Bound volume detailing the bulk of the works of James Peter Birrell while he worked for the Brisbane City Council from 1955 to 1961. Mackee conducted this research with a grant by the University of Queensland's Department of Architecture Vacation Scholarship, with additional assistance by Peter Powell of the Brisbane City Council's Architecture Branch and Don Watson from UQ Department of Architecture. Not all buildings Birrell was associated with during his tenure at the Brisbane City Council are in this work. Each building (new or an addition) includes details of the client, the architect, builder, and construction material. References for this information are also detailed. There are 296 black and white images have been pasted in including: architectural plans from the BCC; models, construction photographs, and completed building. Not all buildings have images.