Beaumaris is a bayside suburb of Melbourne about 20km from the city centre known for its mid century architecture. Beaumaris Modern is a ‘not for profit’ community group that was started in 2017 with the aim of celebrating, educating about and promoting the area’s mid-century architecture.

Beaumaris Modern founder and interior designer Fiona Austin and committee member and architect Wilko Doehring will outline the history of Beaumaris and why the suburb was ripe for post war development. They will show examples of architects that worked in Beaumaris – many now household names and talk about Beaumaris being a ‘hotbed’ for creatives with an extraordinary number of well known designers, architects and artists growing up or moving to Beaumaris.

They will present some of the architectural gems that have been demolished and the advocacy work the group undertakes with community and council. They will also discuss the events that Beaumaris Modern puts on in the community and the two popular coffee table books they have produced.

Their presentation is aimed to kick off a discussion and provide an understanding of the suburb and why it’s special.

This one hour session offers 1 formal CPD point, performance criteria addressed are 18 and 25 from the AACA National Standard of Competency for Architects 2021.

RAA members are eligible to utilise the discount code available in the member content area for free attendance of this session.