Peter Marquis-Kyle interviewed by Bronwyn Hanna in the Burra Charter oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5018301
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Marquis-Kyle, Peter, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2010
- 2 sound files (ca. 134 mins.)
- Series:
- Burra Charter oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Peter Marquis-Kyle, born 1949 in Brisbane talks about his parents (married 1945); childhood in Victoria and Western Australia; his grandfather Leslie Buchanan; father studying architecture post-war, then teaching at the University of Queensland (1950's); Cook & Kerrison architects; his father's views on modern architecture; his siblings; father's illness and effect on the family; his schooling; living in England (1965-6); technical college; photography; vintage cars; St Peters Lutheran College Indooroopilly; choosing a career in architecture; University of Queensland (1969); scholarship issues; Vietnam War and protest marches; teachers Peter O'Gorman and Ian Sinnamon; travelling overland through Asia, the Middle East to Europe (1972); documenting his travel through photography; living and working in London; travel experience back to Australia; difficulty returning to study; thesis on country towns.
Marquis-Kyle discusses Whitlam Government; Royal Commission into the National Estate; Robert Hope; Judith Wright; Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975; towns in the Brisbane River Valley, Ipswich, Central West, Childers, Barcaldine and Maleny; Meredith Walker; moving to the country, self-sufficiency, designing and building a low cost house; sharing skills; Richard Allom; surveying structures to be inundated by the Ivanhoe Dam; architectural work with a conservation focus; interaction with Australia International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and UNESCO; influence of James Semple Kerr and other conservationists; Venice Charter; Manifesto of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (UK); models analysing significance for Australian built heritage; comparisons with the United States and Canada; Burra Charter (1979) and its legacy; published illustrated version (1992); subsequent and revised editions (1999) incorporating intangible heritage values.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 7 December 2010 in Brisbane, Qld.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Architects
- Other authors/contributors:
- Hanna, Bronwyn J, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Burra Charter oral history project.
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- Until 2080 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2010
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