| City | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Founded | 1853 |
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| Website | www.batessmart.com |
Bates Smart is an architectural firm with studios in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, 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]
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, 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, Jeffery Copolov, Cian Davis, Mark Healey, Guy Lake, Mathieu le Sueur, Kellie Payne, Brenton Smith, Philip Vivian and Karen Wong.
Notable projects
| Completed | Firm name | Project name | Location | Award | Notes |
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| 1864 | Joseph Reed (1853) | Melbourne Public Library | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | ||
| 1866 | Reed & Barnes (1862) | Independent Church | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | [7] | |
| 1867 | Melbourne Town Hall | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |||
| 1869 | Rippon Lea | Elsternwick, VIC, Australia | |||
| 1874 | Scots' Church | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |||
| 1880 | Melbourne International Exhibition Building | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |||
| 1882 | Wilson Hall | University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |||
| Reed Henderson & Smart (1883) | |||||
| Reed Smart & Tappin (1890) | |||||
| Smart Tappin & Peebles (1906) | |||||
| 1913 | Bates Peebles & Smart (1907) | Reading Room, Melbourne Public Library | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | ||
| Bates & Smart (1922) | |||||
| 1932 | Bates Smart & McCutcheon (1926) | AMP Building | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | [8] | |
| 1933 | Buckley & Nunn's Men's Store | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |||
| 1938 | MLC Building | Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| 1956 | Wilson Hall | University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia | [9] | ||
| 1957 | MLC Building, North Sydney | , NSW, Australia | [10][11] | ||
| 1958 | ICI House | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | [12] | ||
| 1969 | Australian Embassy | Washington D.C. USA | |||
| 1969 | AMP Square and St James Building | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | In collaboration with SOM | ||
| 1978 | Metropolitan Fire Brigade Headquarters | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |||
| 1980 | Collins Place | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | In collaboration with I.M. Pei | ||
| 1992 | Melbourne Central | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | In collaboration with Kisho Kurokawa | ||
| 1997 | Bates Smart (since 1995) | Crown Entertainment Complex | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | In collaboration with Perrott Lyon Mathieson & Daryl Jackson Pty Ltd | |
| 2000 | Pier 8/9 | Walsh Bay, NSW, Australia | |||
| 2001 | The Melburnian | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | In collaboration with HPA Architects | ||
| 2002 | Federation Square including the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |||
| 2006 | 55 Miller Street | Pyrmont, NSW, Australia | |||
| 2010 | Mid City, 420 George Street | Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| 2010 | Crown Metropol | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |||
| 2011 | The Royal Children's Hospital | Parkville, VIC, Australia | In Collaboration with Billard Leece Partnership, with HKS as International Advisor | ||
| 2013 | 171 Collins Street | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |||
| 2013 | Dandenong Mental Health Facility | Dandenong, VIC, Australia | In collaboration with Irwin Alsop | ||
| 2014 | 180 Thomas Street | Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| 2014 | The Kensington Colleges | University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia | |||
| 2015 | School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering | University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia | |||
| 2015 | Canberra Airport Hotel | Canberra, ACT, Australia | |||
| 2017 | 35 Spring Street | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |||
References
- ^ "Collaborator: Bates Smart". Open House Melbourne. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ "165 Years of Enduring Architecture Founded in 1853 by Joseph Reed, Bates Smart Is One of Australia’S Oldest Redefining Density Architectural Firms". Docslib. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ "Bates Smart, 150 Years Of Australian Architecture by Bates Smart Architects - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ Letter from Bates Smart & McCutcheon Pty Ltd. https://www.loreto.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/William-Brittain-Tappin-bio.pdf
- ^ Goad, Philip (2012). Encyclopaedia of Australian Architects. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. pp. 586–588.
- ^ Goad, Philip (2004). Bates Smart: 150 years of Australian Architecture. Australia: Thames and Hudson.
- ^ Saunders, David. "Reed, Joseph (1823? - 1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Australian National University. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ "AMP Building". Victorian Heritage Database. Archived 11 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Wilson Hall". Victorian Heritage Database. Archived 19 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "OUR GIANT BUILDING". The Argus (Melbourne). 13 May 1955. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2018. – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/reports/report_place_local/391#:~:text=ICI%20House%20on%20the%20corner%20of%20Albert%20and,in%20height%20controls%20in%20the%20city%20of%20Melbourne.
- ^ "AIA Awards: Federation Square". Australian Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ "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.