Bates Smart

{{Short description|Architectural firm based in Melbourne, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{advert|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox architectural practice |image = |caption = |name = |architects = |city = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |coordinates=  |founded = 1853 |founders = {{unbulleted list|Joseph Reed|E. A. Bates|C. P. Smart|W. O. McCutcheon}} |dissolved = |awards = {{unbulleted list|RAIA Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design {{small|(2003, 2005)}}|RAIA National Award for Interior Architecture {{small|(2003)}} }} |significant_buildings= {{unbulleted list|State Library of Victoria {{small|(1854)}}|Melbourne Town Hall {{small|(1870)}}|Royal Exhibition Building {{small|(1879)}}|Federation Square {{small|(2000)}}|The Melburnian {{small|(2001)}}|Crown Casino Metropol {{small|(2009)}}|City of Dreams, Macau {{small|(2010)}}|Royal Children's Hospital Ballarat Base Hospital {{small|(1994)}} }} |significant_projects = |significant_design = |website = {{URL|http://www.batessmart.com.au/|www.batessmart.com}} |}}

'''Bates Smart''' is an architectural firm with studios in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Australia. Founded in 1853 by Joseph Reed, it is one of Australia's oldest architectural firms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collaborator: Bates Smart |url=https://openhousemelbourne.org/collaborator/bates-smart/ |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=Open House Melbourne |language=en-AU}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=165 Years of Enduring Architecture Founded in 1853 by Joseph Reed, Bates Smart Is One of Australia’S Oldest Redefining Density Architectural Firms |url=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 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=Docslib}}</ref>

==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,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Bates Smart, 150 Years Of Australian Architecture by Bates Smart Architects - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/batessmartarchitects/docs/150-year-book_rs |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> including the Melbourne Public Library, Melbourne Town Hall, Rippon Lea, Elsternwick, and Scots Church.<ref name=":0" /> The Melbourne International Exhibition building is one of the most notable buildings to be completed by Reed & Barnes.<ref name=":1" />

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.<ref>Letter from Bates Smart & McCutcheon Pty Ltd. https://www.loreto.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/William-Brittain-Tappin-bio.pdf</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Goad|first1=Philip|title=Encyclopaedia of Australian Architects|date=2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Melbourne|pages=586–588}}</ref> 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.<ref name="goad">{{cite book |author=Goad, Philip |author-link=Philip Goad |title=Bates Smart: 150 years of Australian Architecture |publisher=Thames and Hudson |location=Australia |year=2004 }}</ref>

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==  {{more citations needed|section|date=August 2016}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Completed !! Firm name !! Project name !! Location !! Award !! Notes |- |1864 |Joseph Reed {{small|(1853)}} |Melbourne Public Library |Melbourne, VIC, Australia | | |- | 1866 || rowspan="6" | Reed & Barnes {{small|(1862)}}|| Independent Church || Melbourne, VIC, Australia || || rowspan="5" | <ref name="ADB">{{cite web|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/reed-joseph-4459|title=Reed, Joseph (1823? - 1890)|last=Saunders|first=David|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography Online|publisher=Australian National University|access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> |- |1867 |Melbourne Town Hall |Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |- |1869 |Rippon Lea |Elsternwick, VIC, Australia | |- | 1874 || Scots' Church || Melbourne, VIC, Australia || |- | 1880 || Melbourne International Exhibition Building || Melbourne, VIC, Australia || |- |1882 |Wilson Hall |University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia | | |- | ||colspan=5|Reed Henderson & Smart {{small|(1883)}} |- | ||colspan=5|Reed Smart & Tappin {{small|(1890)}} |- | | colspan="5" |Smart Tappin & Peebles {{small|(1906)}} |- |1913 |Bates Peebles & Smart {{small|(1907)}} |Reading Room, Melbourne Public Library |Melbourne, VIC, Australia | | |- | | colspan="5" |Bates & Smart {{small|(1922)}} |- | 1932 || rowspan="11" | Bates Smart & McCutcheon {{small|(1926)}} || AMP Building ||Melbourne, VIC, Australia || ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/736|title=AMP Building|last=|first=|date=|website=Victorian Heritage Database|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111180120/http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au:80/places/736 |archive-date=11 January 2017 |access-date=}}</ref> |- |1933 |Buckley & Nunn's Men's Store |Melbourne, VIC, Australia | | |- |1938 |MLC Building |Sydney, NSW, Australia | | |- |1956 |Wilson Hall |University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/3804|title=Wilson Hall|last=|first=|date=|website=Victorian Heritage Database|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219140837/http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au:80/places/3804 |archive-date=19 December 2017 |access-date=}}</ref> |- | 1957 || MLC Building, North Sydney || {{NSWcity|North Sydney}}, NSW, Australia || || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71882230 |title=OUR GIANT BUILDING |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |location=Victoria, Australia |date=13 May 1955 |accessdate=8 September 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite NSW HD|2180854|MLC Building|date=|accessdate=8 September 2018}}</ref> |- | 1958 || ICI House || Melbourne, VIC, Australia || ||<ref>[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.]</ref> |- |1969 |Australian Embassy |Washington D.C. USA | | |- |1969 |AMP Square and St James Building |Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |In collaboration with SOM |- | 1978 || Metropolitan Fire Brigade Headquarters || Melbourne, VIC, Australia || || |- |1980 |Collins Place |Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |In collaboration with I.M. Pei |- |1992 |Melbourne Central |Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |In collaboration with Kisho Kurokawa |- | 1997 || rowspan="15" | Bates Smart {{small|(since 1995)}} || Crown Entertainment Complex || Melbourne, VIC, Australia || ||In collaboration with Perrott Lyon Mathieson & Daryl Jackson Pty Ltd |- |2000 |Pier 8/9 |Walsh Bay, NSW, Australia | | |- |2001 |The Melburnian |Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |In collaboration with HPA Architects |- | 2002 || Federation Square including the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia|| Melbourne, VIC, Australia || {{bulleted list|RAIA Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design {{small|(2003)}}|RAIA National Award for Interior Architecture {{small|(2003)}} }} ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.architecture.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=20033025 |title=AIA Awards: Federation Square |publisher=Australian Institute of Architects |access-date=18 November 2010 |archive-date=14 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614010701/http://www.architecture.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=20033025 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.architecture.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=20033023 |title=AIA Awards: The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square |publisher=Australian Institute of Architects |access-date=18 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614010720/http://www.architecture.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=20033023 |archive-date=14 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In collaboration with Lab Architecture Studio |- |2006 |55 Miller Street |Pyrmont, NSW, Australia | | |- | 2010 || Mid City, 420 George Street || Sydney, NSW, Australia || || |- |2010 |Crown Metropol |Melbourne, VIC, Australia | | |- |2011 |The Royal Children's Hospital |Parkville, VIC, Australia | |In Collaboration with Billard Leece Partnership, with HKS as International Advisor |- | 2013 || 171 Collins Street || Melbourne, VIC, Australia || || |- |2013 |Dandenong Mental Health Facility |Dandenong, VIC, Australia | |In collaboration with Irwin Alsop |- |2014 |180 Thomas Street |Sydney, NSW, Australia | | |- |2014 |The Kensington Colleges |University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia | | |- |2015 |School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia | | |- |2015 |Canberra Airport Hotel |Canberra, ACT, Australia | | |- |2017 |35 Spring Street |Melbourne, VIC, Australia | | |}

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Vic State Library Facade Pano,19.07.06 edit1.jpg|State Library of Victoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne File:St Michael's Uniting Church, Melbourne (9 December 2004).jpg|St Michael's Uniting Church, Collins Street, Melbourne File:Melbourne Trades Hall entrance.jpg|Melbourne Trades Hall, Carlton File:Scots Church Collins Street Melbourne.jpg|The Scots' Church, Collins Street, Melbourne File:Melbourne Town Hall-Collins Street.JPG|Melbourne Town Hall, Collins Street File:A.C. Goode House@0.5x.jpg|A.C. Goode House, Melbourne File:Royal exhibition building tulips straight.jpg|The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton File:ANZ Building@0.5x.jpg|Former AMP Building, now ANZ Royal Branch File:Ac.stpauls1.jpg|St Paul's Cathedral, Flinders Street File:Wesleychurch.JPG|Wesley Church, Melbourne File:Ormond College Clock Tower.JPG|Ormond College Clock Tower, University of Melbourne File:Metropolitan gas company building flinders street.jpg|Former Metropolitan Gas Company building on Flinders Street, Melbourne File:Holy trinity church st kilda.jpg|Holy Trinity Church, St Kilda File:Sacred heart church st kilda.jpg|Sacred Heart Church, St Kilda File:Lombard house queen street melbourne.jpg|Lombard Building File:Mutual store flinders street melbourne.jpg|Former Mutual Store File:Melba hall university of melbourne.jpg|Melba Hall File:Orica House.jpg|ICI House, Melbourne (1955–58) File:Optus Centre 2a.jpg|Optus Centre (1975) File:Crown Entertainment1.jpg|Crown Casino File:Freshwater Place 2008.jpg|Freshwater Place File:The Age Collins St 2010.jpg|''The Age'' headquarters, Melbourne (2009) </gallery>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Bates Smart}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061114123746/http://www.batessmart.com.au/ Bates Smart website]

Category:Architecture in Australia Category:Architecture firms of Australia Category:Architecture firms based in Victoria (state) Category:Australian companies established in 1853 Category:Design companies established in 1853 Category:Companies based in Melbourne Category:19th-century Australian architects Category:20th-century Australian architects Category:21st-century Australian architects