Architecture & design
Plans of public buildings
A sample of digitised building plans showing gaols, hospitals, pilot stations, post and telegraph offices, schools and tramways
!['Flannel flower' figured rolled glass samples, distributed by James Sandy & Co, Sydney, 1909-14. 9.5(h) x 4.5cm(w) [each sample]. Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Museums of History NSW. L2007/252.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/3855bef589ab3f1125cf55f03f0cb8a4c0c023df-1366x334.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Decorative architectural glass: 'figured rolled' samples
Figured rolled glass is a type of 'obscured', commercially produced sheet glass which is smooth on one side and has a figured or patterned surface on the other
Watch: Demolished Sydney
The skyline of Sydney has undergone constant change as buildings rise and fall
A new way of living
Once word spread about the newly built Rose Seidler House in 1950, it was the ‘most talked about house in Sydney’. Seventy years on, it's impossible to deny the strength and daring of Seidler's vision
The Mint transformed
A few years ago, as you made your way around the lofty columned verandahs of the old Mint offices on Macquarie Street, you came across an extraordinary and hidden place
Sydney as it could have been
Unrealised Sydney examines postwar visions that remained on the drawing board. What can we take away from this exhibition?
Visions on the future
Meet the team at Australia’s longest-running and most influential architectural practice
Drummoyne House remembered...
The carved timber window cornice from Drummoyne House is one of the most prized items in the Caroline Simpson Library Collection
Behind the Lens with John Gollings
We go behind the lens with architectural photographer, John Gollings. Uncover insights into his interactions with architects and how these conversations help define his approach to capturing the shot