Collection of architectural drawings by Edward Fielder Billson and the firms Billson & Mewton and Lippincott & Billson and Edward Fielder Billson & Associates
Identifier(s): YLTAD 109
Scope and contents
Contains a collection of drawings for the Sanitarium Health Food Factory at Warburton (1936-1939), work for the Seventh Day Adventists and for Signs Publishing Co. Warburton. The collection also contains an original ink drawing by Walter Burley Griffin, Dwelling 19 Castlecrag, Edinburgh Road, Willoughby (June 1921). Most work was undertaken for projects in Victoria, with some projects for sites in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Western Australia and New South Wales.
Dates
- Creation: [between 1917 and 1970]
Creator
- E. F. Billson (Architect, Organization)
- A. & K. Henderson (Architect, Organization)
- Billson & Mewton (Architect, Organization)
- Edward Fielder Billson & Associates (Architect, Organization)
- Lippincott & Billson (Architect, Organization)
Biographical / Historical
Edward Fielder Billson (1892-1986) was the first graduate of the University of Melbourne architecture program, and an associate of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, a member of the Board of Architectural Education in Victoria, and of the faculty of Architecture at the University of Melbourne. Billson went on to train with Walter Burley Griffin, of Chicago, Melbourne and Sydney, and studied in Europe and America. For a period of time, he worked in partnership with R. A. Lippincott. After winning an international competition for the Auckland University Library, Billson returned to Melbourne to establish his own practice. Work undertaken included the design of large residences, flats, schools and factories. Billson's son, named Edward "Ted" Fielder Billson (1929-2018) also worked as an architect.
Full extent
30 cm. (6 map case drawers)
Language of materials
English
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift; Margaret Billson; 2019.
General note
Later work completed by Edward Fielder Billson's son, Edward "Ted" Fielder Billson (1929-2018).
Collection arranged by building type.
Processing information
Collection has been kept in their original order, which is roughly (not strictly) alphabetical.
- Title
- Guide to the Collection of architectural drawings by Edward Fielder Billson and the firms Billson & Mewton and Lippincott & Billson and Edward Fielder Billson & Associates
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository details
Part of the Pictures Collection, State Library Victoria Repository
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia
03 8664 7002