Building Revival Campaign

{{Short description|Depression era Western Australian building campaign}}

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The Building Revival Campaign was run by Western Australia's Royal Australian Institute of Architects during the Great Depression, with the aim of stimulating the home building industry.

The most significant activity of the campaign was that of the Model Homes Committee,https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b2661051_1 Model Homes Committee pictureState Records of western Australia collection:AU WA S72- cons3054 1941/0029 Title:Endowment lands - sale of land at Floreat Park & model homes scheme which ran a competition for the design of two model homes, then oversaw their construction from donated material and labour. These became two of the first houses built in the new suburb of Floreat Park (now Floreat).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94894134 |title=MODEL HOMES |newspaper=Kalgoorlie Miner |volume=39 |issue=9824 |location=Western Australia |date=5 September 1933 |accessdate=4 October 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33304292 |title=MODEL HOMES SCHEME. |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=XLIX |issue=9,741 |location=Western Australia |date=18 September 1933 |accessdate=4 October 2021 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33327775 |title=Model Homes Competition. |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=XLIX |issue=9,753 |location=Western Australia |date=2 October 1933 |accessdate=4 October 2021 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}

They still stand today, and are heritage listed by the Heritage Council of Western Australia under the names Model Brick Home and Model Timber Home.{{cite web |title=Model Timber Home |work=Register of Heritage Places — Assessment Documentation |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |url=http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/M%20-%20A-D/Model%20Timber%20Home%20(P-AD).PDF |accessdate=2009-03-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630112747/http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/M%20-%20A-D/Model%20Timber%20Home%20%28P-AD%29.PDF |archivedate=2009-06-30 }}