Sir John Sulman Medal awarded to Gerard McDonell, 1940
Sir John Sulman Medal awarded to Gerard McDonell, 1940
About this item
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Date
1940-1941
Call Numbers
R 1061
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Medals and Manuscripts
Physical Description
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1 medal in leather case - diameter 65 mm. - silver
Textual records - 42 x 54 cm. - 1 diploma
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R 1061/Item a
Silver medal in gilt-stamped leather presentation case. Cast on obverse: "The Institute of Architects of New South Wales / Sir John Sulman Annual Medal"; cast on reverse: "Awarded for the design of a building of exceptional merit"; engraved on reverse: "G. H. B. McDonell 70-72 King Street Sydney 1940"; cast in small text at lower b...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Sir John Sulman Medal awarded to Gerard McDonell, 1940
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
McDonell's award-winning house featured in The Home: an Australian quarterly, 1 August 1941, p.26-33, 61.
McDonell's plans for the house, together with photographs of its construction taken in 1940 and others taken in 1966, are held in the Mitchell Library at PX*D 272.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Alan McDonell, July 2011
Administrative / Biographical history
Gerard Henry Russell McDonell (1908-1979) studied architecture at the University of Sydney under Leslie Wilkinson and John D. Moore and graduated in 1932. Upon the formation of its Sydney chapter in 1939, he joined the Modern Architecture Research Society, which sought to introduce modernist reforms in architecture and design. He was later a lectur...
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Call Numbers
R 1061
Record Identifier
n88EJr8n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88EJr8n
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Reference code
937156
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