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Robin Gibson Papers

  • UQFL638
  • Collection
  • 1955-2011

Architectural drawings, job files, photographs, renderings, correspondence and awards relating to the architectural practice of Robin Gibson and his firm Robin Gibson and Partners. The largest component of the collection consists of architectural drawings and associated job files created by Gibson's practice. Most of the items in the collection were created by Gibson and his partners and staff. Other creators are named when their identity is known.

Gibson, Robin, 1930-2014

Job files

Administrative records relating to architectural design and consultancy jobs undertaken by Robin Gibson and Partners. Records include correspondence, design briefs, specifications, copies of contracts, costings, concept sketches, architectural drawings, reports, submissions and some photographs. Major projects documented in this series include the successive stages of the Queensland Cultural Centre, the Queensland Conservatorium of Music at South Bank, restoration of and extensions to St Stephen's Cathedral, and the Australian Parliament House design competition. The series also contains files of newspaper and journal articles relating to Brisbane architecture and projects for which Robin Gibson and Partners was responsible.

Robin Gibson and Partners

Queensland Cultural Centre - Melbourne Street, South Brisbane

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, schedules of fees, budgets, costings, copies of contracts and planing briefs relating to the Queensland Cultural Centre project located on Melbourne Street along the banks of the Brisbane River at South Brisbane. This file includes documents relating to the Cultural Centre development as a whole, as well as specfic stages and components, including the Queensland Museum, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland Performing Arts Complex and the State Library of Queensland.

National Archives Headquarters - Canberra

Correspondence, sketches, a Design Study, photographic slides, copies of newspaper articles and financial records relating to the competition for a design for the National Archives of Australia Headquarters in Canberra.

Brisbane River Committee

'Study Report of the Brisbane River Committee' Draft Number 2, and correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes of the Brisbane River Committee, and notes, reports, sketches and newspaper cuttings relating to the river and the work of the Committee.

Double Island Memorial - Great Barrier Reef

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, sketches, copies of newspaper articles, draft legislation and other documents relating to a proposed project to create a memorial to the Battle of the Coral See at Double Island, located off the coast of Buchan Point between Cairns and Point Douglas.The file includes copies of a study by Robin Gibson and Partners on the proposal to create a memorial on the island.

Queensland Cultural Centre Stage 5 - Playhouse - South Brisbane

Records relating to The Playhouse, Stage 5 of the Queensland Cultural Centre development. Consists of correspondence, submissions, newsletters, copies and original cuttings of newspaper articles, notes, a drawing register, memoranda of fees, lists of fees, project memoranda, invoices, a deed of release and settlement, a design brief, design data, drawings and a copy of 'QCC Development Strategy 2000'.

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