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Edmond and Corrigan

{{Short description|Melbourne based Australian architectural firm}}

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Edmond and Corrigan is an Australian architectural firm based in Melbourne, Victoria, founded in the late 1970s by partners Maggie Edmond and Peter Corrigan, the firm's principals. The practice's work, both built and written, has been widely associated with the emergence of architectural postmodernism in Australia,Doug Evans, The Changing of the Guard: the social and cultural reflections of Community in 1970s Melbourne architecture, Fabrications, Vol 15, No 1, July 2005, p39 an interest in suburbiaConrad Hamann, Cities of hope: Australian architecture and design by Edmond and Corrigan, 1962–1992, Oxford University Press, 1993 and a search for an Australian architectural identity.Norman Day, 'Doing it his way', The Age, 1 September 2003. Peter Corrigan taught design studios at RMIT University for over 30 years, until his death in December 2016.{{cite news|title=Acclaimed Melbourne architect Peter Corrigan dies after long illness|url=http://www.domain.com.au/news/acclaimed-melbourne-architect-peter-corrigan-dies-after-long-illness-20161202-gt2xje/|accessdate=5 December 2016|work=Domain|date=2 December 2016}}

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Architectural practice

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The practice of Edmond and Corrigan was officially formed in 1975, though the pair had gradually been collaborating and associating on projects after Corrigan's return from America in 1974. Much of their early work consisted of church buildings and community buildings for the Catholic communities of suburban Melbourne.

They designed the Keysborough Church of the Resurrection, completed in 1977, and later buildings in Keysborough.Hamann, Cities of Hope, p51 The project was published in 1977.Evans, p41 The School of the Resurrection, Keysborough was awarded the Victorian Architecture Medal in 1979.

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The practice's subsequent projects, many of them in suburban sites, continued with the idea of an Australian architectural language, visible in their competition entries for the Parliament House, Canberra Competition in 1977, The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and the State Library of Victoria, their many projects for community buildings, and their work for universities.

They later undertook larger projects; many of them, particularly RMIT Building 8, pursued the idea of 'a city in a single building'.Hamann, Cities of Hope, p129 Their Athan House of 1986 was published widely.

The practice also worked extensively in stage and set design for Opera Australia, Melbourne University Theatre Group, and La Mama.

Peter Corrigan wrote about his practice's work and about others, explicitly stating the practice's goal of creating or fostering a particularly Australian architectural language.

=Recognition=

In 2003 Peter Corrigan was awarded the RAIA Gold Medal, 2003, the highest accolade of the Australian architecture profession. In 1993 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Architecture from RMIT University.

Twenty years later, in 2023, Maggie Edmond was awarded the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal at the National Awards, with her name added to the same award that was presented to Peter Corrigan in 2003. At the 2023 National Awards she described the correction as 'restorative'.{{Cite web |date=31 October 2023 |title=Winners revealed |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/winners-revealed-2023-national-architecture-awards/# |access-date=31 October 2023 |website=ArchitectureAU.com.au}}{{Cite web |last=Goad |first=Philip |date=31 October 2023 |title=Gold Medal tribute: Maggie Edmond |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/gold-medal-tribute-maggie-edmond/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |website=ArchitectureAU.com.au}} The rectification awards their work as a unique and innovative partnership.

Notable projects and awards

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|+ style="text-align: left;" | Edmond & Corrigan projects list

style="text-align:left;"|Yearstyle="text-align:left;"|Projectstyle="text-align:left;"| Clientstyle="text-align:left;| Locationstyle="text-align:left;| Typestyle="text-align:left;| Awards
1977style="text-align:left;" | Freedom Club Childcare Centrestyle="text-align:left;" |Keysborough, VictoriaEducation
1977style="text-align:left;" | Church of the Resurrectionstyle="text-align:left;" |Keysborough, VictoriaReligion
1978style="text-align:left;" | Chapel of St Joseph{{Cite web |date=29 July 2016 |title=Former Chapel of St Joseph 27–29 Strabane Avenue, Mont Albert North |url=https://map.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/custom/whitehorse/HO/HO263.pdf |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=City of Whitehorse}} (now Strabane Chapel Hall)style="text-align:left;" |27–29 Strabane Avenue, Mont Albert North, VictoriaReligion*RAIA Victoria Chapter Merit Award for Outstanding Architecture, New Buildings Category, 1983

1978style="text-align:left;" |Resurrection Schoolstyle="text-align:left;"|Keysborough, VictoriaEducation*Victorian Architecture Medal, 1979Photograph of Evan Walker and Maggie Edmond holding RAIA (Vic Chapter) medal, 1979, unknown photographer, Gift of Edmond & Corrigan Pty Ltd, RMIT Design Archives, 0006.2017.0200
1982style="text-align:left;" | Kew Housestyle="text-align:left;" |Kew, VictoriaResidential*RAIA Victoria Chapter Housing Merit Award
1982Ministry of Housing | Kay Street Housing{{Cite web |date=November 2021 |title=Statement of Significance: Ministry of Housing Infill Public Housing, 75-79 Kay Street |url=https://hdp-au-prod-app-com-participate-files.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/3816/4551/0741/40_Incorp_Doc_-_Ministry_of_Housing_Infill_Public_Housing_Statement_of_Significance_Nov_2021.pdf|access-date=14 May 2024 |website=Melbourne Planning Scheme}}style="text-align:left;"|Ministry of Housing75—79 Kay Street, Carlton, VictoriaResidential
1986style="text-align:left;" | Office of Edmond & Corriganstyle="text-align:left;" |46 Little Latrobe Street, Melbourne, VictoriaCommercial
1988style="text-align:left;" | Dandenong College of TAFE, Stage 3style="text-align:left;" |Dandenong, VictoriaEducation*RAIA Commendation for Public Architecture (National Award), 1989
1988style="text-align:left;" |Athan Housestyle="text-align:left;"| Louis & Sophie AthanMonbulk, VictoriaResidential*RAIA Victoria Chapter Bronze Medal for Outstanding Architecture Award, New Residential Category, 1989
1988style="text-align:left;" |Walsh House, Scheme for Pool Pavilionstyle="text-align:left;"|Residential*Architecture Australia Prize for Unbuilt Work, 1994
1991style="text-align:left;" |Keilor Fire Stationstyle="text-align:left;"|Victorian GovernmentKeilor, VictoriaPublic Service
1994style="text-align:left;" |Oakleigh Fire Stationstyle="text-align:left;"|Victorian GovernmentOakleigh, VictoriaPublic Service
1994style="text-align:left;" |RMIT Building 8 Extensionstyle="text-align:left;"|RMIT UniversityMelbourne, VictoriaEducation*Victorian Architecture Medal, 1995
  • City of Melbourne Building and Planning Award, Institutional Buildings Category, 1995
  • RAIA Vitoria Chapter Institutional Alterations and Extensions Award, 1995
  • RAIA Walter Burley Griffin National Award for Urban Design, 1995
    • 1995style="text-align:left;" |Greensborough Office and Carparkstyle="text-align:left;"|Greensborough, VictoriaCommercial
    1995style="text-align:left;" |Ringwood Library Complex, Civic Plazastyle="text-align:left;"|Ringwood, VictoriaCultural*RAIA Victoria Chapter Urban Design Award, 1995
  • RAIA Victoria Chapter Award of Merit, Institutional Category, 1996
    • 1996style="text-align:left;" |Windsor Fire Stationstyle="text-align:left;"|Victorian GovernmentWindsor, VictoriaPublic Service*Metal Building Award, Certificate of Merit, 1996
  • RAIA Victoria Chapter Award of Merit
  • BHP Colorbond Steel Award, 1997
  • RAIA Victoria Chapter Award of Merit, Commercial Category, 1997
    • 1996style="text-align:left;" |Exhibition Centre Showgrounds Stage 1style="text-align:left;"|Ascot Vale, VictoriaPublic Service*RAIA Victoria Chapter Award of Merit, Commercial Category, 1997
    1999style="text-align:left;" |Lehrer Residencestyle="text-align:left;"|VictoriaResidential*RAIA Victoria Chapter Award of Merit, 2000
    2001style="text-align:left;" |Drama School, Victorian College of the Arts{{cite web |url=https://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/Arch/VcaDramaschool |title=VcaDramaschool < Arch < MNHS Wiki |website=wiki.med.monash.edu.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404191905/https://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/Arch/VcaDramaschool |archive-date=2021-04-04}}style="text-align:left;"|South Melbourne, VictoriaEducation
    2001style="text-align:left;" |Niagara Galleriesstyle="text-align:left;"|Richmond, VictoriaArts
    2001style="text-align:left;" |Allan & Maria Myers Academic Centre, Newman College and St Mary's Collegestyle="text-align:left;"| Parkville, VictoriaEducation*Dulux Colour Awards, Commercial Exterior Winner, 2002
  • RAIA Victoria Chapter, BHP Colorbond Award, 2002
    • 2005style="text-align:left;" |Lux House alteration, front porchstyle="text-align:left;"|Residential
    2005style="text-align:left;" |Readings Bookshop{{Cite web |last=Feagins |first=Lucy |date=27 July 2018 |title=Readings Carlton Refresh By Nest Architects |url=https://thedesignfiles.net/2018/07/architecture-interior-readings-carlton-melbourne-store-renovation |access-date=10 February 2024 |website=The Design Files}}style="text-align:left;"|309 Lygon Street, CarltonCommercial

    Gallery

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    | Chapel of St Joseph, 1978

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    | Chapel of St Joseph, 1978

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    | Victorian College of the Arts, Drama School

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    | RMIT Building 8, Swanston Street, Melbourne

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    | Readings Bookshop, Carlton, 2005

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    | Niagara Galleries, Richmond

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    | Windsor Fire Station

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    | Keilor Fire Station, 1991

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    | Ringwood Library, 1995

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    | Plan of Athan House, 1984

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    References

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    Further reading

    • {{cite book|last=Hamann|first=Conrad|title=Cities of Hope: Australian Architecture and Design by Edmond and Corrigan 1962-92|publisher=Oxford|year=1993|isbn=0-19-553467-0}}
    • {{cite book|last=Corrigan|first=Peter|title=Building 8: Edmond and Corrigan at RMIT |publisher=Schwarz Transition|year=1996|isbn=1863953132}}
    • {{cite book|last=Hamann|first=Conrad|title=Cities of Hope Re-membered: Australian Architecture by Edmond and Corrigan 1962-2012 |publisher=Thames & Hudson|year=2012|isbn=978-050050-034-7}}
    • {{cite book|last=Spooner|first=Michael|title=A Clinic for the Exhausted: In Search of an Antipodean Vitality Edmond & Corrigan and an Itinerant Architecture|publisher=Spurbuchverlag|year=2013|isbn=978-3-88778-392-1}}
    • {{cite book|title=Influence : Edmond & Corrigan + Peter Corrigan|publisher=Uro Publications|year=2019|isbn=9780648435501}}
    • {{cite magazine|last1=Spooner|first1=Michael|date=2020|title=46 Little Latrobe Street: the office of Edmond & Corrigan|url=https://issuu.com/rmitdesignarchives/docs/rda_journal_22_10.1_issuu|magazine=RMIT Design Archives Journal|volume=10|issue=1|pages=7–29|access-date=2020-08-14}}

    External links

    • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070621205610/http://aardvark.tce.rmit.edu.au/aardvark3/biogs/ECorriga/biog.htm Edmond and Corrigan P/L at Aardvark]
    • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070630175006/http://www.architecture.rmit.edu.au/People/PeterCorrigan.php Peter Corrigan's webpage at RMIT University]
    • [http://www.architecture.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=19963104 Ringwood Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903152843/http://www.architecture.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=19963104 |date=3 September 2007 }}
    • [https://www.designcollection.rmit.edu.au/?p=rmit-archives-highlights#browse=enarratives.78 Edmond and Corrigan Collection at RMIT Design Archives]
    • [https://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/Arch/VcaDramaschool VCA Drama School Dossier]

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