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‘Place Makers: Contemporary Queensland
Architects’, featuring the work of 22 Queensland
architects, was the largest exhibition of
contemporary architecture ever shown in an
Australian art museum. The exhibition showcased
significant residential, public and institutional projects
built during the past two decades, documenting
the work of Queensland-based practices that
span several generations. ‘Place Makers’ explored
diverse design responses to our climate, changing
lifestyle patterns and population growth. It provided
a fascinating insight into historical influences on
today’s architecture and influential efforts to develop
a built environment responsive to the subtropics.
PlACE mAKERS:
CONTEMPORARY
QUEENSLAND
ARCHITECTS
2 August – 23 November 2008, GoMA
Above: Final year University of Queensland architecture student Jon Henzell
working on one of 11 scale models specially made for the exhibition.
Below: Guests at the exhibition opening, August 2008.
Photographs: Ray Fulton
Architectural practices featured in the exhibition
were: Rex Addison, Andresen O’Gorman
Architects, Arkhefield, Bark, Bligh Voller Nield,
Bud Brannigan Architects, Lindsay & Kerry Clare
(Architectus), Cox Rayner Architects, Donovan
Hill, Elizabeth Watson Brown Architects, Ian
Moore Architects, James Russell Architect,
JMA Architects QLD, m3architecture, Owen
and Vokes, Phorm Architecture + Design,
Gabriel Poole, Richard Kirk Architect, Riddel
Architecture, Steendÿk, Jennifer Taylor and
James Conner, and Wilson Architects.
The Queensland Government was the Principal Partner of
the exhibition, through the Department of Tourism, Regional
Development and Industry.
Left: Bligh Voller Nield (in association with Daniel R Fox), ‘Gully House’ 2004 (installation
view). The exhibition included scale models, commissioned films and large-scale
photography. Photograph: Natasha Harth