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SA Architects and Their Works Research
The Architects of South Australia database is the public face of the South Australian Architects and their Works project which was undertaken by a team of academic researchers from the Architecture Museum, Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design, University of South Australia, with funding from the Department for Environment and Heritage. A project Reference Group guided the selection of architects for research. The research team has organised the development of the online ...
SA School of Mines and Industries Collection
Contains 11 series of material related to the SA School of Mines and Industies (subsequently known as School of Architecture at the University of South Australia). Includes student work of merit, pieces from various architects who designed the buildings which house the University of South Australia, some engineering drawings, and some drawings passed on to the Architecture Museum by staff.
SAWLEY, John Research Collection
Contains a single series of material related to the South Australian architect, John Sawley. Includes ozalid prints and drawings drawings for a residence for F. O'Connor by Kenneth Milne, Boehm, Ellis and Bulbeck at Toorak Gardens, South Australia in the 1950s. Also includes research notes.
SCHENK, John Collection
Contains 7 series of material related to the career of John R. Schenk. Includes correspondence, material on plenwood systems, material on log systems, information on design competitions, material on the Significant 20th Century Architecture Project, and student work.
SCHUMACHER, Colin Collection
The Schumacher collection contains a single series of material related to the career of architect, Colin Schumacher. Includes architectural drawings and plans from works drawn up by Colin Schumacher from 1956 to 1959, various student notes, drafting tools and instruments; and books on drafting and drawing practice.
SCOTT, Philip Earle
The Scott collection comprises biographical material, correspondence, media clippings and photographs.
SEDGLEY, Walter Collection
Contains 26 series of material related to the career of Walter J. M. Sedgley. Includes a drawing of the Adelaide University Union Building from 1927; various architectural drawings; blueprints of Dept. of Defence Furniture; architectural prints of Brisbane Town Hall; calculations and notes on various projects.; calculations for a grain silo; a copy of a drawing of a coat of arms; correspondence and reports by Sedgley as consultant building surveyor 1961-63; correspondence drafts and reports; ...
SIMPSON, Peter and Marjorie Collection
Contains 2 series of material related to the career of Peter Crawford Simpson and Marjorie Constance Simpson (nee White). Includes architectural drawings of student work by Peter Simpson completed at Sydney Technical College between 1942 and 1949, architectural work for domestic buildings by the firms Simpson and Shepherd, and later Simpson and Simpson. Also includes documents pertaining to Marjorie Simpson's Directorship of the Small Homes Service of South Australia, including correspondence, ...
SMITH, Chris Collection
Contains a single series of material related to the career of South Australian architect, Christopher Arthur (Chris) Smith. Includes a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, programmes and ephemera relating to buildings designed by Chris A. Smith c.1921-1939. Also includes a book on Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture and a folio on the architectural orders.
SMITH, Mervyn Collection
Contains 10 series of material related to the career of Australian architect, Mervyn Ashmore Smith. Includes Student work (Newcastle Technical College), primarily 1927-34; Apprenticeship, 1925-29,work with J.P, Gannon, 1935-3; work with the Department of Works and Local Government, Sydney, 1938-41; work with the Department of Works, Adelaide, 1941-49; Town-planning work, primarily Newcastle and district, 1949-52; work with the Department of Works, Adelaide, 1953-69; Private work, 1927-c.1960; ...
South Australian Home Builders' Club Collection
Contains a single series of material related to records of the South Australian Home Builders' Club (SABHC), including minute books, labour records, and correspondence files. Also includes individual members’ records such as copies of house plans, photographs, newspaper and magazine cuttings and ephemera.