The custodians of the legacy of Robin Boyd, the Robin Boyd Foundation, have launched the Walsh Street Archives: a culturally significant collection of artefacts and treasures belonging to the Australian architect, educator and cultural commentator.
Since 2014, a group of dedicated volunteers have collated, catalogued, researched, digitised and conserved relics of Boyd’s life and career for the public to explore on Victorian Collections.
Eight years in the making, the archive includes more than 4,000 items from furniture and artwork, manuscripts, correspondence, slides, films and architectural drawings found at Boyd’s 1958 family home, Walsh Street House.
Interior perspective, Stegbar Windowalls, Springvale, Robin Boyd.
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Courtesy of the Robin Boyd Foundation
While the artefacts remain at the house, they are now accessible online, offering new insight into Boyd’s contribution to Australian architecture and culture more broadly.
In celebration of the launch, the Robin Boyd Foundation has curated an exhibition of archive highlights and an accompanying public program including the Walsh Street Archive Exhibition viewing at Open House Melbourne, and a guided tour on Thursday 4 August.
The archive highlights include: Walsh Street Artwork; The Flying Dogtor; Sydney Opera House; Kenzo Tange; Tower Hill Visitor Centre; Arthur Boyd; Le Corbusier Buildings in India; Expo manuscripts; Segbar; Domain Park Flats; and Robin Boyd’s 1964 slides.
Explore the Walsh Street Archive here.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
