1956 Australian Architectural Convention Exhibition Collection
Published:
06 November 2017
Contains a single series of material related to the 1998 retrospective exhibition of an RAIA Convention Exhibition held 26 May to 16 June 1956 in the Adelaide Parklands. Staged by the South Australian Institute of Architecture and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, in conjunction with the Sixth Australian Architectural Convention, the exhibition was designed to foster interest in the latest developments in architecture through models and buildings. Botanic Park was the site for pavilions intended to show ‘how beauty and logic can be combined to make more pleasing surroundings for daily living’. The exhibition was covered in national and international architectural journals and in the Australian and overseas press. The Architectural Convention and exhibition of 1956 changed architecture in Adelaide and beyond, introducing contemporary architecture to the South Australian public.
Includes enlarged printed photographic panels from the 1998 retrospective exhibition, as well as research notes and copies of original documents relating to the 1956 exhibition.
See also Cheesman collection (Series S209) for the 1956 Programmes for the Convention and for the Exhibition held in Park Lands, registration, and personal invitations to peers and lists of delegates attending with personal notations; Neighbour collection (Series S294) for original slides, plans and ephemera; Griggs collection (Series S167) for programmes and ephemera, and Hurren collection for programmes.
Data and resources
Other resources collected by the researchers may be available subject to researcher approval. Please contact one of the research collaborators below.
Period covered by the dataset
Start date: |
01 Jan 1956
|
End date: |
31 Dec 1999
|
Access rights
All material held at the UniSA Architecture Museum is subject to copyright protection. Please contact the Architecture Museum staff for more information.
Collection is accessible to researchers and general public. Please make an appointment with the Architecture Museum to arrange access.
Data citation
University of South Australia 2017, 1956 Australian Architectural Convention Exhibition Collection, University of South Australia, viewed 04 October 2024, retrieved from <https://researchoutputs.unisa.edu.au/11541.1/5e93f3a5e9af4927936a36bb5977aefd>.