Local Government
Northam
Region
Avon Arc
298 Fitzgerald St East Northam
Northam Library
Northam
Avon Arc
Constructed from 1971, Constructed from 1974
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 19 Feb 2020 | |
State Register | Registered | 09 Oct 2009 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
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Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 25 Feb 1998 | 1.Exceptional significance |
The Northam Town Council offices and Library have aesthetic and architectural significance as a powerful example of the forms that represent brutalist architecture. It has social significance as the local government offices and library for the Town of Northam. It contributes to the streetscape of the main street of Northam.
The Town council offices are two storey concrete block structures modular in form and sculptural in detail. The library form is more free flowing but with the same textural geometric design relief integral to the walls
These distinctive Council Offices replaced the previous offices on the corner of Glebe Street in 1974. Characteristic of the regional West Australian work of the Architect Ivan Ivanov, it is rugged, bold, assertive and presents itself aggressively in terms of both form and material.
Integrity: High degree Authenticity: Moderate /high degree
Good
Name | Type | Year From | Year To |
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Iwan Iwanoff | Architect | - | - |
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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1998 Municipal Inventory | Town of Northam | 1998 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | EDUCATIONAL | Library |
Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Library |
Original Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Office or Administration Bldg |
Style |
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Late 20th-Century Stripped Classica |
Late 20th-Century Brutalist |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | CONCRETE | Concrete Block |
General | Specific |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Community services & utilities |
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Education & science |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Immigration, emigration & refugees |
PEOPLE | Innovators |
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Sport, recreation & entertainment |
OCCUPATIONS | Intellectual activities, arts&craft |
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Government & politics |
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Cultural activities |
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