Sunday 3 December 2023
4:00pm - 6:00pm
St Kilda Army and Navy Club
88 Acland Street, St Kilda (upstairs)
The Society is delighted to take part in the promotion of a book about one of Australia's most notable modern architects, Esmond Dorney (1906-1991), written by his son Paddy Dorney.
Esmond has particular resonance in the St Kilda/Elwood area due to his considerable body of work in designing apartment buildings in Elwood. We will all recognize the clean modern lines of many of his buildings which have made a substantial contribution to the Elwood streetscape.
Paddy Dorney, who is also an architect, will introduce his book and his father's legacy in Elwood and surrounding suburbs.
Paddy has written for the Architecture Review, Architecture Australia and Houses magazine and received numerous awards for architecture, strangely none of them for his own work.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
This is a free public event. Booking essential.