Architectural drawings, photographs and some associated records relating to the design and construction of the Torbreck residential complex at Highgate Hill, Brisbane. The Torbreck complex was constructed in 1958-1960, and was the first multistoreyed home unit development in Queensland. Rising prominently from the crest of Highgate Hill, Torbreck comprises 150 units spread across an eightstorey garden block and a fourteen-storey tower block, surrounded by landscaped gardens on a one and a half acre site. The complex was designed by Queensland architects A.H. Job and R.P. Froud, whose design ideas and innovative use of old and new materials were adaptations of the post-war International Style, in particular the North American model. At the time of its conception, Torbreck received support from the Queensland Government which considered high-density residential developments of this kind as one possible solution to Brisbane’s emerging suburban sprawl. After construction, the project’s developer, Torbeck Pty Ltd (later Torbreck Home Units Ltd), retained company title over the units. Unit owners became share holders in the company to the value of their unit’s purchase price, an arrangement that has persisted despite the introduction of the more popular strata title option in 1965. Torbreck remains substantially intact and continues to rank as one of Brisbane’s most prominent architectural landmarks.

Research materials, architectural drawings, photographs, manuscript drafts, and correspondence relating to Peter Newell's unpublished University of Queensland M. Arch. thesis The house in Queensland: from first settlement to 1985 (1988) and to four earlier published sketchbooks of Queensland and New South Wales architecture, and material relating to Robyn Boyd.

Accounts book, photocopies of architectural drawings; architectural photos; 35mm slides; black-and-white photographs; scrapbook with press clippings, lecture notes, plans and photographs; office diary; black and white transparencies of architectural plans in cardboard mounts.

Architectural drawings and photographs of residential, commercial, government, industrial, health, education, religious and tourism buildings, as well as various other building types, in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and other locations throughout Queensland. Some projects to which the drawings and photographs relate include the Butterfly House in the South Bank Parklands, Cathedral Square, St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, Admiralty Towers, Chinatown in Fortitude Valley and Park Avenue South Bank.

Copies of drawings of buildings designed by, or in association with, E.H. Oribin.

Architectural drawings, photographic negatives, slides and prints, architectural project files, personal papers and newspaper cuttings relating to John Simpson, primarily from his time with John Simpson Associates.

Architectural drawings of residential and commercial buildings in Brisbane and regional Queensland, mainly hospitals and schools.

The collection contains tracings, drawings, blueprints and linen plans for residential and commercial buildings in Brisbane and regional Queensland. Also includes work of Alexander I Trewern, younger brother of E P Trewern. Includes 38 photographs (20 x 26 cm or smaller), nine oversize photographs (most on paper mounted on board) of buildings by Trewern, including his own house; specifictions for St. Matthew's Anglican Church and the Upper Mt. Gravatt Methodist Church; three envolvopes from the American Face Brick Association with plates for houses; publications relating to houses by G. L. Sutcliffe; and journal cuttings.

Drawings of residential and commercial buildings in Brisbane and regional Queensland. Includes some Blackburne and Gzell plans. The collection includes plans for Twelfth Night Theatre.

Materials relating to the original Bethany Home for the Aged in Rockhampton, Queensland (opened in 1987). Includes architectural drawings, newspaper cuttings and ephemera dating from 1975 to 1978.

In the folder, there are 3 newspaper cuttings relating to the opening of Bethany Home from the Monday 11 December 1978 edition of The Morning Bulletin.

Order of service from the official blessing and opening of Bethany Home and the chapel by the 'Most Rev. BJ Wallace D.D. Bishop of Rockhampton'. Four typescript pages. Dated 10 December 1978.

19 drawings including privacy screens, planter boxes and garden boxes. Job number 1513, drawing numbers 362 and 483-500. 30 x 21 cm.

In the tube there are 17 drawings including floor plans, foundations, plumbing, elevations, sections and planting areas. Job number 1513, drawing numbers 102-182 (incomplete holdings). 60 x 80 cm.