Edmond and Corrigan

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,[1] an interest in suburbia[2] and a search for an Australian architectural identity.[3] Peter Corrigan taught design studios at RMIT University for over 30 years, until his death in December 2016.[4]

A view of Edmond and Corrigan's Building 8 from Bowen Lane.
Building 8 of RMIT, as seen from Bowen Lane

Architectural practice
A view of Edmond and Corrigan's Building 8 from Swanston Street.
RMIT Building 8, as seen from Swanston Street

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.[5] The project was published in 1977.[6]

A view of the VCA Theatre building.
The VCA Theatre building in Southbank, Melbourne
Niagara Galleries, Richmond, Melbourne

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'.[7] 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.

Notable projects and awards
  • Athan House, Monbulk, Victoria, 1986–88: RAIA Victoria Chapter Bronze Medal for Outstanding Architecture Award, New Residential Category, 1989
  • Walsh House, Scheme for Pool Pavilion, 1993–94: Architecture Australia Prize for Unbuilt Work, 1994
  • Keilor Fire Station, 1991
  • RMIT Building 8 Extension, Melbourne, Victoria, 1990–94: RAIA Victoria Chapter Architecture Medal, 1995; City of Melbourne Building and Planning Award, Institutional Buildings Category, 1995; RAIA Vic. Chapter Institutional Alterations and Extensions Award, 1995; RAIA Walter Burley Griffin National Award for Urban Design, 1995
  • Windsor Fire Station, Windsor, Victoria., 1993–96: 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
  • Oakleigh Fire Station, Oakleigh, Victoria., 1994
  • Greensborough Office and Carpark, Greensborough, Victoria, 1993–95
  • Ringwood Library Complex, Civic Plaza, Ringwood, Victoria, 1994–95: RAIA Victoria Chapter Urban Design Award, 1995; RAIA Victoria Chapter Award of Merit, Institutional Category, 1996
  • Stage I, Exhibition Centre Showgrounds, Ascot Vale, Victoria, 1996
RAIA Victoria Chapter Award of Merit, Commercial Category, 1997

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.

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

References
  1. 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
  2. Conrad Hamann, Cities of hope: Australian architecture and design by Edmond and Corrigan, 1962–1992, Oxford University Press, 1993
  3. Norman Day, 'Doing it his way', The Age, 1 September 2003.
  4. "Acclaimed Melbourne architect Peter Corrigan dies after long illness". Domain. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  5. Hamann, Cities of Hope, p51
  6. Evans, p41
  7. Hamann, Cities of Hope, p129
  8. "VcaDramaschool < Arch < MNHS Wiki". wiki.med.monash.edu.au. Archived from the original on 4 April 2021.

Further reading
  • Hamann, Conrad (1993). Cities of Hope: Australian Architecture and Design by Edmond and Corrigan 1962-92. Oxford. ISBN 0-19-553467-0.
  • Corrigan, Peter (1996). Building 8: Edmond and Corrigan at RMIT. Schwarz Transition. ISBN 1863953132.
  • Hamann, Conrad (2012). Cities of Hope Re-membered: Australian Architecture by Edmond and Corrigan 1962-2012. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-050050-034-7.
  • Spooner, Michael (2013). A Clinic for the Exhausted: In Search of an Antipodean Vitality Edmond & Corrigan and an Itinerant Architecture. Spurbuchverlag. ISBN 978-3-88778-392-1.
  • Influence : Edmond & Corrigan + Peter Corrigan. Uro Publications. 2019. ISBN 9780648435501.
  • Spooner, Michael (2020). "46 Little Latrobe Street: the office of Edmond & Corrigan". RMIT Design Archives Journal. Vol. 10, no. 1. pp. 7–29. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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