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- 1962-1963 (Creation)
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1052 slides : colour ; 35mm.
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Former partner and director of Queensland architecture practice Fulton Trotter Architects. Trotter joined the practice, previously known as Fulton, Collin, Job in 1951 and was made a partner in 1962. He designed some of Queensland’s most iconic and enduring buildings including International House and Schonell Theatre at the University of Queensland, Tower Mill Hotel, Twin Towns Services Club and Club Banora. Climate, geometry and innovative construction techniques informed Trotter's design approach. Apart from his architectural practice, he lectured at the Queensland Institute of Technology (QIT) for 19 years.
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Two albums of 1052 35mm colour slides taken by Stephen Trotter during his Sisalkraft Travel Scholarship. The scholarship of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) was awarded to Trotter in 1963. The publication that was a required outcome of the scholarship was Cities in the Sun, a travelogue documenting the relationship between architecture and climate.
Album 1: Singapore (31 slides), Kuala Lumpur (41 slides), Hong Kong (40 slides), Bangkok (22 slides), India (83 slides), Agra (9 slides), Tehran and Istanbul (32 slides), Athens (29 slides), Rome and Milan (43 slides), Venice and Switzerland (44 slides), Hamburg and Copenhagen (28 slides), Malmo and Paris (34 slides), London and Fareham (38 slides), Salisbury to Wells (18 slides), Stratford-upon-Avon and Coventry (3 slides), Wells to Maryport, West England, Eireland (30 slides), Scotland (27 slides).
Album 2: Oxford and Cambridge (22 slides), Madrid and Toledo (33 slides), Lisbon (43 slides), New York (29 slides), Miami (5 slides), Kingston (3 slides), Caracus (35 slides), Brasilia (11 slides), Rio (4 slides), Sao Paulo (25 slides), Lima (13 slides), Mexico (33 slides), USA (23 slides), Los Angeles (19 slides), San Francisco (11 slides), Honolulu (3 slides), Tahiti (8 slides), Unidentified (180 slides).
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Unrestricted access.
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- English
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Trotter, S (1964). Cities in the sun. St. Regis - A.C.I. Pty Ltd.
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Revised, Linda Justo, 13-Dec-2022. Created, KK, 27-Nov-2020.