Walter Burley Griffin Lecture

Ivanhoe. Walter Burley Griffin House. 21 Glenard Drive.
Source: J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.  

Heidelberg Historical Society member Steven Barlow grew up in the shadow of the Essendon City Council's incinerator, one of a dozen curious such buildings designed by Walter Burley Griffin.  He has maintained a life long interest in the Griffins and in architectural history.

Steven will give an illustrated talk on the breadth of the work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, including that in Heidelberg, and the influences on their remarkable lives and beliefs at the upcoming meeting of the Heidelberg Historical Society, 13 December 2016 at the Uniting Church Community Centre, Ivanhoe.

Burley Griffin Exhibition

2013 marks the centenary of Canberra. The original design was conceived by a distinguished Chicago architect and rendered on fabric panels by his talented architect wife.

The Heidelberg Historical Society is presenting an exhibition: Against the forces:  Walter Burley Griffin Marion Mahony Griffin, to honour this couple who designed our capital city and at one time lived in Eaglemont.  It pays tribute to the Canberra project and their other work which spanned three continents during the first half of the 20th Century.

Walter Burley Griffin (1876-1937) and Marion Mahony Griffin (1871-1961) practised at the margins of mainstream design and saw themselves as battling for the cause of modern architecture against the forces of reaction. Both their aesthetic and their views on how people should live have resonance in today’s society.

The exhibition includes photographs, maps, drawings, books and other material sourced from the collections of Heidelberg Historical Society and elsewhere. It is being held at the Heidelberg Historical Society Museum, old Courthouse, Jika street, Heidelberg open Sunday March 10 through every Sunday to November 2013.

Open day for Walter Burley Griffin House in Eaglemont

You are invited to visit the Walter Burley Griffin house at 52 Darebin Street, Heidelberg this Sunday December 6. Part of an Open Day of buildings designed by the architectural partnership of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney Griffin.