{"id":1830,"date":"2020-04-01T11:35:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T11:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novalab.bold-themes.com\/main-demo\/?page_id=1830"},"modified":"2024-11-07T01:01:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T01:01:14","slug":"architect","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/?page_id=1830","title":{"rendered":"The Architect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section data-bb-version=\"5.1.6\" id=\"bt_bb_section6addedda86323\" class=\"bt_bb_section bt_bb_layout_boxed_1200 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_background_overlay_light_gradient bt_bb_bottom_section_coverage_image bt_bb_section_with_bottom_coverage_image bt_bb_top_spacing_large bt_bb_bottom_spacing_extra_large\" style=\";background-color:#e2e2e2;\" data-bt-override-class=\"{&quot;bt_bb_top_spacing_&quot;:{&quot;current_class&quot;:&quot;bt_bb_top_spacing_large&quot;,&quot;xxl&quot;:&quot;large&quot;},&quot;bt_bb_bottom_spacing_&quot;:{&quot;current_class&quot;:&quot;bt_bb_bottom_spacing_extra_large&quot;,&quot;xxl&quot;:&quot;extra_large&quot;}}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_background_image_holder_wrapper\"><div class=\"bt_bb_background_image_holder bt_bb_parallax\"  data-parallax=\"0.7\" data-parallax-offset=\"0\" data-parallax-zoom-start=\"1\" data-parallax-zoom-end=\"1\" data-parallax-blur-start=\"0\" data-parallax-blur-end=\"0\" data-parallax-opacity-start=\"1\" data-parallax-opacity-end=\"1\" style=\" background-image:url(&#039;https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Details-Windows-033s.jpg&#039;);\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_port\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row \"  data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_holder\" ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-8 col-xl-8 bt_bb_vertical_align_middle bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal bt_bb_animation_fade_in animate\"  data-width=\"8\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><header class=\"bt_bb_headline bt_bb_font_weight_medium bt_bb_dash_none bt_bb_superheadline bt_bb_size_large bt_bb_align_inherit\" data-bt-override-class=\"{&quot;bt_bb_align_&quot;:{&quot;current_class&quot;:&quot;bt_bb_align_inherit&quot;,&quot;xxl&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;xl&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;}}\"><h1 class=\"bt_bb_headline_tag\"><span class=\"bt_bb_headline_superheadline\">THE ARCHITECT OF STANHILL APARTMENTS<\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_headline_content\"><span>Frederick Romberg<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/header><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-4 col-xl-4 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"4\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- cell_inner --><\/div><!-- cell --><\/div><!-- port --><div class=\"bt_bb_section_bottom_section_coverage_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bottom_cover_3.png\" alt=\"bt_bb_section_bottom_section_coverage_image\" \/><\/div><\/section><section id=\"bt_bb_section6addedda866e3\" class=\"bt_bb_section bt_bb_color_scheme_1 bt_bb_layout_boxed_1200 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_top_spacing_extra_small\" style=\"; --section-primary-color:#000; --section-secondary-color:#fff;\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_background_image_holder_wrapper\"><div class=\"bt_bb_background_image_holder bt_bb_parallax\"  data-parallax=\"0.7\" data-parallax-offset=\"0\" data-parallax-zoom-start=\"1\" data-parallax-zoom-end=\"1\" data-parallax-blur-start=\"0\" data-parallax-blur-end=\"0\" data-parallax-opacity-start=\"1\" data-parallax-opacity-end=\"1\" style=\" background-image:url(&#039;https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/back-float-bu-L.png&#039;);\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_port\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row \"  data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_holder\" ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-5 col-xl-5 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal bt_bb_animation_fade_in animate\"  data-width=\"5\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_image bt_bb_shape_oval bt_bb_target_self bt_bb_align_inherit bt_bb_hover_style_simple bt_bb_content_display_always bt_bb_content_align_middle\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Frederik-Romberg-architect.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Frederik-Romberg-architect.jpg\" data-full_image_src=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Frederik-Romberg-architect.jpg\" title=\"Frederik Romberg architect\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Frederik-Romberg-architect.jpg 367w, https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Frederik-Romberg-architect-320x436.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content bt_bb_hidden_md bt_bb_hidden_lg\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-7 col-xl-7 bt_bb_vertical_align_middle bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal bt_bb_animation_fade_in animate\"  data-width=\"7\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><header class=\"bt_bb_headline bt_bb_dash_none bt_bb_subheadline bt_bb_size_normal bt_bb_align_inherit\" data-bt-override-class=\"{&quot;bt_bb_align_&quot;:{&quot;current_class&quot;:&quot;bt_bb_align_inherit&quot;,&quot;xxl&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;xl&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;}}\"><h3 class=\"bt_bb_headline_tag\"><span class=\"bt_bb_headline_content\"><span>Frederik Romberg<\/span><\/span><\/h3><div class=\"bt_bb_headline_subheadline\">Born in China, trained in Switzerland, our architect made Melbourne his home in 1938<\/div><\/header><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_normal bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\" bt_bb_row_inner\"   data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_inner_holder\"  ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column_inner col-xxl-6 col-xl-6 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"6\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_inner_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_normal bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_column_inner col-xxl-6 col-xl-6 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"6\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_inner_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_normal bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content bt_bb_hidden_md bt_bb_hidden_lg\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All materials from the Romberg Collection, a collection of the Swiss-trained architect\u2019s personal effects, correspondence, photos, scrapbooks and printed materials, are housed in the RMIT Design Archives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- cell_inner --><\/div><!-- cell --><\/div><!-- port --><\/section><section data-bb-version=\"5.1.6\" id=\"bt_bb_section6addedda87149\" class=\"bt_bb_section bt_bb_layout_boxed_1200 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_top_section_coverage_image bt_bb_section_with_top_coverage_image bt_bb_top_spacing_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium\"  data-bt-override-class=\"{&quot;bt_bb_top_spacing_&quot;:{&quot;current_class&quot;:&quot;bt_bb_top_spacing_none&quot;,&quot;xxl&quot;:&quot;none&quot;},&quot;bt_bb_bottom_spacing_&quot;:{&quot;current_class&quot;:&quot;bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium&quot;,&quot;xxl&quot;:&quot;medium&quot;}}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_port\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row \"  data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_holder\" ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-7 col-xl-7 bt_bb_vertical_align_middle bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal bt_bb_animation_fade_in animate\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-width=\"7\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_normal bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Melbourne was perfect for bringing my European ideas to the landscape.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_normal bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\" bt_bb_row_inner\"   data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_inner_holder\"  ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column_inner col-xxl-12 col-xl-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_30\"  data-width=\"12\" data-bt-override-class=\"{&quot;bt_bb_align_&quot;:{&quot;current_class&quot;:&quot;bt_bb_align_left&quot;,&quot;xxl&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;xl&quot;:&quot;left&quot;}}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_inner_content\"><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<p><b>Frederick Romberg<\/b>, (<b>Friedrich Sigismund Hermann Romberg<\/b>), was born 21 June 1913, in Tsingtao and died 12 November 1992 in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>He was a Swiss-trained architect who migrated to Australia in 1938, and became a leading figure in the development of Modernism in his adopted city.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-5 col-xl-5 bt_bb_vertical_align_middle bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal bt_bb_animation_fade_in animate\"  data-width=\"5\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><div data-bb-version=\"5.1.6\" class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_top_spacing_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_border_thickness_1 bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" 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class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_image bt_bb_shape_oval bt_bb_target_self bt_bb_align_inherit bt_bb_hover_style_simple bt_bb_content_display_always bt_bb_content_align_middle\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Stanhill-Flats-1950-Image-Credit-SeeJay-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Stanhill-Flats-1950-Image-Credit-SeeJay-1.jpg\" data-full_image_src=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Stanhill-Flats-1950-Image-Credit-SeeJay-1.jpg\" title=\"Stanhill Flats 1950 Image Credit- SeeJay-1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Stanhill-Flats-1950-Image-Credit-SeeJay-1.jpg 950w, https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Stanhill-Flats-1950-Image-Credit-SeeJay-1-640x371.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Stanhill-Flats-1950-Image-Credit-SeeJay-1-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Stanhill-Flats-1950-Image-Credit-SeeJay-1-320x185.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_solid bt_bb_top_spacing_normal bt_bb_bottom_spacing_normal bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><header class=\"bt_bb_headline bt_bb_dash_none bt_bb_size_small bt_bb_align_inherit\" data-bt-override-class=\"{&quot;bt_bb_align_&quot;:{&quot;current_class&quot;:&quot;bt_bb_align_inherit&quot;,&quot;xxl&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;xl&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;}}\"><h4 class=\"bt_bb_headline_tag\"><span class=\"bt_bb_headline_content\"><span>About Frederik Romberg<\/span><\/span><\/h4><\/header><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_normal bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\" bt_bb_row_inner\"   data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_inner_holder\"  ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column_inner col-xxl-6 col-xl-6 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"6\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_inner_content\"><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<p>Romberg was best known as the &#8220;middle term&#8221; in the architectural partnership of \u2018Gromboyd\u2018 &#8211; Grounds, Romberg and Boyd (1953-1962), as well as for some landmark apartment buildings in 1940s Melbourne. He brought an awareness of great\u00a0<a title=\"Europe\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Europe\">European<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Academic\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academic\">academic<\/a>\u00a0tradition, and the Modernist architecture of Switzerland and Germany, re-formed into\u00a0architecture\u00a0appropriate to Australia. His buildings are characteristically\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Empiricist\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empiricist\">empiricist<\/a>\u00a0in intention and form, using local materials within the formal framework of modernism.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_column_inner col-xxl-6 col-xl-6 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"6\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_inner_content\"><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<p>Many of Romberg\u2019s buildings have been demolished, although some including the Stanhill and Newburn flats in Queens Road, Melbourne in the 30\u2019s and 40\u2019s, are living proof of the man\u2019s talent.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- cell_inner --><\/div><!-- cell --><\/div><!-- port --><div class=\"bt_bb_section_top_section_coverage_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/top_cover_longer.png\" alt=\"bt_bb_section_top_section_coverage_image\" \/><\/div><\/section><section id=\"bt_bb_section6addedda879bb\" class=\"bt_bb_section bt_bb_layout_boxed_1200\"  data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_port\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row \"  data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_holder\" ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-6 col-xl-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"6\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><div class=\" bt_bb_row_inner\"   data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_inner_holder\"  ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column_inner col-xxl-12 col-xl-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"12\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_inner_content\"><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Early_life_and_education\" class=\"mw-headline\">Early life and education\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Frederick Romberg, second child of Prussian parents Kurt and Else Romberg, was born on 21 June 1913 in\u00a0<a title=\"Qingdao\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qingdao\">Tsingtao<\/a>\u00a0(Qingdao), the principal German colonial possession in China. His father worked in the Colonial Office, after a career as a doctor of law and a judge in\u00a0Berlin. The family returned to Berlin in September 1913 when Frederick was only a few months old. When WW1 broke out, his father volunteered, and was killed in 1915. In 1920 his mother married a doctor, Hans Riebling, and the family moved to the town of\u00a0Harburg, adjacent to\u00a0Hamburg.<sup id=\"cite_ref-:0_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0Here he attended the Stresemann Real-Gymnasium (now the\u00a0Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium), where the principal\u00a0Walter Schadow, was a supporter of\u00a0Weimar Republic. As a teenager, he sought out the local avant-garde, like those at the\u00a0<a title=\"Worpswede\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Worpswede\">Worpswede<\/a>\u00a0artist&#8217;s colony north of Bremen, where he met\u00a0<a title=\"Heinrich Vogeler\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heinrich_Vogeler\">Heinrich Vogeler<\/a>. Here he would have seen architect\u00a0<a title=\"Bernhard Hoetger\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernhard_Hoetger\">Bernard Hoetger<\/a>&#8216;s Expressionist house, as well as his famous\u00a0<a title=\"B\u00f6ttcherstra\u00dfe\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B%C3%B6ttcherstra%C3%9Fe\">B\u00f6ttcherstra\u00dfe<\/a>\u00a0development in Bremen.<sup id=\"cite_ref-:0_1-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>After his first studying law at the\u00a0<a title=\"University of Geneva\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Geneva\">University of Geneva<\/a>\u00a0in Switzerland in 1931, and then at various other Universities, he then swapped in 1933 to the\u00a0<a title=\"Architecture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Architecture\">architecture<\/a>\u00a0course at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"ETH-Zurich\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ETH-Zurich\">ETH-Zurich<\/a>), one of the world&#8217;s leading technical universities.\u00a0The earlier semesters of the course had a strong component of technical subjects such as mathematics, geometry and building statics. He developed a remarkably consistent and rigorous more fern my cement language of architectural form, employing ribbon windows, cantilevers, roof gardens, open plans and new urban typologies. After graduating from ETH-Zurich, he joined\u00a0<a title=\"Otto Rudolf Salvisberg\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otto_Rudolf_Salvisberg\">Otto Rudolf Salvisberg<\/a>\u2019s office as an architectural assistant for 6 months, working mainly on one project, a seven-storey laboratory building in Basel. Completing his studies in 1938, he emigrated to Melbourne that same year, and became a registered architect in 1940.<sup id=\"cite_ref-:0_1-3\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0In his professional career from the 1940s to 1960s, he gradually refined his European modernist approach into a local one.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Career\" class=\"mw-headline\">Career\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span id=\"Migration_and_early_practice\" class=\"mw-headline\">Migration and early practice\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>To understand the experience of\u00a0migration\u00a0is of fundamental importance in understanding the architecture of Fredrick Romberg. While his commitment to Australia was absolute from the moment he arrived, he brought with him memories, knowledge and attitudes that were European in general and German in particular. Arriving in\u00a0Melbourne\u00a0at Station Pier, he had an initial, brief visit to\u00a0Canberra\u00a0and\u00a0Sydney, returned to Melbourne, and was immediately engaged by the office of\u00a0<a title=\"Stephenson and Turner\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephenson_and_Turner\">Stephenson and Turner<\/a>. He was seconded to the design section and worked there for a year. In 1939 he formed a partnership with\u00a0<a title=\"Mary Turner Shaw\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Turner_Shaw\">Mary Turner Shaw<\/a>, Romberg &amp; Shaw, a pioneering female architect 10 years his senior, who had also worked at Stephenson &amp; Turner, administering various large projects. Together they designed and built a number of pioneering Modernist large-scale apartment buildings, introducing a completely new approach to multi-family dwellings. They include\u00a0<a title=\"Newburn Flats\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newburn_Flats\">Newburn Flats<\/a>\u00a0(1939-41), and\u00a0<a title=\"Yarrabee Flats\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yarrabee_Flats\">Yarrabee Flats<\/a>\u00a0and Glenunga Flats in 1940. They also designed a few houses, combining Modernist and domestic elements. The partnership ended in 1942 as the war made private practice impractical.<\/p>\n<p>Romberg then worked in various offices and spent a year interned as an \u2018enemy alien\u2019, returning to private practice in 1945 as soon as the war ended, the same year he was naturalised. He already had a very large project in hand, the landmark high-rise\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"Stanhill Flats (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Stanhill_Flats&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Stanhill Flats<\/a>, designed as early as 1943, and built 1947-1950. The client was businessmen and entrepreneur Stanley Korman, who commissioned a number of further schemes from Romberg which mostly came to nothing. One project that did get built was another flat development called Hillstan, on the Nepean Highway in Brighton, built in 1947, two long curving rows of two storey blocks joined by glazed stairwells.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-6 col-xl-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"6\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_image bt_bb_shape_square bt_bb_target_self bt_bb_align_inherit bt_bb_hover_style_simple bt_bb_content_display_always bt_bb_content_align_middle bt_bb_hidden_xs\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1089\" height=\"1571\" src=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SKYLIGHTS-FRONT-ENTRANCE.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SKYLIGHTS-FRONT-ENTRANCE.jpg\" data-full_image_src=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SKYLIGHTS-FRONT-ENTRANCE.jpg\" title=\"SKYLIGHTS FRONT ENTRANCE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SKYLIGHTS-FRONT-ENTRANCE.jpg 1089w, https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SKYLIGHTS-FRONT-ENTRANCE-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SKYLIGHTS-FRONT-ENTRANCE-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SKYLIGHTS-FRONT-ENTRANCE-768x1108.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SKYLIGHTS-FRONT-ENTRANCE-1065x1536.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1089px) 100vw, 1089px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\" bt_bb_row_inner\"   data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_inner_holder\"  ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column_inner col-xxl-12 col-xl-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"12\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_inner_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_dotted bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Grounds,_Romberg_and_Boyd:_1953-1962\" class=\"mw-headline\">Grounds, Romberg and Boyd: 1953-1962\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>In 1951 Romberg&#8217;s practice was in a precarious position. He had moved his office from La Trobe Street in 1949 to the front flat on the top floor of Newburn and the following year into a\u00a0<a title=\"Penthouse apartment\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Penthouse_apartment\">penthouse<\/a>\u00a0created from the\u00a0<a title=\"Roof garden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roof_garden\">roof garden<\/a>. With his partners\u00a0<a title=\"Roy Grounds\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roy_Grounds\">Roy Grounds<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Robin Boyd (architect)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robin_Boyd_(architect)\">Robin Boyd<\/a>, Romberg continued to explore local idioms in his schools, colleges and churches and to link his work to historical precedent in Australia. At the same time, he excavated his own past, resurrecting its latent\u00a0<a title=\"Classicism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Classicism\">classicism<\/a>\u00a0in order to affirm Australia&#8217;s earliest, and particularly\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Palladian\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palladian\">Palladian<\/a>, traditions.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/div><div class=\" bt_bb_row_inner\"   data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_inner_holder\"  ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column_inner col-xxl-12 col-xl-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"12\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_inner_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Architecture_style:_The_Central_Plan\" class=\"mw-headline\">Architecture style: The Central Plan\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Romberg&#8217;s complex and varied approach to the central plan suggests a secure grounding in historical precedent (a subject he taught at\u00a0<a title=\"RMIT University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RMIT_University\">RMIT<\/a>\u00a0in the late 1940s) and possibly some knowledge of the immensely influential text by\u00a0<a title=\"Rudolf Wittkower\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rudolf_Wittkower\">Rudolf Wittkower<\/a>,\u00a0<i>Architectural Principles in the Age of\u00a0<a title=\"Humanism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humanism\">Humanism<\/a><\/i>, first published in 1949 which dealt with both\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Palladian\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palladian\">Palladian<\/a>\u00a0geometry and the central plan.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Architecture_style:_Brutalism\" class=\"mw-headline\">Architecture style: Brutalism\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The relationship of Romberg&#8217;s work to be emerging\u00a0<a title=\"Brutalist architecture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brutalist_architecture\">Brutalist movement<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0England\u00a0is one of the more intriguing aspects of his practice during the 1950s and early 1960s. Brutalism in Australia is generally understood as a style of \u2018rational and robust\u2019 concrete architecture, largely institutional, widespread in the 1960s and 1970s. Its forms derived from\u00a0<a title=\"Le Corbusier\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Le_Corbusier\">Le Corbusier<\/a>\u2019s later work and the Japanese new architecture.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- cell_inner --><\/div><!-- cell --><\/div><!-- port --><\/section><section id=\"bt_bb_section6addedda883c9\" class=\"bt_bb_section bt_bb_layout_boxed_1200\"  data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_port\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row \"  data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_holder\" ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-12 col-xl-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"12\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_dotted bt_bb_bottom_spacing_35 bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- cell_inner --><\/div><!-- cell --><\/div><!-- port --><\/section><section id=\"bt_bb_section6addedda8849d\" class=\"bt_bb_section bt_bb_layout_boxed_1200 bt_bb_vertical_align_top\"  data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_port\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row \"  data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_holder\" ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-6 col-xl-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"6\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_35 bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"The_breakup_of_the_partnership:_Romberg_and_Boyd:_1962-1975\" class=\"mw-headline\">The breakup of the partnership: Romberg and Boyd: 1962-1975\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>During the\u00a0<a title=\"National Gallery of Victoria\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Gallery_of_Victoria\">National Gallery of Victoria<\/a>\u00a0and Cultural Centre project, where the practice of Grounds, Romberg and Boyd was appointed as the architects; at a more personal level, it caused the breakup of the\u00a0partnership. To some extent, Romberg believed the building would have been much more significant with the teamwork and contribution of three.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-6 col-xl-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"6\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_35 bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"University_of_Newcastle,_NSW\" class=\"mw-headline\">University of Newcastle, NSW\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>In 1965 Romberg was appointed the foundation Professor of Architecture at the\u00a0University of Newcastle, north of\u00a0Sydney\u00a0and he held this position for the following decade.<\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Return_to_Melbourne\" class=\"mw-headline\">Return to Melbourne\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Romberg returned to\u00a0Melbourne\u00a0in 1975 where he carried on a small practice into the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- cell_inner --><\/div><!-- cell --><\/div><!-- port --><\/section><section id=\"bt_bb_section6addedda88998\" class=\"bt_bb_section bt_bb_layout_boxed_1200 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_top_section_coverage_image bt_bb_section_with_top_coverage_image bt_bb_top_spacing_extra_small bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium\"  data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_background_image_holder_wrapper\"><div class=\"bt_bb_background_image_holder btLazyLoadBackground 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class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><header class=\"bt_bb_headline bt_bb_dash_none bt_bb_size_inherit bt_bb_align_inherit\" data-bt-override-class=\"{&quot;bt_bb_align_&quot;:{&quot;current_class&quot;:&quot;bt_bb_align_inherit&quot;,&quot;xxl&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;xl&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;}}\"><h3 class=\"bt_bb_headline_tag\"><span class=\"bt_bb_headline_content\"><span>The Romberg style <\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-6 col-xl-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"6\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_row \"  data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_holder\" ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-4 col-xl-4 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal bt_bb_animation_fade_in animate\"  data-width=\"4\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><\/p>\n<p>Romberg House, Armadale<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-4 col-xl-4 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal bt_bb_animation_fade_in animate\"  data-width=\"4\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><\/p>\n<p>Newburn Flats<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-4 col-xl-4 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal bt_bb_animation_fade_in animate\"  data-width=\"4\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><\/p>\n<p>Stanhill, his largest project<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- cell_inner --><\/div><!-- cell --><\/div><!-- port --><div class=\"bt_bb_section_top_section_coverage_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/top_cover_05.png\" alt=\"bt_bb_section_top_section_coverage_image\" \/><\/div><\/section><section id=\"bt_bb_section6addedda88c6a\" class=\"bt_bb_section bt_bb_layout_boxed_1200\"  data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_port\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row \"  data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_holder\" ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-6 col-xl-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"6\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"List_of_works\" class=\"mw-headline\">List of works\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Newburn Flats\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newburn_Flats\">Newburn Flats<\/a>, 30 Queens Road, South Melbourne &#8211; 1939<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Yarrabee Flats\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yarrabee_Flats\">Yarrabee Flats<\/a>, South Yarra, Victoria &#8211; 1940<\/li>\n<li>Glenunga Flats, Armadale, Victoria &#8211; 1940<\/li>\n<li>Romberg House, Eaglemont, Victoria &#8211; 1941<\/li>\n<li>St Quentin, Ellery House, Upwey, Victoria \u2013 1941<\/li>\n<li>Miller-Short House, Upper Mast Road, Upwey &#8211; 1947<\/li>\n<li>Hilstan Flats, corner Nepean Highway and Marriage Road, Brighton, Victoria \u2013 1947 (demolished)<\/li>\n<li>Stanhill, 34 Queens Road, South Melbourne &#8211; designed 1943, built 1947-50<\/li>\n<li>Yarralands Flats, Hawthorn, Victoria &#8211; 1951<\/li>\n<li>Lutheran Church Hall, South Melbourne, Victoria &#8211; 1953 (demolished)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sacred Heart Girls' College building, Oakleigh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sacred_Heart_Girls%27_College_building,_Oakleigh\">Sacred Heart Girls&#8217; College building, Oakleigh<\/a>, Victoria &#8211; 1954<\/li>\n<li>Harris Flats, Barkers Road, Hawthorn &#8211; 1955<\/li>\n<li>Bruck House, Bruck Mills, Wangaratta, Victoria &#8211; 1955<\/li>\n<li>ICI Staff Recreation Centre, Deer Park, Victoria \u2013 1955 (demolished)<\/li>\n<li>ETA Foods Factory, 254 Ballarat Road, Braybrook &#8211; 1957<\/li>\n<li>CSIRO &#8211; Division of Protein Chemistry, Parkville, Victoria &#8211; 1958<\/li>\n<li>Picken Court, Ormond College, Parkville &#8211; 1959<\/li>\n<li>Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Canberra \u2013 1960<\/li>\n<li>St George&#8217;s Anglican, East Ivanhoe &#8211; 1962<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"MacFarland Library, Ormond College\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MacFarland_Library,_Ormond_College\">MacFarland Library<\/a>, and School of Microbiology of\u00a0<a title=\"University of Melbourne\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Melbourne\">University of Melbourne<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 1962<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Luther College (Victoria)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luther_College_(Victoria)\">Luther College, Croydon<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 1963<\/li>\n<li>School of Architecture,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"University of Newcastle, Australia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Newcastle,_Australia\">University of Newcastle<\/a>, New South Wales &#8211; 1968<\/li>\n<li>Newcastle City Council Offices, King Street,\u00a0Newcastle, New South Wales &#8211; designed 1970, built 1972-77\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-6 col-xl-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6 bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_align_left bt_bb_padding_normal\"  data-width=\"6\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content\"><div class=\"bt_bb_column_content_inner\"><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Awards\" class=\"mw-headline\">Awards\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Inaugural President&#8217;s prize, awarded by Victorian Chapter of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Royal Australian Institute of Architects\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Australian_Institute_of_Architects\">Royal Australian Institute of Architects<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In 2006, after he died, National Architecture 2006\u00a0: National 25 Year Award \u2013 Robin Boyd House II, one of his building works was awarded by\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Royal Australian Institute of Architects\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Australian_Institute_of_Architects\">Royal Australian Institute of Architects<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2 bt_bb_border_style_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_medium bt_bb_icon_size_normal bt_bb_text_size_normal bt_bb_separator_v2_without_content\" data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner\"><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_before\"><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_content\"><span  data-ico-=\"\" class=\"bt_bb_icon_holder\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bt_bb_separator_v2_inner_after\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"bt_bb_image bt_bb_shape_square bt_bb_target_self bt_bb_align_inherit bt_bb_hover_style_simple bt_bb_content_display_always bt_bb_content_align_middle\" data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/HolyTrinity-Canberra-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/HolyTrinity-Canberra-1.jpg\" data-full_image_src=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/HolyTrinity-Canberra-1.jpg\" title=\"HolyTrinity Canberra-1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/HolyTrinity-Canberra-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/HolyTrinity-Canberra-1-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/HolyTrinity-Canberra-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stanhillmelbourne.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/HolyTrinity-Canberra-1-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div  class=\"bt_bb_text\" ><\/p>\n<p><em>Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Canberra (1960)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- cell_inner --><\/div><!-- cell --><\/div><!-- port --><\/section><section id=\"bt_bb_section6addedda892f3\" class=\"bt_bb_section bt_bb_layout_boxed_1200\"  data-bt-override-class=\"null\"><div class=\"bt_bb_port\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell_inner\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row \"  data-bt-override-class=\"{}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_row_holder\" ><div  class=\"bt_bb_column col-xxl-6 col-xl-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6 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