Bates Smart

Practice information
Founders
Founded1853
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Significant works and honors
Buildings
Awards
  • RAIA Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design (2003, 2005)
  • RAIA National Award for Interior Architecture (2003)
Website
www.batessmart.com

Bates Smart is an architectural firm with studios in Melbourne and Sydney, 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, Jefferey 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
1867 Reed & Barnes
(1862-1883)		 Melbourne Town Hall Melbourne, Victoria [7]
1867 Scots' Church Melbourne, Victoria
1880 Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne, Victoria
Reed, Henderson & Smart
(1883-1890)
Reed, Tappin & Smart
(1890-1907)
1903 Bates, Peebles & Smart
(1908-1926)		 Central Hall Melbourne, Victoria [8]
1910-13 Melba Hall, University of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria [9]
1912 & 1913 Buckley & Nunn, now David Jones 298-310 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria [10]
1930 Bates, Smart, McCutcheon
(1926-1995)		 AMP Building Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria [11]
1933 Buckley & Nunn's Menswear Store (now David Jones), 312 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria
1937 Second Church of Christ Scientist Camberwell, Victoria Street Architecture Medal 1938 [12]
1956 Wilson Hall Melbourne University [13]
1957 MLC Building, North Sydney North Sydney [14][15]
1937-8 MLC Building, Sydney 42-46 Martin Place, Sydney [16]
1958 Orica House Melbourne, Victoria [17]
1960 Johns & Waygood, City Road South Melbourne, Victoria
1975 Optus Centre Melbourne, Victoria
1997 Bates Smart
(since 1995)		 Crown Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria
2000 Federation Square including the
Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia		 Melbourne, Victoria
  • RAIA Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design (2003)
  • RAIA National Award for Interior Architecture (2003)

 [18][19]
2000 Toyota Australia Headquarters Woolooware, Sydney [20]
2001 Melburnian Apartments Melbourne, Victoria
2003 NSW Police Headquarters Sydney
2004 420 George Street Sydney central business district
2005 Walsh Bay Redevelopment Woolloomooloo
  • RAIA Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design (2005)
 [21]
2006 Freshwater Place Melbourne, Victoria
2007 NSW Attorney General's Department Headquarters
2007 Pinnacle Office Development North Ryde
2007 AHM Headquarters Wollongong
2008 Government Service Centre Queanbeyan
2010 Mid City Sydney central business district
2018 Opal Tower Sydney Olympic Park
  • State Library of Victoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne
    State Library of Victoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne
  • St Michael's Uniting Church, Collins Street, Melbourne
    St Michael's Uniting Church, Collins Street, Melbourne
  • Melbourne Trades Hall, Carlton
    Melbourne Trades Hall, Carlton
  • The Scots' Church, Collins Street, Melbourne
    The Scots' Church, Collins Street, Melbourne
  • Melbourne Town Hall, Collins Street
    Melbourne Town Hall, Collins Street
  • A.C. Goode House, Melbourne
    A.C. Goode House, Melbourne
  • The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
    The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
  • Former AMP Building, now ANZ Royal Branch
    Former AMP Building, now ANZ Royal Branch
  • St Paul's Cathedral, Flinders Street
    St Paul's Cathedral, Flinders Street
  • Wesley Church, Melbourne
    Wesley Church, Melbourne
  • Ormond College Clock Tower, University of Melbourne
    Ormond College Clock Tower, University of Melbourne
  • Former Metropolitan Gas Company building on Flinders Street, Melbourne
    Former Metropolitan Gas Company building on Flinders Street, Melbourne
  • Holy Trinity Church, St Kilda
    Holy Trinity Church, St Kilda
  • Sacred Heart Church, St Kilda
    Sacred Heart Church, St Kilda
  • Lombard Building
    Lombard Building
  • Former Mutual Store
    Former Mutual Store
  • Melba Hall
    Melba Hall
  • ICI House, Melbourne (1955–58)
    ICI House, Melbourne (1955–58)
  • Optus Centre (1975)
    Optus Centre (1975)
  • Crown Casino
    Crown Casino
  • Freshwater Place
    Freshwater Place
  • The Age headquarters, Melbourne (2009)
    The Age headquarters, Melbourne (2009)

References

  1. ^ "Collaborator: Bates Smart". Open House Melbourne. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "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 8 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Bates Smart, 150 Years Of Australian Architecture by Bates Smart Architects - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. ^ Letter from Bates Smart & McCutcheon Pty Ltd. https://www.loreto.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/William-Brittain-Tappin-bio.pdf
  5. ^ Goad, Philip (2012). Encyclopaedia of Australian Architects. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. pp. 586–588.
  6. ^ Goad, Philip (2004). Bates Smart: 150 years of Australian Architecture. Australia: Thames and Hudson.
  7. ^ Saunders, David. "Reed, Joseph (1823? - 1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Australian National University. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  8. ^ "THE CATHEDRAL HALL". Advocate. Vol. XLV, no. 2209. Victoria, Australia. 22 February 1913. p. 21. Retrieved 27 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Melba Hall". Victorian Heritage Database. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019.
  10. ^ Statement of significance at Heritage Council of Victoria
  11. ^ "AMP Building". Victorian Heritage Database. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Second Church of Christ Scientist". Victorian Heritage Database. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Wilson Hall". Victorian Heritage Database. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017.
  14. ^ "OUR GIANT BUILDING". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 13 May 1955. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "MLC Building". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  16. ^ "MLC Building (Former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00597. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "AIA Awards: Federation Square". Australian Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ "Projects". Architecture Australia. 88 (5). 1 September 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  21. ^ "AIA Awards: Walsh Bay Redevelopment". Australian Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
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