ABSTRACT

For Australian architects of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the pull to centres of architectural culture was significant. Travel to further one’s architectural education and experience was out of reach for many Antipodean architects because of geographical distance and costs. For others, particular circumstances enabled a period of international travel, having a transformative effect on their subsequent architectural outputs and careers. Not all architectural travel is the same: it has different modes and outcomes, and can be instigated through means as diverse as a reward for years of practice to enlisting in military service.

This paper examines the changing role of travel for Australian architects prior to the Second World War. Six distinct modes of travel emerge: the grand tour; the commercial enterprise; the roaming adventure; accidental tourismthat Kilburn took through the United States saw him directly influenced; educational imperative; and finally, as a rite of passage. While the impetus differed, all modes allowed architects to experience places and structures first-hand: to see architecture differently. This increasing role of travel in the careers of architects vastly truncated the distance between the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, and Australia, building educational and professional engagement and networks. These opportunities brought multi-valent benefit to individual architects, as well as new ideas that transformed Australian architecture.

摘要

对于 19 世纪末和 20 世纪初的澳大利亚建筑师来说，建筑文化中心的吸引力意义重大。由于地理距离和成本的原因，许多 Antipodean 建筑师无法获得进一步的建筑教育和经验。对于其他人来说，特殊情况促成了一段时间的国际旅行，对他们随后的建筑产出和职业产生了变革性的影响。并非所有的建筑旅行都是相同的：它有不同的模式和结果，并且可以通过多种方式来煽动，如对多年实践的奖励，以入伍服役。

本文探讨了二战前澳大利亚建筑师在旅行中所扮演的角色变化。出现了六种不同的旅行方式：大旅行；商业企业；漫游冒险；基尔本通过美国进行的意外旅游直接影响了他；教育的必要性；最后，作为通过仪式。虽然推动力不同，但所有模式都允许建筑师亲身体验场所和结构：以不同的方式看待建筑。旅行在建筑师职业生涯中日益重要的作用大大缩短了英国、欧洲、北美和澳大利亚之间的距离，建立了教育和专业参与和网络。这些机会给个体建筑师带来了多方面的好处，也带来了改变澳大利亚建筑的新想法。