David Don Turner architectural drawings for William Balmain Teachers' College

ARCH 30
PXD 1629

fonds

1967-1992

Architectural and Technical Drawings, Textual Records

9619371

390 architectural drawings (7 folders and 2 boxes) - ink, pencil on paper or film
2 negatives - polyester

David Don Turner (1931-2018), NSW Government Architect from 1962, was project architect for the William Balmain Teachers' College, a brutalist-style education building and campus in Lindfield NSW. The complex was built in a series of stages with construction beginning in 1968. In 1975 it became the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education before merging with UTS in 1990 as the Kuring-gai Campus of the University of Technology Sydney.

The NSW Government Architect was responsible for the design, specifically David Turner and Peter Stronege of Allen Jack + Cottier and landscape design by Allen Correy with Bruce Mackenzie. The building was created in a number of stages. David Don Turner, as project architect for the NSW State Government, worked on the initial stages until 1989. The later stages were completed by David Don Turner as an independent contractor.

Construction on Stage 1 started in 1968 and included the library, lower lecture rooms, arts and crafts, TV studio, teaching and science blocks, astronomy/observation tower and greenhouse. Stage 2 commencing in 1972 consisted of the oval to the north of the site, basketball courts, gymnasium, medical teaching block, union and administration areas and 1000 seat assembly hall, with organ. Stage 3 commencing in 1974 added gym and sports facilities accessed via a walkway from the main building complex. Stage 4 commencing in 1977 included lecture rooms and offices, dining terraces, and Stage 5 in 1984 saw the addition of more lecture rooms and offices. Stage 6 commencing in 1985 added Child Care facilities.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

A set of half-sized prints and a number of original full sized architectural drawings of William Balmain Teachers' College Stages 1-6, later Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education and University of Technology Kuring-gai campus. The latter stages include the architect’s hand drawings. The collection comprises site plans, elevations, sections, topography and landscape designs.

ARCH 30/Folders 1-7
Folder 1
Teachers' College, Chatswood:
Plan and topography, 1 June 1967, Government Architect, NSW Public Works.
Survey and contour plan, 27 October 1967

Teachers' College, Lindfield:
Site plan and sketch plan, 4 May 1967-15 January 1968, Government Architect, NSW Public Works
Sketch plan and sections, 4 September 1967, Government Architect, NSW Public Works

William Balmain Teachers' College:
Site survey, Stage 1, 22 October 1968, Department of Public Works. 1 drawing x
Landscape design including site plan, roof garden, detail and quarry area, 21 October 1969 and 13 April 1970, architect Bruce Mackenzie. 3 drawings x
Aerial perspective, 1971, Karl Romandi. 1 drawing x
Typescript captions and photocopies of photographs

Folder 2
Ku-ring-gai College of Advanced Education:
Car park attendants booth, sketch plan, February 1975, David Turner Associates
Stage 4. Site plan, sketch plan, plan, elevation, section, July-August 1975, David Don Turner
Traffic study, Taylor Thomson Whiting, October 1976
Contour studies, Taylor Thomson Whiting
Stage 3 gymnasium. landscape design, March 1976, Bruce Mackenzie

Folder 3
Ku-ring-gai College of Advanced Education:
Proposed fountain jets and plantings in existing pool, July 1977, David Turner Associates
Stage 4. Proposed offices and computer area, May 1977, David Turner Associates
Stage 4. Landscape proposals, plan, section, 29 March 1978, Bruce Mackenzie
Stage 4. Landscape design, dining terrace, 27 March 1978, Bruce Mackenzie
Stage 4. Revisions to planting, April 1979, David Turner Associates

Folder 4
Ku-ring-gai College of Advanced Education:
Stage 4. Levels 4-6 and roof Plans and details, elevations and survey, April 1978, David Don Turner Associates
Stage 5. Preliminary plans and proposed swimming pool and carparks, 16 May 1978, David Don Turner Associates
Fountain planter box details. June 1979, David Don Turner Associates
Detail and contour survey of proposed external dining terraces, Michael Bell & Associates

Folder 5
Ku-ring-gai College of Advanced Education:
Proposed extension to Carpark, February 1983, J.M., Taylor Thomson Whiting
Student residences. Plan, elevation, June 1983, David Don Turner Associates
Notice board. Plan, elevation, August 1983, David Don Turner Associates
Lecture rooms. Stage 5. Plan, elevation, section, March 1985, David Don Turner Associates
Childcare centre. Survey, plan, elevation, section, June-November 1985, David Don Turner Associates, Engineering Survey and Services.
Stage 5 extension. Revised sketch plans, February 1984. David Don Turner Associates

Folder 6
Ku-ring-gai College of Advanced Education:
Greenhalgh Auditorium & upgrade. Plan, elevation, section, 1988, David Don Turner
Northwest car park. Landscape design. Bruce Mackenzie
Planting to road embankment. Landscape design. Bruce Mackenzie
Proposed external dining terraces. Plan, elevation. David Don Turner
Swimming pool. Plan, elevation. David Don Turner

Folder 7
UTS Ku-ring-gai:
Detail and contour survey o, April 1990, Michael Bell and Partners
Plan of proposed parking area, May 1990
Computer science centre addition. Plan, elevation, section, October 1986-May 1991, David Don Turner
Child care centre. Sketch plan, elevation, section, February 1990-May 1991, David Don Turner
Bus shelter. Plan, elevation, section, August 1989, David Don Turner
Library extension. Plan sketch options, June 1992, David Don Turner Associates
Site plan, David Don Turner
Beer garden layout, 6 February 1992, David Don Turner Associates

PXD 1629/Boxes 1-2
Box 1
William Balmain Teachers' College, Stage 1. Plan, elevation, section, 19 September 1968, Government Architect, NSW Public Works. Complete set. 1-150 drawings plus gymnasium, A1-A16

Box 2
William Balmain Teachers' College, Stage 2. Set, plan, elevation, section, 2 February 1971, Government Architect, NSW Public Works. Complete set. Drawings 1-117
Twenty-five-year award diploma awarded to Architect - NSW Government Architect: J.W. Thomson, Project Architect: David Donald Turner, Landscape Architect: Bruce Mackenzie, Documentation: Allen Jack & Collier for University of Technology Ku-ring-gai Campus former Ku-ring-gai College of Advanced Education, signed by Deborah Dearing, President, New South Wales Chapter, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Sydney, 17 June 2005
Photocopy of a typescript an article ‘Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education' by D.D. Turner for L’Industria Italiano del Cemento
Typescript of a resume of previous experience, major work and examples, 1974
Ground floor plan of NSW College of Paramedical Studies. 1 negative, polyester, 13 x 16 mm
Longitudinal section of laboratory wing, small lecture theatre, main foyer, main plant room, tv studio, car parking, upper library, lower library. 1 negative, polyester, 13 x 16 mm

This collection is arranged by date

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales