VPRS 2869 Landmark Competition Drawings

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This series consists of the entries received by the Landmark Competition Committee, Projects Group, Department of the Premier during 1979 for a competition for a Melbourne landmark. The Victorian Government launched the competition in 1978 which sought ideas for a landmark to be constructed in the area of the Jolimont Railway Yards in Melbourne. The competition was publicised worldwide and approximately 2000 entries were subsequently received. There was no clear winner of the competition although 48 entries were identified as possessing some merit. No "landmarks" depicted in the entries were subsequently constructed.

Most of the entries in this series are large drawings which depict the entrants' ideas. Some entries also contain statements drafted by the entrant which explained the concept behind the idea.

Each entry also contains a tear-off strip printed with the official registration number allocated to it. This number was allocated when the entrant obtained the official entry form and not after the actual entry was received.

Registered numbers and names of the 48 entries of merit identified by the Committee were

;1 Gregory Chase, Annandale, N.S.W.

5 William Henry Lempriere, O.B.E., West Melbourne, VIc.

27 Ernst Raahauge, Surfers Paradise, Qld.

265 Russell J. Nowell, South Yarra, Vic.

268 David Brunton and Herman Witte, Brighton, Vic.

270 David Beauchamp and Associates, North Carlton, Vic.

295 D.A. Simpson, Glen Waverley, Vic.

503 Gerhard Diel and Olaf Schutz, Berlin, West Germany.

602 Mr M. Colman and Mr P. Downton, South Oakleigh, Vic.

675 Ronald Stewart Hayles and Rana Lawson Hayles, Camberwell, Vic.

698 John A. Ackerman, Christopher J. Eseman, William G. Hook, Thomas C. Howard, Doug McCallum, Seattle, U.S.A.

728 J.V. Brandt, Brighton, Vic.

744 Jan Kaplicky, David Nixon and Frank Newby St. Georges-Fields, London, England.

784 Clare and Sandy Wright, Camden, London. England,

865 Peter Armstrong and Bryan Hogarth, London, England.

913 Barclay D. Hankin, London, England.

933 David J. Richmond, London, England.

1076 Philippe Sanders, Suresnes, France.

1194 Bernard Simpson, Bromley, Kent, England.

1397 Mrs I. Engstrom, Stockholm, Sweden.

1427 Denton Corker Marshall Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Vic.

1450 Gerald J. Rippon, Chatswood, N.S.W.

1513 T.K. Baumister, Oklahoma City, U.S.A.

1922 Mr P. Hirst, Eaglemont, Vic.

1946 C.A. Blessing, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

1955 Jeffrey Ronald Walker, Albert Park, Vic

2005 Gianni Folci and Romano Artioli, Architects, Varese, Italy.

2064 Professor Denis Henry Desty, British Petroleum Company Ltd., B.P. Research Centre, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, England

2103 Philippe Costard, Paris, France.

2228 S. McIntosh, Stuart McIntosh Pty. Ltd., Kangaroo Point, Qld.

2375 G. Falk, Richmond, Vic.

2388 Peter Jay Zweig, Architect and Prida Komolkiti, Texas A. and M. University, Department of Architecture, Texas, U.S.A.

2404 Jacques Overhoff, San Rafael, California, U.S.A.

2601 Jeffrey Heller, and Richard C. Foster, Piedmont, California, U.S.A.

2611 William Jay Stanley, Long Beach, California, U.S.A.

2666 Professor Friedrich Jordan, Oppenheim, West Germany.

2755 Alley Friends Architects, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

2829 H.S. Hirshberg Jr., Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.

3014 D.J. Westall, Williamstown, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

3056 Francis Parent, Strasbourg, France.

3140 Dr Arch Carlo Wilhelm and Dr Arch Gianfranco Mach Gelatti, Lecco, Italy.

3161 Mr Martin White, Littleton, Winchester, Hants, England.

3485 K. Rohoades, Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

3722 Monsieur Thierry Vide, Paris, France

3734 I.D. Tzvetin, El Cerrito, California, U.S.A.

3750 Kurt Norden, Ormond, Vic.

3841 S. Wiley, Los Angeles. California, U.S.A.

3910 Robinson Loo Wyss and Schneider Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Vic