THE ARCHITECTURE OF STEPHENSON & TURNER
For Health & Prosperity
Birth of a Practice
A Revolution for Health
Simplicity & Scale
Promise & Prosperity
On the World Stage
Australian Colossus
A Spirit of Progress
The Getting of Wisdom
Keith Murdoch Gallery
Friday 12 March -
Sunday 6 June 2004
Exhibition details
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BIRTH OF A PRACTICE
The primary partnerships that were to evolve into Stephenson & Turner were based on a balance of creative design and business acumen. The architectural practice was born in Melbourne in 1921 under the name of Stephenson & Meldrum, as a partnership between the entrepreneurially-minded Arthur George Stephenson (1890-1967) and the artistically oriented Percy Hayman Meldrum (1887-1968). The seeds of the practice had been planted in London in the period immediately following World War I, where Stephenson had met both Meldrum and also Donald Keith 'Skipper' Turner (1895-1964). Turner would later join the company, becoming a partner. After Meldrum's departure in 1937, the firm changed its name to Stephenson & Turner.
A close-knit team approach was key to the success of the firm. Stephenson & Turner was a complex team of designers, project managers and business people, beyond the individual contributions of its primary partners. Notable design staff included Frederick Romberg, Ellison Harvie, John Fisher, Geoffrey Moline, Tom O'Mahony, Arthur Baldwinson, Gordon Morten, and Mary Turner Shaw. Longstanding and fruitful partnerships were also developed between the firm and its key subconsultants and collaborators, including artists such as Napier Waller, Douglas Annand, Gert Sellheim, and R. W. Rowed and photographers, notably Wolfgang Sievers, Athol Shmith, Douglass Baglin and Russell Roberts.
The primary partnerships that were to evolve into Stephenson & Turner were based on a balance of creative design and business acumen. The architectural practice was born in Melbourne in 1921 under the name of Stephenson & Meldrum, as a partnership between the entrepreneurially-minded Arthur George Stephenson (1890-1967) and the artistically oriented Percy Hayman Meldrum (1887-1968). The seeds of the practice had been planted in London in the period immediately following World War I, where Stephenson had met both Meldrum and also Donald Keith 'Skipper' Turner (1895-1964). Turner would later join the company, becoming a partner. After Meldrum's departure in 1937, the firm changed its name to Stephenson & Turner.
A close-knit team approach was key to the success of the firm. Stephenson & Turner was a complex team of designers, project managers and business people, beyond the individual contributions of its primary partners. Notable design staff included Frederick Romberg, Ellison Harvie, John Fisher, Geoffrey Moline, Tom O'Mahony, Arthur Baldwinson, Gordon Morten, and Mary Turner Shaw. Longstanding and fruitful partnerships were also developed between the firm and its key subconsultants and collaborators, including artists such as Napier Waller, Douglas Annand, Gert Sellheim, and R. W. Rowed and photographers, notably Wolfgang Sievers, Athol Shmith, Douglass Baglin and Russell Roberts.
