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Bates Smart

Bates Smart

Architectural firm based in Melbourne, Australia

Bates Smart is an architectural firm with studios in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1853 by Joseph Reed, it is one of Australia's oldest architectural firms.[1] Over the decades, the firm's practices involving architecture, interior design, urban design, strategy, sustainability and research, have been responsible for some of Australia’s most recognizable buildings.[2]

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History

Joseph Reed, born in 1823 in Cornwall, England, established his firm upon his arrival in Melbourne in 1853, and in 1863, joined with British architect Frederick Barnes, renaming his practice to Reed & Barnes. Their name is linked to many of the major buildings of nineteenth-century Melbourne,[3] including the Melbourne Public Library (now known as the State Library of Victoria), Melbourne Town hall, Rippon Lea, Elsternwick, and Scots Church.[2] The Melbourne International Exhibition building is one of the most notable buildings to be completed by Reed & Barnes.[3]

In 1883 Barnes retired, and A. Henderson and Francis Smart joined Joseph Reed as partners to create Reed, Henderson & Smart. In 1890 Reed died, Henderson withdrew, and William Tappin joined, creating Reed Smart & Tappin.[4] In 1907, N. G. Peebles joined, creating Smart Tappin & Peebles, but with the rapid departure of Tappin, and addition of E. A. Bates, the firm became known as Bates Pebble & Smart the next year.[5] After Peebles died in 1923, the firm became Bates Smart McCutcheon in 1926 when Osborn McCutcheon became a partner; he remained Principal Partner until his retirement. Since 1995 the firm has been known simply as Bates Smart.[6]

The current directors are Matthew Allen, Julian Anderson, Jefferey Copolov, Cian Davis, Mark Healey, Guy Lake, Mathieu le Sueur, Kellie Payne, Brenton Smith, Philip Vivian and Karen Wong.

Notable projects

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  • State Library of Victoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne
  • St Michael's Uniting Church, Collins Street, Melbourne
  • Melbourne Trades Hall, Carlton
  • The Scots' Church, Collins Street, Melbourne
  • Melbourne Town Hall, Collins Street
  • A.C. Goode House, Melbourne
  • The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
  • Former AMP Building, now ANZ Royal Branch
  • St Paul's Cathedral, Flinders Street
  • Wesley Church, Melbourne
  • Ormond College Clock Tower, University of Melbourne
  • Former Metropolitan Gas Company building on Flinders Street, Melbourne
  • Holy Trinity Church, St Kilda
  • Sacred Heart Church, St Kilda
  • Lombard Building
  • Former Mutual Store
  • Melba Hall
  • ICI House, Melbourne (1955–58)
  • Optus Centre (1975)
  • Crown Casino
  • Freshwater Place
  • The Age headquarters, Melbourne (2009)

References

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    Letter from Bates Smart & McCutcheon Pty Ltd. https://www.loreto.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/William-Brittain-Tappin-bio.pdf
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    Goad, Philip (2012). Encyclopaedia of Australian Architects. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. pp. 586–588.
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    Goad, Philip (2004). Bates Smart: 150 years of Australian Architecture. Australia: Thames and Hudson.
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    Saunders, David. "Reed, Joseph (1823? - 1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Australian National University. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
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    "Melba Hall". Victorian Heritage Database. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019.
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    Statement of significance at Heritage Council of Victoria
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    "AMP Building". Victorian Heritage Database. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017.
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    "Second Church of Christ Scientist". Victorian Heritage Database. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019.
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    "Wilson Hall". Victorian Heritage Database. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017.
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    "OUR GIANT BUILDING". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 13 May 1955. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "MLC Building". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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    "MLC Building (Former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00597. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
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    "AIA Awards: Federation Square". Australian Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
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    "AIA Awards: The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square". Australian Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
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    "Projects". Architecture Australia. 88 (5). 1 September 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
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    "AIA Awards: Walsh Bay Redevelopment". Australian Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
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