Series 32 - Miscellaneous


Date Range1956 - 1965
Quantity
ProvenanceFaculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Description

This series contains photographs and papers regarding miscellaneous buildings across Australia (including temples, city parks, fences, etc.) and submisssions for the "Looking for the Best" competition (including best avenue, best place to wait, best vertical feature, best supporting feature, etc.) in the 1950s and 1960s. The photographs in this series were published in the Cross-Section newsletter between 1956 and 1965. Notable architects include John R Brogan. Notable photographers include Roy Dunstan.


Inventory Listing

Baha'i Temple, Sydney, NSW.
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Architect: John R Brogan. Cross-Section no. 67, Nov 1958.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 10
Date range 1958
Inventory Identifier CSEC00899 Series 32
Filigree hollow-block floor system introduced by KM Steel Products, Melbourne, Vic.
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Cross-Section no. 69, July 1958.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 15
Date range 1958
Inventory Identifier CSEC01201 Series 32
Best avenue: Royal Parade, Parkville, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best avenue: Royal Parade, Parkville, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 17
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01423 Series 32
Best city park: Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best city park: Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 17
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01424 Series 32
Best place to wait (rustic): Botanic Gardens, South Yarra, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best place to wait (rustic): Botanic Gardens, South Yarra, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 17
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01425 Series 32
Best place to wait (if not expecting anyone): Post Office steps, Elizabeth & Bourke Sts,, Melbourne, Vic.
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Four black and white prints of the best place to wait (if not expecting anyone): Post Office steps, Elizabeth & Bourke Sts,, Melbourne, Vic. The photograph of two men sitting some distance apart is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01426 Series 32
Best Pop Art fence: outside Monte Carlo Reception Rooms, Gardenvale Rd, Gardenvale, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best Pop Art fence: outside Monte Carlo Reception Rooms, Gardenvale Rd, Gardenvale, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01427 Series 32
Best vertical feature: Coop's Shot Tower, Knox Place, off Little La Trobe St, Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best vertical feature: Coop's Shot Tower, Knox Place, off Little La Trobe St, Melbourne, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01428 Series 32
Best supporting feature: doorway at the Physiology Department, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best supporting feature: doorway at the Physiology Department, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01429 Series 32
Best (and only) overhead pedestrian link: Myer walkway, Post Office Place. Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best (and only) overhead pedestrian link: Myer walkway, Post Office Place. Melbourne, Vic. Architect: Tompkins Shaw & Evans. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01430 Series 32
Best arcade: The Block, between Collins, Little Collins & Elizabeth Sts, Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best arcade: The Block, between Collins, Little Collins & Elizabeth Sts, Melbourne, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01431 Series 32
Best anonymous industrial architecture: stone crushing plant, Thomastown, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best anonymous industrial architecture: stone crushing plant, Thomastown, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01432 Series 32
Best pop architecture: Luna Park (Just for Fun), St Kilda, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best pop architecture: Luna Park (Just for Fun), St Kilda, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01433 Series 32
Best "other" architecture: rear of Fairy Caves, Luna Park, St Kilda, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best "other" architecture: rear of Fairy Caves, Luna Park, St Kilda, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01434 Series 32
Best urban "Gothick": Rialto Building, 495 Collins St, Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best urban "Gothick": Rialto Building, 495 Collins St, Melbourne, Vic. Architect: W Pitt, 1890. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01435 Series 32
Best fairy tale post office: Flemington Post Office, Flemington, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best fairy tale post office: Flemington Post Office, Flemington, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01436 Series 32
Best Boom-Time mansion: "Labasa", Manor Grove, Caulfield, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best Boom-Time mansion: "Labasa", Manor Grove, Caulfield, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01437 Series 32
Best Grand Manner Theatre: Princess, Spring St, Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best Grand Manner Theatre: Princess, Spring St, Melbourne, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01438 Series 32
Best Joss House: See-Yup, Palmerston St, South Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best Joss House: See-Yup, Palmerston St, South Melbourne, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01439 Series 32
Best basalt: Carlton & United Breweries, Bouverie St, Carlton, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best basalt: Carlton & United Breweries, Bouverie St, Carlton, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01440 Series 32
Best Jazz Age: Wardrop's, 52 Elizabeth St, Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best Jazz Age: Wardrop's, 52 Elizabeth St, Melbourne, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01441 Series 32
Best Art Nouveau: Selbourne Chambers, Cnr Wellington Parade & Simpson St, East Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best Art Nouveau: Selbourne Chambers, Cnr Wellington Parade & Simpson St, East Melbourne, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01442 Series 32
Best backside: rear elevation of Palais Pictures, St Kilda, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best backside: rear elevation of Palais Pictures, St Kilda, is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01443 Series 32
Best street light: beside the Law Courts, off Lonsdale St, Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best street light: beside the Law Courts, off Lonsdale St, Melbourne, is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01444 Series 32
Best warehouses: e.g. Seppelt & Son, 562 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best warehouses: e.g. Seppelt & Son, 562 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01445 Series 32
Best odd clock: above Spencer Street Station, Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best odd clock: above Spencer Street Station, Melbourne, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01446 Series 32
Best all night pavement café: The Pieteria, Flinders St, Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of the best all night pavement café: The Pieteria, Flinders St, Melbourne, Vic. This is one of twenty-five photographs published in "Looking for the Best" Cross-Section no. 150, Apr 1965.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CSEC01447 Series 32
John Overall, architect.

One black and white print of a photographic portrait of John Overall, architect. This photograph was published in Cross-Section no. 65, Mar 1958.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1958
Inventory Identifier CSEC01457 Series 32
Prototype aluminium public telephone cabinet, Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of a prototype aluminium public telephone cabinet, Melbourne, Vic. The cabinet was designed by the Postmaster General's Department and photographer: John Jansson. This photograph was published in Cross-Section no. 128, June 1963.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1963
Inventory Identifier CSEC01458 Series 32
Tree destruction, Melbourne, Vic.
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One black and white print of tree destruction, Melbourne, Vic. The photograph was published in Cross-Section no. 13, Nov 1953.

Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1953
Inventory Identifier CSEC01467 Series 32
George Molnar drawings
Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1956
Inventory Identifier CSEC01481 Series 32
M.V. Kangaroo
Creator Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Control Folder 18
Date range 1963
Inventory Identifier CSEC01482 Series 32

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