Robert Smith (Robin) Dods (9 June 1868 – 23 July 1920) was a New Zealand-born Australian
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
.
Personal life
Dods was born in
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
, New Zealand on 9 June 1868. His parents were Robert Smith Dods (a wholesale grocer) and Elizabeth Gray, née Stodart. His parents both came from
Edinburgh
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, Scotland. However, the family did not stay long in New Zealand and returned to Edinburgh in the early 1870s, where his father died in 1876. His mother Elizabeth then immigrated to
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
. On the voyage she met
Charles Ferdinard Marks, a physician, whom she married in Brisbane in 1879. Dods was educated at
Brisbane Grammar School
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. He died at
Edgecliff, Sydney on 23 July 1920. He was the brother of solicitor Stodart Dods and Queensland Medical Officer
Espie Dods. He was the father of eminent
physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
Lorimer Dods
Sir Lorimer Fenton Dods (7 March 19007 March 1981) was a pioneer of specialised health care for children who founded, with assistance from Dr John Fulton and Douglas Burrows, the Children's Medical Research Foundation (now the Children's Medi ...
. He had three half-brothers and a half-sister from his mother's second marriage to Dr Charles Marks. They included
Alexander Marks
Alexander Hammett Marks, (6 August 1880 – 18 January 1954) was an Australian physician and military officer. Serving during the First World War, Marks was mentioned twice in despatches, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order, the Croix ...
and
Edward Marks
Edward Oswald Marks (28 October 1882 – 22 September 1971), was an Australian ophthalmologist. He studied first as a geologist, and then began a second career as an ophthalmologist. His work on preventing trachoma in children was significant i ...
.
Career
Robin Dods worked for the following architectural firms:
* Hay & Henderson (Edinburgh)
* Sir
Aston Webb
Sir Aston Webb (22 May 1849 – 21 August 1930) was a British architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other major works around England, many of them in par ...
(London)
*
Hall & Dods
Hall & Dods was an architectural partnership in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The partners were Francis Richard Hall and Robin Dods and the partnership lasted from 1896 to 1913.
Works
Works of the partnership include:
* Australian Mercantile ...
(Brisbane)
* Spain, Cosh & Dods (Sydney)
Dods' period of activity in
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
between 1896 and 1916 place him firmly within what is now known as the
Federation
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period. His work however has its origins clearly in the
Arts and Crafts movement which swept Britain from the 1870s. Its influence was felt there right up until the beginning of World War I.
Robin Dods was a gifted and capable designer, and was well connected. His surgeon stepfather, Dr
Charles Ferdinand Marks
Charles Ferdinand Marks (1852-1941) was a physician and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Politics
Charles Marks was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 8 November 1888. A ...
, and his uncle,
James Stodart
James Stodart (1849–1922) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Politics
James Stodart was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Logan in a by-election on 15 August 1 ...
, were both members of the
Queensland Parliament
The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. As provided under the Constitution of Queensland, the Parliament consists of the Monarch of Australia and the Legislative Assembly. It has been the only unicameral s ...
, in its Upper and Lower houses respectively. Like them, he was admitted into the Protestant power base of the
Queensland Club
Queensland Club is a heritage-listed club house at 19 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1882 to 1888 by J Smith & Sons. It was added to t ...
. This was a great asset in building a successful career. Dods was also a founding member of the Brisbane Golf Club and designed its first and second club houses.
Hall & Dods were architects in
Queensland
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for several national enterprises including the
AMP Society
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, the
Bank of New South Wales
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, the
New Zealand Insurance
NZI or New Zealand Insurance is a major insurance company in New Zealand. NZI was formed in Auckland by 1859 as the New Zealand Insurance Company and is one of New Zealand's largest and longest-serving fire and general insurance brands.
In a ...
Co, JC Hutton & Co, the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company, the Engineering Supply Company of Australia as well as several local
department store
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s. For such clients there was the likelihood of repeat commissions, many of which eventuated.
Within the original firm John Hall began in 1864, and the next incarnation, there was an established client base, although many new clients were secured by Dods. Through Dods’ links with the medical profession, Hall & Dods became architects for both of the major hospitals in Brisbane at the time. For the
Brisbane General Hospital
The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) is a tertiary public hospital located in Herston, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is operated by Metro North Health, part of the Queensland Health network. The hospital has 929 bed ...
, where Dods’ stepfather was visiting surgeon and his uncle was chairman of the Hospital Board, Hall & Dods were commissioned for some 10 projects. The
Sisters of Mercy
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also employed Hall & Dods to design a new hospital at
South Brisbane
South Brisbane is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , South Brisbane had a population of 7,196 people.
Geography
The suburb is on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, bounded to the north-west, ...
— the
Mater Misericordiae Hospital. From 1908 the first four buildings were designed and built under the firm's supervision.
An ambitious chapel for the sisters was also designed but not built. Dods designed most of the projects emanating from the partnership. These included a number of modern and distinctive houses in timber for a handful of doctors and other professional clients (often also his friends), several graziers, as well as private residences for his commercial clients. It was through the design of these houses that his reputation largely survives.
Dods visited the Continent in 1891 for a study tour of Italy. It was in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
that he met
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdo ...
, who was also travelling to fulfil the terms of the
Alexander Thomson
Alexander "Greek" Thomson (9 April 1817 – 22 March 1875) was an eminent Scottish architect and architectural theorist who was a pioneer in sustainable building. Although his work was published in the architectural press of his day, it was ...
Scholarship which he had won the previous year. Macintosh was destined to be recognised as one of the pioneers of the
Modern Movement
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, and this meeting could have influenced Dods' architectural outlook.
Robin Dods died on 23 July 1920, and was buried in the
South Head Cemetery
The South Head General Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery located at 793 Old South Head Road, Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1845 to 1950. It is also known as Old South Head Cemetery and the South Head Cemetery. The ...
. At the age of 52, a busy and useful life was thus cut short, and a distinguished architect passed on, to leave in Queensland a legacy of outstanding achievement in the development of its architecture.
[''Robin S. Dods The Life and Work of a Distinguished Queensland Architect'']
by Neville H. Lund
Practice in Sydney
Although he had been so busy and successful in
Brisbane
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, Dods felt that his architectural future in this city was limited.
His ambition made him anxious to break into the larger commercial work offering in the south. In 1913 he terminated his partnership with Francis Hall and went to Sydney to join the firm of Spain and Cosh.
Little is now known of Dods' architectural activity in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
. He built for himself a house at
Edgecliff, described by a contemporary as "charming in its quiet
Georgian
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character, well planned, and forming an attractive setting for the antique furniture he had collected for many years."
The Newcastle Club, from the offices of Spain and Cosh, is certainly Dods' work, as it exhibits many features characteristic of his Queensland domestic architecture. The largest known work in Sydney that was substantially of Dods' design was the South British Insurance Coy. Ltd. building, at the corner of O'Connell and
Hunter Streets.
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Domestic work
"A modern house is like matrimony in this, that it is most frequently assailed by those who have failed to attain it for themselves."[
Robin Dods achieved early recognition of his domestic work. His houses, when built, were soon noticed and admired. His clients were evidently people with means, since a great bulk of his Brisbane houses were in the wealthy suburbs of ]Clayfield
Clayfield is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Clayfield had a population of 10,555 people.
Geography
Clayfield is by road from the Brisbane GPO. Clayfield is bordered to the north by Nundah, to the east by ...
and New Farm
New Farm is an inner northern riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , New Farm had a population of 12,542 people.
Geography
The suburb is located 2 kilometres east of the Brisbane CBD on a large bend of the ...
. There is also a Dods house in Charleville and another in Reynella, South Australia. In two known cases only did he design cottage-type houses. These were two groups of three, and evidently designed for clients who were investing in real estate.
Designing to suit the climate was a primary consideration with him. Planning suited the prevailing north-east breeze, and a generous area of wide verandah
A veranda or verandah is a roofed, open-air gallery or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure.
Although the form ''veran ...
shaded the living and bedroom areas of his houses. His belief that an insulating layer of air over the house was essential gave rise to the characteristic high-pitched roof ventilated by gablets and neat lanterns.[
The Robin Dods Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) was established in his honour by the Queensland chapter of the ]Australian Institute of Architects
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Commercial work
As with his domestic work, Dods' commercial architecture is easily recognised. Again wherever possible he attempted to design for the climate, and his best work shows spacious planning and good ventilation. Soaring real estate
Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...
values have made much of his planning now seem wasteful, but in any evaluation of his work it must be remembered that he worked in a comparatively small city whose commercial expansion has exceeded even the dreams of the then most visionary businessmen.
Even in Brisbane, commercial buildings
Commercial property, also called commercial real estate, investment property or income property, is real estate (buildings or land) intended to generate a profit, either from capital gains or rental income. Commercial property includes office b ...
have a transitory life, so that of the many buildings designed by the architect a number of them have been demolished, added to, or
altered out of all recognition. By and large, Dods' commercial work was not inspiring, but several of his buildings were significant, advanced for their time, and well worthy of further study.
Works
His architectural works include:
* 4BC House 30-38 Wharf St, Brisbane City, Queensland (destroyed)
* Albury Civic Fire Station, 565 Kiewa Street, Albury
Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...
, New South Wales[
* All Hallows Convent and School, 547 Ann Street, ]Fortitude Valley, Queensland
Fortitude Valley (often called "The Valley" by local residents) is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. In the , Fortitude Valley had a population of 9,708 people. The suburb features two pedestri ...
* All Saints Memorial Church
All Saints Memorial Church is a historic Episcopal church at 674 Westminster Street in Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island. The current church building, a large brownstone structure with a flat-topped tower, was designed by architect Edwa ...
, Tamrookum Church Road, Tamrookum, Queensland
Tamrookum is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Tamrookum had a population of 91 people.
Geography
The Mount Lindesay Highway traverses Tamrookum from north ( Laravale) to south ( Innisplain) and forms ...
* Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Woolstores
Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Woolstores is a heritage-listed former warehouse now apartments at 34 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Designed by Robin Dods of Hall and Dods, the first woolstore was bui ...
, 34 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe, Queensland
Teneriffe is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, north-east of the CBD. In the , Teneriffe had a population of 5,335 people.
Teneriffe was once an important wool trading hub and was the location of Australia's largest submari ...
* Brisbane General Hospital Group 20-30 Bowen Bridge Road, Herston, Queensland
Herston is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Herston had a population of 2,215 people.
Geography
Herston is located by car north of the Brisbane GPO.
The area of Herston includes the Herston Health Pr ...
* Brisbane Grammar School
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(Honour Boards), 24 Gregory Terrace
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Geography
Gregory Terrace commences at an intersection with Wickham Terrace and College Road in Spring Hill (). It travels in a north-easterly direction through Spring Hill, Fortitu ...
, Spring Hill, Queensland
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Geography
Spring Hill is located north of the central business district. Parts of Spring Hill can ...
Brunoy
144-146 Beecroft Road, Beecroft, New South Wales
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B ...
* Church House
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, 417 Ann Street, Brisbane
* Corbett and Son Store
Corbett and Son Store is a heritage-listed store at 446-452 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Robin Dods and built in 1908. It is also known as Diamonds Dry Cleaners, Isis Restauran ...
, 446-452 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland
Fortitude Valley (often called "The Valley" by local residents) is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. In the , Fortitude Valley had a population of 9,708 people. The suburb features two pedestri ...
* Cressbrook Homestead
Cressbrook Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at off Cressbrook-Caboombah Road, Cressbrook, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1841 to 1914. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
His ...
, off Cressbrook-Caboombah Road, Toogoolawah
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Geography
Toogoolawah is in South East Queensland. Toogoolawah is a centre for gliding and parach ...
, Queensland
* Eagle Farm Racecourse
Eagle Farm Racecourse is a heritage-listed horse racing venue in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located at the northern end of Racecourse Road in the suburb of Ascot, from the Brisbane central business district.
The turf track is wi ...
(St Leger Stand), 230 Lancaster Road, Ascot, Queensland
Ascot is a north-east suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ascot had a population of 5,777 people.
Geography
Ascot is characterised by large Queenslander homes and is located approximately north-east of Brisbane ...
* Espie Dods House
Espie Dods House is a heritage-listed detached house at 97 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by architect Robin Dods for his brother Espie Dods and was built . It is also known as "Ritas at ...
, 97 Wickham Terrace
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Geography
Wickham Terrace commences at the western corner of the intersection of Ann Street and Whar ...
, Spring Hill, Queensland
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Geography
Spring Hill is located north of the central business district. Parts of Spring Hill can ...
Fenton and Garden
8 Albert Street, Edgecliff, New South Wales
Edgecliff is a small suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Edgecliff is located 4 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollah ...
Fire Station (Former)
932-934 Bourke Street, Zetland, New South Wales
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Zetland is part of the Green Square Town Centre district ...
* Franklyn Vale Homestead
Franklyn Vale Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at Franklin Vale Road, Mount Mort, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built in the early 1870s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
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(summerhouse only), Franklin Vale Road, Grandchester, Queensland
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Geography
Grandchester is located west of the Brisbane CBD.
The district historical ...
* Glengariff (1907 additions), 5 Derby Street, Hendra, Queensland
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Geography
Hendra lies roughly six kilometres north-east of Brisbane central business district. The streets of Hendra are line ...
Guildford Fire Station
263 Guildford Road, Guildford, New South Wales
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* Johnson's Building, 64-70 Palmerin Street, Warwick, Queensland
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Killara
92 Windermere Road, Ascot, Queensland
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Geography
Ascot is characterised by large Queenslander homes and is located approximately north-east of Brisbane ...
* Kitawah, 59 Heath St, East Brisbane, Queensland
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Geography
East Brisbane is located south-east of the CBD. It is mostly residential, with some s ...
* Lady Lamington Nurses Home
The Royal Brisbane Hospital Nurses' Homes are heritage-listed accommodation for nurses at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston Road, Herston, Queensland, Herston, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1896 to 1939. It inclu ...
, 282 Herston Road, Herston, Queensland
Herston is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Herston had a population of 2,215 people.
Geography
Herston is located by car north of the Brisbane GPO.
The area of Herston includes the Herston Health Pr ...
* Lyndhurst, 3 London Road, Clayfield, Queensland
Clayfield is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Clayfield had a population of 10,555 people.
Geography
Clayfield is by road from the Brisbane GPO. Clayfield is bordered to the north by Nundah, to the east by A ...
* Manumbah, 64 Massey Street, Ascot, Queensland
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Geography
Ascot is characterised by large Queenslander homes and is located approximately north-east of Brisbane ...
Mardoc Building
Federal Street, Narrogin, Western Australia
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Mark Foys Warehouse (Former)
133 Goulburn Street, Surry Hills, New South Wales
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* Maryborough City Hall
Maryborough City Hall is a heritage-listed town hall at 388 Kent Street, Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Hall & Dods and built from 1906 to 1908 by Crystall & Armstrong. It is also known as Maryborou ...
, 388 Kent Street, Maryborough, Queensland
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Geography
Maryborough is located on the Mary River in Queensland, Australia, approximate ...
Mater Misericordiae Private and Former Public Hospitals
Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane, Queensland
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Geography
The suburb is on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, bounded to the north-west ...
* Mount Carmel Convent
Mount Carmel Convent is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic former convent at 199 Bay Terrace, Wynnum, Queensland, Wynnum, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Hall & Dods and built in 1915 by William Richard Juster. It wa ...
, 199 Bay Terrace, Wynnum, Queensland
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Wynnum ...
Mudgee Post Office
80 Market Street, Mudgee
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, New South Wales
* Myendetta Homestead
Myendetta Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at Myendetta Station, Bakers Bend, Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Robin Dods and built by Gibbs Brothers of Charleville. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Reg ...
Myendetta Station, Bakers Bend, Shire of Murweh, Queensland
* Ringsfield House, Nanango
Nanango is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nanango had a population of 3,599 people.
Geography
Nanango is situated north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junc ...
, Queensland
* Nindooinbah Homestead (1906 extensions), Nindooinbah House Road, Beaudesert, Queensland
Beaudesert is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Beaudesert had a population of 6,395 people.
Beaudesert is the administrative centre for the Scenic Rim Region.
Geography
Beaudesert is south of ...
* Old Bishopsbourne
Old Bishopsbourne is a heritage-listed house at 233 Milton Road, Milton, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Benjamin Backhouse and built from 1865 to 1959. It is also known as St Francis Theological College and Bishops ...
, 233 Milton Road, Milton, Queensland
Milton is a riverside inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , the population of Milton was 2,274 people.
Geography
Milton is approximately west of the central business district. The suburb is a mixture of light ...
* Old Bishopsbourne Chapel, 233 Milton Road, Milton, Queensland
Milton is a riverside inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , the population of Milton was 2,274 people.
Geography
Milton is approximately west of the central business district. The suburb is a mixture of light ...
* Ralahyne
Ralahyne is a heritage-listed villa at 40 Enderley Road, Clayfield, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George Henry Male Addison and built in 1888 and extended in 1904 to a design by Hall and Dods. It is also known as E ...
(1904 alterations), 40 Enderley Road, Clayfield, Queensland
Clayfield is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Clayfield had a population of 10,555 people.
Geography
Clayfield is by road from the Brisbane GPO. Clayfield is bordered to the north by Nundah, to the east by A ...
* Rangemoor Circa 1910, 165 Adelaide Street East Clayfield, Queensland
Clayfield is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Clayfield had a population of 10,555 people.
Geography
Clayfield is by road from the Brisbane GPO. Clayfield is bordered to the north by Nundah, to the east by A ...
* Narallan, Abbott Street, 41 Abbott Street, New Farm
New Farm is an inner northern riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , New Farm had a population of 12,542 people.
Geography
The suburb is located 2 kilometres east of the Brisbane CBD on a large bend of the ...
, Queensland
* Ruddle's Building, 327 Brunswick Street Mall, Fortitude Valley
Fortitude Valley (often called "The Valley" by local residents) is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. In the , Fortitude Valley had a population of 9,708 people. The suburb features two pedestri ...
, Queensland
* Shafston House
Shafston House is a heritage-listed villa at 23 Castlebar Street, Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Robin Dods and built from 1851 to 1930s. It is also known as Anzac Hostel, Ravenscott, and Shafston International Coll ...
, 23 Castlebar St, Kangaroo Point, Queensland
Kangaroo Point is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kangaroo Point had a population of 8,063 people.
The suburb features two prominent attractions, the Story Bridge and Kangaroo Point Cliffs. At ...
* St Andrew's Anglican Church, Mangerton St, Toogoolawah
Toogoolawah ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toogoolawah had a population of 1,279 people.
Geography
Toogoolawah is in South East Queensland. Toogoolawah is a centre for gliding and parach ...
, Queensland
* St Brigid's Church, 78 Musgrave Road, Red Hill, Queensland
Red Hill is an inner northern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Red Hill had a population of 5,560 people.
Geography
Red Hill is by road north-west of the Brisbane CBD. The suburb is very hilly and mainly residen ...
* St Mark's Anglican Church, Junner Street, Dunwich, Queensland
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* St John's Cathedral :''This list is for St. John the Evangelist Cathedrals. For St. John the Baptist Cathedrals, see St. John the Baptist Cathedral (disambiguation)''
St. John's Cathedral, St. John Cathedral, or Cathedral of St. John, or other variations on the name ...
, 401–413 Ann Street, Brisbane
* TC Beirne Department Store
The TC Beirne Department Store is a heritage-listed former department store at 28 Duncan Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Robin Dods and built in 1902. Further extensions were made through t ...
, 28 Duncan Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland
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* The Deanery (1909-10 verandahs), 417 Ann Street, Brisbane
The Newcastle Club
40 Newcomen Street, Newcastle, New South Wales
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* Theosophical Society Building, 355 Wickham Terrace
Wickham Terrace is one of the historic streets of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is known as the street of private medical specialists.
Geography
Wickham Terrace commences at the western corner of the intersection of Ann Street and Whar ...
, Spring Hill, Queensland
Spring Hill is an inner northern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Spring Hill had a population of 5,974 people.
Geography
Spring Hill is located north of the central business district. Parts of Spring Hill can ...
* Turrawan
Turrawan is a heritage-listed detached house at 8 London Road, Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Robin Dods and built from 1906 onwards. It is also known as Turrawan Private Hospital and Clayfield House. It was add ...
, 8 London Road, Clayfield
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Geography
Clayfield is by road from the Brisbane GPO. Clayfield is bordered to the north by Nundah, to the east by ...
, Queensland
* Wairuna, 27 Hampstead Road, Highgate Hill, Queensland
Highgate Hill is a riverside inner southern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Highgate Hill had a population of 6,194 people.
Geography
Highgate Hill is south of the Brisbane CBD on the Brisbane River, and appro ...
Wattlebrae Hospital Group
(former), 30 Bowen Bridge Road, Herston, Queensland
Herston is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Herston had a population of 2,215 people.
Geography
Herston is located by car north of the Brisbane GPO.
The area of Herston includes the Herston Health Pr ...
* Webber House, 417-19 Ann Street, Brisbane
Willoughby Fire Station
53 Laurel Street, Willoughby, New South Wales
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The City of Wil ...
He designed the school badge for Somerville House
Somerville House is an Independent school, independent, Boarding school, boarding and day school for girls, located in South Brisbane, Queensland, South Brisbane, an inner-city suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Es ...
, a Brisbane private school in 1902.
Styles
He built in the following architectural styles:
* Federation Gothic, Arts and Crafts and Bungalow
* Inter-War Georgian Revival
Gallery
File:Robin Dods' architectural drawing of St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Toogoolawah.jpg, Robin Dods' architectural drawing of St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Toogoolawah
File:St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Toogoolawah.jpg, St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Toogoolawah
File:StateLibQld 1 114832 St John's Cathedral and the Deanery taken from a north-easterly aspect in about 1928.jpg, St John's Cathedral and the Deanery taken from a north-easterly aspect in about 1928
File:StateLibQld 1 120300 Architectural drawing of the house 'Rangemoor'.jpg, Architectural drawing of the house 'Rangemoor'
References
Further reading
Dods, Robin Smith (Robin)
''Australian Dictionary of Biography''
* Domain Photography
* Robert Riddel, ''Art in Architecture: the work of Robin Dods'', Brisbane, URO Media, 2012
Robin Dods: An introduction
August 8, 2012, ''Australian Design Review''
* R. Boyd, ''Australia's Home'' (Melbourne, 1952)
* P. Cox and H. Tanner (eds), ''Twelve Australian Architects'' (Sydney, 1979)
* JRHSQ, 8 (1968–69), no 4, p 649
* J. S. Egan, ''The Work of Robin Dods'', A.R.I.B.A (B. Arch thesis, University of Sydney, 1932)
* R. J. Riddel, ''R. S. Dods in Sydney, 1913–20'' (conference paper, Art Assn of Australia, 1979)
* R. S. Lorimer, letters to R. S. Dods, 1896–1920 (University of Edinburgh)
* R. S. Dods diary, 1909 (privately held)
* Harriet Edquist, ''Pioneers of Modernism, The Arts and Crafts Movement in Australia'', Melbourne, Miegunyah Press, 2008
* Elizabeth Farrell
* J. Hall & Son, tender book, vol 2 (1859-1912) (copy in State Library of Queensland)
* Correspondence, Hall & Dods and Spain, Cosh & Dods (Bank of New South Wales Archives, Sydney).
Federation-Home Archive, Architect Robin Dods
External links
*
Hall & Dods: Designing Queensland
album of architectural plans on Flickr, by State Library of Queensland.
Hall & Dods architectural drawings: conservation and digitisation
at State Library of Queensland.
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1868 births
1920 deaths
Architects from Brisbane
Federation architects
Architects from Dunedin
Scottish emigrants to Australia
19th-century Australian architects
20th-century Australian architects