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RVIA STREET ARCHITECTURE MEDAL 1929 - 1942.
Source Weston, H. List of Winners of R.A.I.A. - R.V.I.A. Awards, copy held in R.A.I.A. [Vic Chapter] Archives
1929 FRANCIS HOUSE,
107 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.
ARCHITECT - W.A.M. BLACKETT & W.B. FORSTER.
1930 EMILY McPHERSON COLLEGE OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY,
RUSSELL STREET, MELBOURNE.
ARCHITECT - E. EVAN SMITH.

1931 LYRIC HOUSE,
COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.
ARCHITECT - A & K. HENDERSON [John Freeman Associate responsible for design].

Contractors Weavell and Keast

Client Mess'rs Wertheim P/L

Jury L. F. Irwin, W. O. McCutcheon, C. E. Serpell, G. R. King, L. Bernard Hall [Director NGV], W. R. Dean [Art Inspector Education Department], A. R. La Gerche, W. A. M. Blackett, A. J. Wood Acting Chief Architect PWD.

References RVIA Journal September 1931, pp 102-3, Architect July 1976, RVIA Correspondence Files 1931

Other buildings nominated include [from RVIA Correspondence Files 1931], St Andrews Church Bendigo, Taxation House Lonsdale Street Melbourne, Alcaston House Collins Street, Melbourne.

1932 A.M.P.BUILDING,
425 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.
ARCHITECT -- BATES. SMART AND McCUTCHEON.

Presentation by the Rt. Honourable the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Cr. H. Gengoult-Smith, L.R.C.P., V.D., J.P. at a General Meeting of the RVIA on 31/8/33

Jury not found in records

References RVIA Journal May 1933. p43, RVIA Journal September 1931, pp82-97, RVIA Journal September 1932, p84, Architect September 1976 pp18-20.

1933 PORT AUTHORITY BUILDING,
29 MARKET STREET, MELBOURNE.
ARCHITECT - SIDNEY SMITH, OGG AND SERPELL.

Presentation by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne Cr. H. Gengoult-Smith, on September 20 1933 to Mr Sydney Smith and Mr. C. E. Serpell.

Jury W. S. P. Godfrey [Chairman] others not found in records.

References RVIA Journal September 1933, p92, RVIA Journal March 1934, p26.

1934 BUCKLEY AND NUNN BUILDING,
294 - 296 BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE.
ARCHITECT - BATES, SMART AND McCUTCHEON

CERTIFICATE OF HONOURABLE MENTION:
SHELL CORNER,
163 WILLIAM STREET, MELBOURNE.
ARCHITECT - A & K. HENDERSON AND PARTNERS.

Presentation By Alderman Sir William Brunton [on behalf of the Lord Mayor Cr H. Gengoult-Smith] at RVIA General Meeting on September 6 1934, To mess'rs C. P. Smart and W. O. McCutcheon.

Jury C. E. Serpell [RVIA President], W. A. M. Blackett, Leighton Irwin, Geo. R. King, Marcus M. Martin, John F. D. Scarborough, H. E. Bartlett, E. F. Billson, J. B. McLean Acting Chief Architect PWD, W. B. McInnes [Acting Director NGV], W. R. Dean Art Inspector Education Department.

References RVIA Journal, January 1934, pp116-119, 123-130, RVIA Journal, March 1935, pp17, RVIA Journal, May 1934, pp35-6, RVIA Journal, September 1934, p79, 81, 86.

1935 SHELL CORNER,
163 WILLIAM STREET, MELBOURNE.
ARCHITECT - A & K. HENDERSON AND PARTNERS.

Builders Hansen & Yuncken

Presentation by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne Cr. A. G. Wales. M. L. C., on 22/6/36 to Mr Kingsley Henderson and Mr E. T. Hindmarsh, Victorian Manager of the Shell Company of Australia Limited.

Jury W. A. M. Blackett, Leighton Irwin, Geo, R. King, Marcus H. Martin, John F. D. Scarborough [others not found in records]

Demolished

References RVIA Journal May 1932, p39, RVIA Journal, July 1933, pp46, 50-51, 55-62, RVIA Journal, November 1935, p96, p11, RVIA Journal, March 1936, p8, RVIA Journal, November 1936, pp99-100.

1936 BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES,
368 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE
ARCHITECT GODFREY AND SPOWERS.

Presentation by the Rt Honourable the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Cr. A. G. Wales, J. P., M. L. C. on 27/1/37

Jury F. L. Klingender [President RVIA], Percy Everett, Chief Architect PWD [ex officio], W. R. Dean Art Inspector Education Department [ex officio], W./ A. M. Blackett, Geo. R. King, Marcus W. Martin, C. E. Serpell, Edward F. Billson, Harold F. Bartlett, W. O. McCutcheon, John F. D. Scarborough.

Demolished

References, RVIA Journal, May 1933, pp30-31, RVIA Journal, March 1935, pp-2, 7-14, RVIA Journal, November 1936, pp138-139, RVIA Journal, March 1937, p33, 37-38, The Argus, 28/11/36

1937 ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BUILDING,
SPRING STREET, MELBOURNE.
ARCHITECT - LEIGHTON IRWIN AND ROY K. STEVENSON.
1938 SECOND CHURCH OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE,
COOKSON STREET, CAMBERWELL.
ARCHITECT BATES. SMART & McCUTCHEON.
1939 HEIDELBERG TOWN HALL & MUNICIPAL OFFICES,
UPPER HEIDELBERG ROAD, IVANHOE.
ARCHITECT - PECK & KEMPTER AND A.C. LEITH & ASSOCIATES.

1940 SANITARIUM HEALTH FOOD COMPANY BUILDING; MAIN STREET, WARBURTON.
ARCHITECT EDWARD F. BILLSON.

Contractors T. R. & L. Cockram

Presentation By the Lord Mayor of Melbourne Cr. Frank Beaurepaire at the December 1941 General Meeting of the RVIA

Jury Marcus W, Martin, John F. D. Scarborough, John R. Freeman, Charles N. Hollinshead, A. J. Ralton, Raymond Schmerberg, Norman H. Seabrook [others not found in research]

References RVIA Annual Report 1941-2, p5.

1941 KING GEORGE V. JUBILEE MATERNAL AND INFANT WELFARE PATHOLOGICAL BUILDING, WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
SWANSTON STREET, CARLTON.
ARCHITECT - STEPHENSON AND TURNER.

Builders Hansen& Yuncken

Presentation by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne Cr. T. S. Nettlefold, J. P. at Kelvin Hall on November 25 1942 to Miss Ellison Harvie

Jury W. R. Dean Chairman, E. F. Billson, W. A. M. Blackett, R. S. Demaine P. Everett [Chief Architect of PWD], J. R. Freeman, C. H. Hollinshead, Daryl Lindsay [Director of NGV], E. Keith Mackay, Grenfell Ruddock, Miss M. T. Shaw

References RVIA Journal, Jan-Feb 1938, p241, RVIA Journal May 1939, pp74-85

 1942 WESTERN BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA LIMITED
CNR. COLLINS AND WILLIAM STREETS, MELBOURNE.
ARCHITECT - MELDRUM AND NOAD.

Presentation not found in records

Jury W. R. Dean, [Art Inspector Education Department, Chairman], Percy Everett, [Chief Architect PWD], Daryl Lindsay [Director NGV], H. Garnet Alsop [representing the President of the RVIA], r. S. Demaine, E. Keith Mackay, D. C. Ward, W. A. M. Blackett, J. R. Freeman, C. N. Hollinshead, Miss Mary Turner Shaw

Other Nominations Anzac House, Collins Street Melbourne, E. S. & A. Bank corner Collins and Elizabeth Streets Melbourne, Gardiner Presbyterian Church cnr Burke and Malvern Roads Gardiner, Metropolitan Fire Station, Albert Street Windsor, Newman College Chapel, University of Melbourne, Phosphate House, Collins Street, Melbourne.

References RVIA Journal March-April 1938, p40, RVIA Journal, October-November 1939, p218-227, RVIA Annual Report 1943-44, p6.

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