim Connor, President, Eltham District Historical Society, to interior design students from Gordon TAFE, Geelong on the work of Alistair Knox and Merchant Builders, as well Greg Burgess and the Eltham Library. The day included a tour around Eltham to look at Merchant Builder and Alistair Knox homes.activities, alistair knox, alistair knox design, eltham library, gordon tafe geelong, greg burgess, jim connor, merchant builders, presentation -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph - Digital Photograph, Jim Connor, 21 Brougham Street, Eltham, 18 March 2012
... ...Alistair Knox Design...This building at 21 Brougham Street, Eltham, known previously as The Light Factory, now Second Home restaurant, was designed by Alistair Knox and is one of the few commercial buildings he designed. ...Retrieved from https://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/the-light-factory-gallery Jim Connor Collection Brougham Steet Eltham Alistair Knox Design Industries Restaurants Second Home The Light Factory Gallery 1 image - born digital 21 Brougham Street, Eltham Photograph Digital Photograph Jim Connor ...This building at 21 Brougham Street, Eltham, known previously as The Light Factory, now Second Home restaurant, was designed by Alistair Knox and is one of the few commercial buildings he designed. It was a combined residential (rear) and factory (front) development. The Light Factory Gallery; OnlyMelbourne "The Light Factory Gallery was built in 1973 and is a classic example of his design. Exposed soaring six metre Oregon beams, handmade bricks, clerestory windows flood the building with natural daylight giving treetop views of the eucalypts that he designed the building around." The Light Factory Gallery. (2024, March 31). Retrieved from https://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/the-light-factory-galleryjim connor collection, brougham steet, eltham, alistair knox design, industries, restaurants, second home, the light factory gallery -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph - Digital Photograph, Marguerite Marshall, Former home of Alistair and Margot Knox, King Street, Eltham, 16 January 2006
... Alistair and Margot Knox House...Alistair Knox Design...Nillumbik Now and Then (Marshall-King) Collection Alistair and Margot Knox House Alistair Knox Design mudbrick construction Eltham King Street Born digital image file Former home of Alistair and Margot Knox, King Street, Eltham Photograph Digital Photograph Marguerite Marshall Marguerite Marshall Alan King ...Situated in King Street, Eltham, Alistair Knox built his home and office in 1962-1963 with mud-bricks made from the local soil and recycled materials blending the house with bush around it. Knox popularised the Eltham earth building movement, begun by Montsalvat founder, Justus Jorgensen. Alistair Knox (1912-1986) was also an Eltham Shire Councillor 1971-1975 and Shire President in 1975. Knox established the inaugural Eltham Community Festival in 1975. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p145 Lack of money was a strong incentive for Alistair Knox to do what he did best when he built his house and office at King Street, Eltham in 1962-63. He used mud-bricks from local soil and recycled materials, characteristically blending the house with the bush around it. The result was a work of art. Knox popularised the Eltham earth building movement,1 begun by Montsalvat founder Justus Jörgensen. He was also an Eltham Shire Councillor from 1971 to 1975 and Shire President in 1975. For Knox mud-brick building was not just a building style, but a spiritual experience and a way of relating with nature. At 40 he rediscovered God and his building reflected his theological, political, philosophical and particularly environmental world view, which was far ahead of its time.2 He also contributed to building development in his use of concrete slab foundations when stumps and bearers were the norm. Knox was introduced to mud-brick construction in 1940 by Jörgensen, then shortly after, Knox joined the Navy. In 1946 Knox studied Building Practice and Theory at Melbourne Technical College (now RMIT University). There he befriended fellow student and artist Matcham Skipper who belonged to what was then called the Jörgensen Artists’ Colony. Knox decided to build an earth building in Eltham, partly because the post-war huge building demands resulted in expensive and scarce building materials. He asked artist Sonia Skipper for help who, with Matcham, had constructed mud-brick buildings at the Artists’ Colony. The simple rectangular low-lying house at King Street is framed by native plants and a 3.6 metres wide pergola surrounds the building. Wedded to the landscape, a door in every room at the perimeter, opens outside. The property also includes a forge, a small hut built by son Macgregor at 15, and a mud-brick tower for chickens. Building materials were foraged from a wide variety of sources. Some of the joinery material came from old whisky vats. When the Oregon of the highest quality ‘was put through the wood-working machines, it gave off a deep smell of whisky that made the whole atmosphere exotic and heady’.3 Amateur builders, including schoolboys from Knox’s Presbyterian Church, made some of the mud-bricks. But the building was finished with the professional help of Yorkshire builder, Eric Hirst. Inside, the light is subdued with the mud-brick, beamed timber ceilings and floors of slate, timber or orange-brown tiles. Skylights, with rich blue and red leadlighting, illuminate one entrance area and this feature is repeated as edging on the door. The centre of the house is like a covered courtyard, with rooms built around it. The central room, 11 metres x 7 metres, was built in the same proportions as Knox’s mud-bricks. Clerestory windows on four sides infuse the room with a soft light. A huge brick fireplace extends beyond one corner and opposite is a small one where timber can only be placed vertically. The slate for the floor was discarded from the Malthouse Brewery now used as a theatre in Southbank. In the middle is a large refectory table and benches that seat 18. Like much of the house, it is rugged, yet beautiful. Made of Western Australian Jarrah by Macgregor with a chain saw and an adze, it retains knot and nail holes. Each wall has an opening, 2.4 metres at the ends and 3.6 metres at the sides. Only one has doors and these concertina doors are made of the backs of old church pews. The main bedroom has an ensuite with a marble hand basin discarded from the Victorian Parliament building; and a dressing room, where two wardrobes of polished timber recovered from a tip are attached to the walls. Separate from the house is the strikingly original circular-shaped office made of bluestone sourced from the original Army campsite at Broadmeadows.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, alistair and margot knox house, alistair knox design, mudbrick construction, eltham, king street -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph - Digital Photograph, Marguerite Marshall, Former office of Alistair Knox, King Street, Eltham, 16 January 2006
... Alistair and Margot Knox House...Alistair Knox Design...Nillumbik Now and Then (Marshall-King) Collection Alistair and Margot Knox House Alistair Knox Design mudbrick construction Eltham King Street Born digital image file Former office of Alistair Knox, King Street, Eltham Photograph Digital Photograph Marguerite Marshall Marguerite Marshall Alan King ...Situated in King Street, Eltham, Alistair Knox built his home and office in 1962-1963 with mud-bricks made from the local soil and recycled materials blending the house with bush around it. Knox popularised the Eltham earth building movement, begun by Montsalvat founder, Justus Jorgensen. Alistair Knox (1912-1986) was also an Eltham Shire Councillor 1971-1975 and Shire President in 1975. He established the inaugural Eltham Community Festival in 1975. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p145This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, alistair and margot knox house, alistair knox design, mudbrick construction, eltham, king street -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Michael Wood, Wood family home post construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, 1970, 1970
... Alistair Knox Design, Eltham North, houses, Progress Road...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Alistair Knox Design, Eltham North, houses, Progress Road Black and white negative film, 120 format 6 x 6 black & white (no markings); 2 strips of 3 frames and 2 single frames Wood family home post construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, 1970 Photograph Photograph Michael Wood ...Black and white negative film, 120 format 6 x 6 black & white (no markings); 2 strips of 3 frames and 2 single framesalistair knox design, eltham north, houses, progress road -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Michael Wood, Interior, Octagonal house by Alistair Knox, 50 Overbank Road, Eltham, 1969, 1969
... Alistair Knox Design, Eltham, houses, Octagonal house, Overbank Road...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Saunders house No 391, Lot 10 Overbank Rd, Eltham (incorrectly listed as No. 105) https://alistairknox.org/buildings/334 Alistair Knox Design, Eltham, houses, Octagonal house, Overbank Road Black and white print Interior, Octagonal house by Alistair Knox, 50 Overbank Road, Eltham, 1969 Photograph Photograph Michael Wood ...Saunders house No 391, Lot 10 Overbank Rd, Eltham (incorrectly listed as No. 105) https://alistairknox.org/buildings/334Black and white printalistair knox design, eltham, houses, octagonal house, overbank road -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Michael Wood, Wood family home during construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, 1969, 1969
... alistair knox design, construction, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road, car...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and Hellemons alistair knox design, construction, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road, car Ilford FP3 35mm black and white negative film; 3 strips, 15 frames Also 10 x 12 cm black and white print of frame no. 25 Wood family home during construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, 1969 Photograph Photograph Michael Wood ...Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and HellemonsIlford FP3 35mm black and white negative film; 3 strips, 15 frames Also 10 x 12 cm black and white print of frame no. 25alistair knox design, construction, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road, car -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Michael Wood, Wood family home during construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, 1969, 1969
... alistair knox design, construction, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and Hellemons alistair knox design, construction, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road Inscribed in ink "184 Progress Rd Eltham North 1969" Kodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date illegible 69M5 Panorama digital file created from frames 9-11 Wood family home during construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, 1969 Photograph Photograph Michael Wood ...Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and HellemonsKodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date illegible 69M5 Panorama digital file created from frames 9-11 Inscribed in ink "184 Progress Rd Eltham North 1969"alistair knox design, construction, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Michael Wood, Front verandah, Wood family home post construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, February 1970, 1970
... Alistair Knox Design, Eltham North, Hellemon, houses, Progress Road...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and Hellemons Alistair Knox Design, Eltham North, Hellemon, houses, Progress Road Inscribed in ink "Front verandah, 184 Progress Rd Eltham North 1970" Kodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6 Front verandah, Wood family home post construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, February 1970 Photograph Photograph Michael Wood ...Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and HellemonsKodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6Inscribed in ink "Front verandah, 184 Progress Rd Eltham North 1970"alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Michael Wood, Wood family home post construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, February 1970, 1970
... alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and Hellemons alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road Inscribed in ink "184 Progress Rd Eltham North 1970" Kodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6 Wood family home post construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, February 1970 Photograph Photograph Michael Wood ...Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and HellemonsKodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6Inscribed in ink "184 Progress Rd Eltham North 1970"alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Michael Wood, Houses on Progress Road viewed from Glen Park Road, Eltham North, February 1970, 1970
... alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road, Glen Park Road...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and Hellemons Shows Wood family home on Progress Road in centre of field of view alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road, Glen Park Road Inscribed in ink "Hoses on Progress Rd from Glen Park Rd, Eltham North 1970" Kodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6 Houses on Progress Road viewed from Glen Park Road, Eltham North, February 1970 Photograph Photograph Michael Wood ...Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and Hellemons Shows Wood family home on Progress Road in centre of field of viewKodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6Inscribed in ink "Hoses on Progress Rd from Glen Park Rd, Eltham North 1970"alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road, glen park road -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Michael Wood, Wood family home post construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, February 1970, 1970
... alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and Hellemons alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road Inscribed in ink "184 Progress Rd Eltham North 1970" Kodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6 Wood family home post construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, February 1970 Photograph Photograph Michael Wood ...Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and HellemonsKodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6Inscribed in ink "184 Progress Rd Eltham North 1970"alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Michael Wood, View south from 184 Progress Road to houses on Scenic Crescent, Eltham North, February 1970, 1970
... alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road, Scenic Crescent...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and Hellemons alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road, Scenic Crescent Inscribed in ink "View south from 184 Progress to Scenic Crescent, Eltham North 1970" Kodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6 View south from 184 Progress Road to houses on Scenic Crescent, Eltham North, February 1970 Photograph Photograph Michael Wood ...Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and HellemonsKodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6Inscribed in ink "View south from 184 Progress to Scenic Crescent, Eltham North 1970"alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road, scenic crescent -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Busst House (1948-1949)
... alistair knox design...Alistair Knox 1912 - 1986 is acknowledged as the founder of Eltham's mud brick building movement. Many of the buildings shown in the collection are of his design and he was also involved with the construction of several of them. ...(EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002) alistair knox design busst house horrie judd houses mud brick construction peter glass wynn roberts Alistair Knox Collection Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etc Black and white print mounted on card 35mm Colour positive transparency (copy of print) Mount - Black and White Busst House (1948-1949) Photograph Photograph ...Image 7 Buesst House 1948-49 Built by Horrie Judd, Wynn Roberts, Peter Glass and others. Designed by Alistair Knox The Alistair Knox Collection The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of mud brick houses and related subjects. The collection is understood to have been put together by Alistair Knox although it is the work of several unacknowledged photographers. For some years it was held by the Building Department of the former Eltham Shire Council and was then passed to our Society for safekeeping. Some of the photos have been used in Knox's books and from time to time some of them have been part of various historical displays. As far as we know there has not been a public display of the whole collection which numbers about forty photographs. The collection has been copied on to slides for the purpose of this meeting and to be retained as part of the Society's pictorial collection. Alistair Knox 1912 - 1986 is acknowledged as the founder of Eltham's mud brick building movement. Many of the buildings shown in the collection are of his design and he was also involved with the construction of several of them. Others are the work of his contemporaries and associates such as Peter Glass, Gordon Ford, and John Harcourt. (EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002)Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etcalistair knox design, busst house, horrie judd, houses, mud brick construction, peter glass, wynn roberts, alistair knox collection -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Busst House (1948-1949)
... alistair knox design...Alistair Knox 1912 - 1986 is acknowledged as the founder of Eltham's mud brick building movement. Many of the buildings shown in the collection are of his design and he was also involved with the construction of several of them. ...(EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002) alistair knox design busst house horrie judd houses mud brick construction peter glass wynn roberts Alistair Knox Collection Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etc Black and white print mounted on card 35mm Colour positive transparency (copy of print) Mount - Black and White Busst House (1948-1949) Photograph Photograph ...Image 7 Buesst House 1948-49 Built by Horrie Judd, Wynn Roberts, Peter Glass and others. Designed by Alistair Knox The Alistair Knox Collection The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of mud brick houses and related subjects. The collection is understood to have been put together by Alistair Knox although it is the work of several unacknowledged photographers. For some years it was held by the Building Department of the former Eltham Shire Council and was then passed to our Society for safekeeping. Some of the photos have been used in Knox's books and from time to time some of them have been part of various historical displays. As far as we know there has not been a public display of the whole collection which numbers about forty photographs. The collection has been copied on to slides for the purpose of this meeting and to be retained as part of the Society's pictorial collection. Alistair Knox 1912 - 1986 is acknowledged as the founder of Eltham's mud brick building movement. Many of the buildings shown in the collection are of his design and he was also involved with the construction of several of them. Others are the work of his contemporaries and associates such as Peter Glass, Gordon Ford, and John Harcourt. (EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002)Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etcalistair knox design, busst house, horrie judd, houses, mud brick construction, peter glass, wynn roberts, alistair knox collection
