Bates Smart

Bates Smart is an architectural firm with studios in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1853 by Joseph Reed it is known as one of Australia's oldest architectural firms, and has been responsible for numerous landmark buildings.

Practice information
Founders
Founded1853
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Significant works and honors
Buildings
Awards
  • RAIA Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design (2003, 2005)
  • RAIA National Award for Interior Architecture (2003)
Website
www.batessmart.com.au

History

Joseph Reed established his firm on arrival in Melbourne in 1853 and immediately won important commissions such as the Public Library. In 1863 he joined with Frederick Barnes to become Reed & Barnes. In 1883 Barnes retired, and A. Henderson and F. Smart joined Joseph Reed as partners to create Reed, Henderson & Smart. In 1890 Reed died, Henderson withdrew and W Tappin joined creating Reed Smart & Tappin, retaining the deceased partner's great name. In 1907 N. G. Peebles joined creating Smart Tappin & Peebles, but with the rapid departure of Tappin, and addition of E Bates, became Bates Pebble & Smart the next year.[1] After Peebles died in 1923, and the firm became Bates Smart McCutcheon in 1926 when (Sir) Osborn McCutcheon became a partner; he remained Principal Partner until his retirement. After 1995 the firm has been known simply as Bates Smart.[2]

Partners and directors
  • Joseph Reed (1822-1890) partner 1853-90;
  • Frederick Barnes (c.1823-1884) partner circa 1862-1883;
  • Anketell Henderson (1853-1923) partner 1883-1890;
  • Francis Smart (c. 1852-1907) partner 1883-1907;
  • Wiliam Tappin (1854-1905) partner 1890-1908;
  • Charles Smart (1882-1950) partner 1907-1950;
  • Norman Peebles (died 1923) partner 1907-1922;
  • Edward Bates (1865-1931) partner 1908-1931;
  • Sir Osborn McCutcheon (1899-1983) partner 1926-1977;
  • Alan Ralton (1906-1962) partner 1937-1962;
  • Douglas Gardiner (1905-2001) partner 1945-1969;
  • Phillip Pearce (1905-1982) partner 19145-1977;
  • Selwyn Bates (1909-1989) partner 1949-1979;
  • Sydney Wood (1905-1973) partner 1961-1970;
  • Harvey Brown (1906-1988) partner 1961-1979;
  • Richard Maxwell (born 1928) partner 1967-1984;
  • Robert Dunster (born 1931) partner 1970-1992;
  • Straun Gilfillan (born 1933) partner 1970-1994;
  • Robert Bruce (born 1938) partner 1970-2002;
  • Tim Hurburgh (born 1943) director 1981-1999;
  • Roger Poole (born 1942) director 1981-2015;
  • Roger Arnall (born 1944) director 1984-1991;
  • James Milledge (born 1951) director 1992-2014;
  • Jeffery Copolov, director 1995-current;
  • Philip Vivian, current director;
  • Simon Swaney, current managing director;
  • Guy Lake, current director;
  • Kristen Whittle, current director;
  • Jenny Nolan, current finance director;
  • Brenton Smith, director 2017-current;
  • Julian Anderson, current director;
  • Matthew Allen, director 2014-current.[3]

Notable projects
CompletedFirm nameProject nameLocationAwardNotes
1867Reed & Barnes
(1862-1883)		Melbourne Town HallMelbourne, Victoria[4]
1867Scots' ChurchMelbourne, Victoria
1880Royal Exhibition BuildingMelbourne, Victoria
Reed, Henderson & Smart
(1883-1890)
Reed, Tappin & Smart
(1890-1907)
1903Bates, Peebles & Smart
(1908-1926)		Central HallMelbourne, Victoria
1910-13Melba Hall, University of MelbourneMelbourne, Victoria[5]
1912 & 1913Buckley & Nunn, now David Jones298-310 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria[6]
1930Bates, Smart, McCutcheon
(1926-1995)		AMP BuildingCollins Street, Melbourne, Victoria[7]
1933 Buckley & Nunn's Menswear Store (now David Jones), 312 Bourke StreetMelbourne, Victoria
1937 Second Church of Christ Scientist Camberwell, Victoria Street Architecture Medal 1938 [8]
1956 Wilson Hall Melbourne University [9]
1957MLC Building, North SydneyNorth Sydney[10][11]
1937-8 MLC Building, Sydney 42-46 Martin Place, Sydney [12]
1958ICI HouseMelbourne, Victoria
1960Johns & Waygood, City Road SouthMelbourne, Victoria
1975Optus CentreMelbourne, Victoria
1997Bates Smart
(since 1995)		Crown Casino and Entertainment ComplexMelbourne, Victoria
2000Federation Square including the
Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia		Melbourne, Victoria
  • RAIA Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design (2003)
  • RAIA National Award for Interior Architecture (2003)

[13][14]
2000Toyota HeadquartersWoolooware, Sydney[15]
2001Melburnian ApartmentsMelbourne, Victoria
2003NSW Police HeadquartersSydney
2004420 George StreetSydney central business district
2005Walsh Bay RedevelopmentWoolloomooloo
  • RAIA Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design (2005)
[16]
2006Freshwater PlaceMelbourne, Victoria
2007NSW Attorney General's Department Headquarters
2007Pinnacle Office DevelopmentNorth Ryde
2007AHM HeadquartersWollongong
2008Government Service CentreQueanbeyan
2010Mid CitySydney central business district
2018Opal TowerSydney Olympic Park
  • State Library of Victoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne
  • St Michael's Uniting Church, Collins Street, Melbourne
  • Melbourne Trades Hall, Carlton
  • The Scots' Church, Collins Street, Melbourne
  • Melbourne Town Hall, Collins Street
  • The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
  • St Paul's Cathedral, Flinders Street
  • Wesley Church, Melbourne
  • Ormond College Clock Tower, University of Melbourne
  • Former Metropolitan Gas Company building on Flinders Street, Melbourne
  • Holy Trinity Church, St Kilda
  • Sacred Heart Church, St Kilda
  • Lombard Building
  • A. C. Goode House
  • Former Mutual Store
  • Melba Hall
  • Former AMP Building
  • ICI House, Melbourne (1955–58)
  • Optus Centre (1975)
  • Crown Casino
  • Freshwater Place
  • The Age headquarters, Melbourne (2009)

References
  1. Goad, Philip (2012). Encyclopaedia of Australian Architects. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. pp. 586–588.
  2. Goad, Philip (2004). Bates Smart: 150 years of Australian Architecture. Australia: Thames and Hudson.
  3. Bates Smart Directors Archived December 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Saunders, David. "Reed, Joseph (1823? - 1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Australian National University. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  5. "Melba Hall". Victorian Heritage Database.
  6. Statement of significance at Heritage Council of Victoria
  7. "AMP Building". Victorian Heritage Database.
  8. "Second Church of Christ Scientist". Victorian Heritage Database.
  9. "Wilson Hall". Victorian Heritage Database.
  10. "OUR GIANT BUILDING". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 13 May 1955. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "MLC Building". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  12. "MLC Building (Former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00597. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  13. "AIA Awards: Federation Square". Australian Institute of Architects. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  14. "AIA Awards: The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square". Australian Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  15. "Projects". Architecture Australia. 88 (5). 1 September 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  16. "AIA Awards: Walsh Bay Redevelopment". Australian Institute of Architects. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
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