Schmidt-Lademann House
{{Short description|Residence in Floreat, Western Australia designed by Iwan Iwanoff}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox building
| name = Schmidt-Lademann House
| architectural_style = Modernist
| image = Schmidt-lademann-house south day 1959 (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = 1959
| address = 22 Lifford Road
| location_town = Floreat, Western Australia
| location_country = Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|-31.9342|115.7815|display=inline,title|region:AU-WA_type:landmark}}
| start_date =
| completion_date = {{start date and age|1958|df=y}}
| opening =
| destruction_date =
| building_type = Residence
| grounds_area = {{cvt|906|m2}}
| architect = Iwan Iwanoff
| owner =
| qid = Q63117684
}}
The Schmidt-Lademann House{{efn|In various publications such as the Town of Cambridge Inventory of Heritage Places and internet websites the house is referred to by the name of the builder and first owner Siegfried and Jutta Schmidt-Lademann.}} is a residential dwelling built 1958 in Floreat, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It is designed by Bulgarian-born architect Iwan Iwanoff and is an iconic example of mid-century modern architecture in Australia.
Design
Siegfried Schmidt-Lademann became consul in Perth for Germany in 1957. He decided to build a residence for the consul in Perth which would be suitable for private living and for formal receptions. The house was the first independent design by the architect Iwan Iwanoff and was built in 1958. It became one of Iwanoff's notable projects.
In 1959 the German consulate in Perth was closed and the house had to be sold.
In contrast to the later more ornamented and playful designs of Iwanoff with some resemblance to Brutalist architecture, the light and clear design of this house is inspired by the Modernist architecture and Bauhaus{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} ideas which Iwanoff was introduced to during his studies and work with Emil Freymuth in Munich, Germany. Characteristic features of this partially single storey, partially double storey house are apart from the distinctive soaring skillion roof line the blending of natural materials granite, timber, copper. It features jarrah ceilings, blackbutt{{efn|Blackbutt is a common name for wood from several species of Eucalyptus, and it is unclear which this one is.}} parquetry floors, wandoo staircase, maple cupboards, Corian benchtops, granite feature walls, a copper-surrounded fireplace. The jarrah framed window front on the south side opened a wide view on the Roscommon Reserve directly opposite. Overall the house shows Iwanoff's tendency to complex composition and with the wall at the southwest corner built from granite boulders Iwanoff already hints his interest in massive structures. The granite wall extends into the interior as a fireplace in the living area and a barbecue pit on the terrace in the west.
File:Schmidt-Lademann house floor plan.svg
The design of 1958 included a living area on two levels separated by 2 steps into a dining area at the lower level and a sitting area with fireplace on the higher level, 3 bedrooms, a study on the gallery, a kitchen and 1.5 bathrooms.
File:Schmidt-lademann-house cost estimate 1958.jpg estimate from 1958. The total of £6328 (Australian pound) equates to approximately 235,500 AUD purchasing power in 2023.]]
History
After to the original architecture rather insensitive renovations and extensions in the 1970s the house became unoccupied. 1998 Justin Locke purchased the house, did a thorough renovation and in 2001 through 2003 added an extension filling out the previous "L" shape on the northwest side with a two-storey block adding an indoor/outdoor dining area on the ground floor and a bedroom and bathroom on the upper floor. This addition merges very well with the original design especially where it repeats the slanted roof with the external post and beam structure on the eastern end of the home.
The residence is listed in the Town of Cambridge Local Government Inventory of Heritage Places as place no. 39.
It has changed ownership several times and increased in value each time:
| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: 10%; text-align: right;" | |
| Purchase Date | Cost ($) |
|---|---|
| June 1989 | 255,000 |
| February 1998 | 440,000 |
| June 2012 | 2,300,000 |
Gallery
File:Schmidt-lademann-house south day 1959.jpg|1959
File:Schmidt-lademann-house south 2017.jpg|2017
File:Schmidt-lademann-house 2003-extension 2017.jpg|2017
File:Schmidt-lademann-house livingroom 1959.jpg|1959 living area
File:Schmidt-lademann-house entrance-hall 1959.jpg|1959 entrance hall in typical Bauhaus style
Footnotes
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References
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{{Citation
| url = https://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/files/assets/public/documents-and-files/aaa-corporate-documents-and-plans/heritage/local-government-inventory-adopted-27-november-2018.pdf
| title = Town of Cambridge: Local Government Inventory of Heritage Places
| pages = 216–219
| publisher = Town of Cambridge
| accessdate = 2019-03-31
}}, alternatively: [https://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/Develop-Build/Planning/Planning-Rules/Heritage-Character Website to download document (3rd document)]
{{Citation
| periodical = Architecture and Arts
| issue = May 1959
| title = House in Perth
| publication-place = Melbourne
| publisher = Architecture and Arts
| pages = 40–41
| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/13544943
| url-access = registration
| accessdate = 2021-02-28
}}
{{Citation
| last = Margalit
| first = Harry
| series = modern architectures in history
| title = Australia
| publisher = Reaktion Books Ltd
| year = 2019
| publication-place = London
| pages = 164–165
| isbn = 978 1 78914 124 5
}}
{{Citation
| last = Anderson
| first = Warren
| title = The Architecture of Iwan Iwanoff
| year = 2024
| publisher = Bossanova Lounge Australia
| pages = 22–27
| isbn = 978-0-6457493-0-4
}}
{{Citation
| first = Duncan
| last = Richards
| url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/iwanoff-iwan-12685
| title = Iwanoff, Iwan (1919–1986)
| work = Australian Dictionary of Biography text22867
| publisher = National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
| year = 2007
| access-date = 2025-03-02
| ref = none
}}
{{Citation
| url = https://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/Discover-the-Town/Get-Active/Beaches-Parks/Roscommon-Park
| title = Roscommon Park
| institution = Town of Cambridge
| accessdate = 2019-03-31
| ref = none
}}
{{Citation
| url = https://www.domain.com.au/property-profile/22-lifford-road-floreat-wa-6014
| title = Property Report for 22 Lifford Road, Floreat WA 6014 – property profile with price history
| work = Domain
| publisher = Domain Holdings Australia
| accessdate = 2019-03-31
| ref = none
}}
{{Citation
| url = https://www.rba.gov.au/calculator/annualPreDecimal.html
| title = Pre-Decimal Inflation Calculator
| institution = Reserve Bank of Australia
| accessdate = 2024-12-22
| ref = none
}}, (please note decimalisation 1£=2$)
}}
External links
- Image:Commons-logo.svgPicture gallery, Schmidt-Lademann House at Wikimedia Commons
- [https://www.historypin.org/en/iwanoff-s-legacy-in-cambridge/geo/-31.936685,115.793355,12/bounds/-31.990861,115.736135,-31.882477,115.850575/search/tag:schmidt-lademann%20house/sort/popular/paging/1 Iwanoff's Cambridge Legacy Made by Town of Cambridge]
- Interviews with Jutta Schmidt-Lademann, Michael Iwanoff and Warren Andersen about this house [https://vimeo.com/352655793 on vimeo], [https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2142339456059133 on facebook], [https://www.tracesfilms.com/work/the-schmidt-lademann-house/ on Traces Films]
- [http://www.schmidt-lademann.de/perth_lifford22/ Schmidt-Lademann house]
- [http://perth6000.blogspot.com/2010/09/perth-australia-best-house-in-universe.html 6000TIMES: Perth, Australia : Best House in the Universe as We Know It]
- [https://www.realestate.com.au/property/22-lifford-rd-floreat-wa-6014 Gallery of 23 recent pictures taken 2012]
Category:Modernist architecture in Australia
Category:Architecture of Perth, Western Australia
Category:Houses in Western Australia