Author: peterfreeman
-
2011 • Halvorsen project Mossy Point NSW
PROPOSED ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS MOSSY POINT NSW This project involved sketch planning for proposed additions and alterations to a small cottage in Mossy Point NSW
-
2011 • The Architects of Albert Hall Canberra
A TALK ABOUT THE ARCHITECTS RESPONSIBLE FOR CANBERRA’S ALBERT HALL Early in 1926, the Chairman of the Federal Capital Commission, John Henry Butters wrote a memorandum to the Rt. Hon. G F Pearce, Minister for Home and Territories, regarding the need for a new Assembly Hall in Canberra. Butters envisaged a hall equivalent to the…
-
2009-2011 • Encyclopaedia of Australian Architecture
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE GUEST CONTRIBUTOR Peter Freeman was a contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Australian Architecture, published late in 2011. The Freeman entries were ‘The Australian Homestead’, ‘The Verandah’, and brief entries on the architects Malcolm Moir + Heather Sutherland, the architect and artist Henry Maitland Rolland, and the architect Cuthbert Whitley.
-
2011 • Grant Crescent Griffith ACT Options Study
ADVICE AND OPTIONS REPORT FOR A GRANT CRESCENT GRIFFITH ACT PROPERTY This advice and options report was prepared in response to a brief from the owners Richard and Meredith Highfield. The advice relates to the architectural and heritage values of the Grant Crescent property, to its current condition and setting, and provides recommendations about potential…
-
2011 • City Hill / Northbourne Avenue Precinct Master Plan ACT
STATEMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT OF AN URBAN DESIGN RESPONSE FOR THE PUBLIC REALM OF NORTHBOURNE AVENUE AND CITY HILL IN CANBERRA CITY The purpose of the master plan was to provide a comprehensive urban design response for the public realm of Northbourne Avenue and City Hill in Canberra City. In order to appropriately respond to the…
-
2006-2011 • Civic Square Precinct Final CMP
FINALISATION OF THE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE CIVIC SQUARE PRECINCT IN CIVIC ACT 2006-2011 With the completion of the 2006 draft final Conservation Management Plan for the precinct [see earlier post], further extensive comment was received from the Civic Square stakeholders, however incorporation of this additional comment and information into the draft final Plan…
-
2009-2011 • Castles / Dunn House at Lilli Pilli NSW
DESIGN AND OVERSIGHT OF THE CASTLES / DUNN RESIDENCE AT LILLI PILLI NSW This project involved the design and oversight of a new house for Don Castles and Christine Dunn at Lilli Pilli in association with Pip Smith. The construction was by Smith + Primmer contractors. The design was informed by the constraints of the…
-
2003-2012 • Restoration of ‘Mulberry’ Moruya NSW
RESTORATION OF ‘MULBERRY’ GUNDARY HILL, MORUYA NSW We purchased ‘Mulberry’ in Moruya in 2003, although it was simply an old timber house on a large property at a street address at the time we purchased. Over the next seven years Tanny and I have turned the former rural property on Gundary Hill west of the…
-
2009-2012 • NSW Maritime Ferry Wharf Upgrade Project
HERITAGE ASSESSMENTS AND STATEMENTS OF HERITAGE IMPACT ARE PART OF THE SYDNEY HARBOUR WHARVES UPGRADE PROGRAM The Heritage Assessments and Statements of Heritage Impact are a component of the Sydney Harbour Wharves Upgrade Program. Group GSA [architects and urban planners] have been engaged by NSW Maritime to develop concept design solutions for the upgrade of…
-
2011 • A Small Apartment in Casoli Italy
A SMALL APARTMENT IN CASOLI, IN THE ABRUZZI REGION OF ITALY In 2011 we purchased a small apartment in Casoli, in the Chieti Province, within the Abruzzi region of Italy. We purchased the apartment from our friend the Moruya market gardener Antonio Porreca, whose family have a long history in Casoli and the Abruzzi. We…