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Bates Smart
Architectural firm based in Melbourne, Australia

Bates Smart is an architectural firm with studios in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1853 by Joseph Reed, it is one of Australia's oldest architectural firms. Over the decades, the firm's practices involving architecture, interior design, urban design, strategy, sustainability and research, have been responsible for some of Australia’s most recognizable buildings.

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History

Joseph Reed, born in 1823 in Cornwall, England, established his firm upon his arrival in Melbourne in 1853, and in 1863, joined with British architect Frederick Barnes, renaming his practice to Reed & Barnes. Their name is linked to many of the major buildings of nineteenth-century Melbourne,3 including the Melbourne Public Library, Melbourne Town Hall, Rippon Lea, Elsternwick, and Scots Church.4 The Melbourne International Exhibition building is one of the most notable buildings to be completed by Reed & Barnes.5

In 1883 Barnes retired, and A. Henderson and Francis Smart joined Joseph Reed as partners to create Reed, Henderson & Smart. In 1890 Reed died, Henderson withdrew, and William Tappin joined, creating Reed Smart & Tappin.6 In 1907, N. G. Peebles joined, creating Smart Tappin & Peebles, but with the rapid departure of Tappin, and addition of E. A. Bates, the firm became known as Bates Pebble & Smart the next year.7 After Peebles died in 1923, the firm became Bates Smart McCutcheon in 1926 when Osborn McCutcheon became a partner; he remained Principal Partner until his retirement. Since 1995 the firm has been known simply as Bates Smart.8

The current directors are Matthew Allen, Julian Anderson, Jeffery Copolov, Cian Davis, Mark Healey, Guy Lake, Mathieu le Sueur, Kellie Payne, Brenton Smith, Philip Vivian and Karen Wong.

Notable projects

CompletedFirm nameProject nameLocationAwardNotes
1864Joseph Reed

(1853)

Melbourne Public LibraryMelbourne, VIC, Australia
1866Reed & Barnes(1862)Independent ChurchMelbourne, VIC, Australia9
1867Melbourne Town HallMelbourne, VIC, Australia
1869Rippon LeaElsternwick, VIC, Australia
1874Scots' ChurchMelbourne, VIC, Australia
1880Melbourne International Exhibition BuildingMelbourne, VIC, Australia
1882Wilson HallUniversity of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Reed Henderson & Smart(1883)
Reed Smart & Tappin(1890)
Smart Tappin & Peebles

(1906)

1913Bates Peebles & Smart(1907)Reading Room, Melbourne Public LibraryMelbourne, VIC, Australia
Bates & Smart

(1922)

1932Bates Smart & McCutcheon(1926)AMP BuildingMelbourne, VIC, Australia10
1933Buckley & Nunn's Men's StoreMelbourne, VIC, Australia
1938MLC BuildingSydney, NSW, Australia
1956Wilson HallUniversity of Melbourne, VIC, Australia11
1957MLC Building, North SydneyNorth Sydney, NSW, Australia1213
1958ICI HouseMelbourne, VIC, Australia14
1969Australian EmbassyWashington D.C. USA
1969AMP Square and St James BuildingMelbourne, VIC, AustraliaIn collaboration with SOM
1978Metropolitan Fire Brigade HeadquartersMelbourne, VIC, Australia
1980Collins PlaceMelbourne, VIC, AustraliaIn collaboration with I.M. Pei
1992Melbourne CentralMelbourne, VIC, AustraliaIn collaboration with Kisho Kurokawa
1997Bates Smart(since 1995)Crown Entertainment ComplexMelbourne, VIC, AustraliaIn collaboration with Perrott Lyon Mathieson & Daryl Jackson Pty Ltd
2000Pier 8/9Walsh Bay, NSW, Australia
2001The MelburnianMelbourne, VIC, AustraliaIn collaboration with HPA Architects
2002Federation Square including theIan Potter Centre: NGV AustraliaMelbourne, VIC, Australia
  • RAIA Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design (2003)
  • RAIA National Award for Interior Architecture (2003)
1516In collaboration with Lab Architecture Studio
200655 Miller StreetPyrmont, NSW, Australia
2010Mid City, 420 George StreetSydney, NSW, Australia
2010Crown MetropolMelbourne, VIC, Australia
2011The Royal Children's HospitalParkville, VIC, AustraliaIn Collaboration with Billard Leece Partnership, with HKS as International Advisor
2013171 Collins StreetMelbourne, VIC, Australia
2013Dandenong Mental Health FacilityDandenong, VIC, AustraliaIn collaboration with Irwin Alsop
2014180 Thomas StreetSydney, NSW, Australia
2014The Kensington CollegesUniversity of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
2015School of Mechanical & Manufacturing EngineeringUniversity of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
2015Canberra Airport HotelCanberra, ACT, Australia
201735 Spring StreetMelbourne, VIC, Australia
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References

  1. "Collaborator: Bates Smart". Open House Melbourne. Retrieved 8 September 2022. https://openhousemelbourne.org/collaborator/bates-smart/ ↩

  2. "165 Years of Enduring Architecture Founded in 1853 by Joseph Reed, Bates Smart Is One of Australia'S Oldest Redefining Density Architectural Firms". Docslib. Retrieved 8 September 2022. https://docslib.org/doc/11678330/165-years-of-enduring-architecture-founded-in-1853-by-joseph-reed-bates-smart-is-one-of-australia-s-oldest-redefining-density-architectural-firms ↩

  3. "Bates Smart, 150 Years Of Australian Architecture by Bates Smart Architects - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022. https://issuu.com/batessmartarchitects/docs/150-year-book_rs ↩

  4. "165 Years of Enduring Architecture Founded in 1853 by Joseph Reed, Bates Smart Is One of Australia'S Oldest Redefining Density Architectural Firms". Docslib. Retrieved 8 September 2022. https://docslib.org/doc/11678330/165-years-of-enduring-architecture-founded-in-1853-by-joseph-reed-bates-smart-is-one-of-australia-s-oldest-redefining-density-architectural-firms ↩

  5. "Bates Smart, 150 Years Of Australian Architecture by Bates Smart Architects - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022. https://issuu.com/batessmartarchitects/docs/150-year-book_rs ↩

  6. Letter from Bates Smart & McCutcheon Pty Ltd. https://www.loreto.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/William-Brittain-Tappin-bio.pdf https://www.loreto.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/William-Brittain-Tappin-bio.pdf ↩

  7. Goad, Philip (2012). Encyclopaedia of Australian Architects. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. pp. 586–588. ↩

  8. Goad, Philip (2004). Bates Smart: 150 years of Australian Architecture. Australia: Thames and Hudson. /wiki/Philip_Goad ↩

  9. Saunders, David. "Reed, Joseph (1823? - 1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Australian National University. Retrieved 19 October 2012. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060018b.htm ↩

  10. "AMP Building". Victorian Heritage Database. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/736 ↩

  11. "Wilson Hall". Victorian Heritage Database. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/3804 ↩

  12. "OUR GIANT BUILDING". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 13 May 1955. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71882230 ↩

  13. "MLC Building". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 8 September 2018. https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180854 ↩

  14. http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/reports/report_place_local/391#:~:text=ICI%20House%20on%20the%20corner%20of%20Albert%20and,in%20height%20controls%20in%20the%20city%20of%20Melbourne. http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/reports/report_place_local/391#:~:text=ICI%20House%20on%20the%20corner%20of%20Albert%20and,in%20height%20controls%20in%20the%20city%20of%20Melbourne. ↩

  15. "AIA Awards: Federation Square". Australian Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110614010701/http://www.architecture.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=20033025 ↩

  16. "AIA Awards: The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square". Australian Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110614010720/http://www.architecture.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=20033023 ↩