The Sydney School, also the Nuts and Berries style, refers to an architectural style by a group of architects in Australia who reacted against
international Modernism with their own regionalist style during the 1960s. In contrast to the purism of the international style, they were drawn to rustic materials, clinker bricks, low gutter lines, and raked roof lines rather than flat roof lines.
This loose collection of architects, comprising, among others,
Peter Muller,
Bill Lucas,
Bruce Rickard,
John James,
Neville Gruzman and
Ken Woolley
Kenneth Frank Charles Woolley, AM B Arch, Hon DSc Arch Sydney LFRAIA, FTSE, Architect, (29 May 1933 – 25 November 2015) was an Australian architect. In a career spanning 60 years, he is best known for his contributions to project housing with ...
, favoured organic and natural houses, often built on steep slopes and hidden from view in natural bushland. These projects were largely on the city's
North Shore such as
Woolley's own house, and to a lesser extent in the
Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs may refer to:
Places
*Eastern Suburbs (Mumbai), India
*Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Australia
**Eastern Suburbs railway line, Sydney, Australia
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. The alpine villages of
Thredbo
Thredbo is a village and ski resort in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, situated in a part of the Snowy Monaro Regional Council, and has been operated by Event Hospitality and Entertainment since 1987.
It is approximately s ...
and
Perisher are also notable for the many ski lodges designed in this style.
Following on from
Walter Burley Griffin
Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect. He is known for designing Canberra, Australia's capital city and the New South Wales towns of Griffith, New South Wales, Griffith and ...
's work in the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag, this style of Australian architecture was visually sensitive to the environment and, like Griffin, often utilised natural local materials as structural elements.
See also
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List of heritage houses in Sydney
This is a list of heritage houses in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The following houses are listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List, the New South Wales State Heritage Register,HRNSW = Listed on the Heritage Register of New South Wales ...
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References
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* {{Cite book , last = Jahn , first = Graham , title = Sydney Architecture , publisher = The Watermark Press , year = 1997 , location = Sydney , pages = 160 , isbn = 0-949284-32-7
Architecture in Australia