Seven in the Seventies

About the exhibition
Seven in the Seventies showcased the work of seven architectural firms highly influential to Australian and Melbourne architecture during the 1970s. The exhibition focused on a generation of architects who turned away from the ‘glass’ architecture of modernism to embrace other materials and ‘participation’ architecture with an increased consideration of how users interact with the built environment. The School of Music building at the Australian National University in Canberra, designed by Darryl Jackson and Evan Walker, was one such example  of late twentieth century Brutalist style featured in the exhibition. Each firm contributed photographic documentation of selected buildings, demonstrating their aesthetic and impact on Australian architecture of the 1970s.

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^{Image: Photograph of the School of Music, Childers Street, Canberra. National Capital Development (client); Department of Education (commission user); Daryl Jackson and Evan Walker Architects Pty. Ltd. (architects); Bill Ryan and John Wilson (project architects)}