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The building was opened by Queen Elizabeth in 1988.Table of ContentsEarly life[edit]Architecture milestones \/ achievements[edit]Key \/ significant works[edit]High Court of Australia, Canberra[edit]Stockman\u2019s Hall of Fame, Longreach, Queensland[edit]North Sydney Oval, North Sydney Civic Centre and Library[edit]Manly Civic Centre and Library[edit]Penrith Civic Centre and Library[edit]Quadrant apartments, Milsons Point[edit]Steel Treehouse, Killcare Beach[edit]Articles in the media[edit]References[edit]Early life[edit]Bouman was born in Groningen, Netherlands. His family emigrated to Australia when he was 7-years-old. Initially there were difficult beginnings living in distant Menangle Park, followed by then primitive circumstances in Oxford Falls, before the family settled in the Manly area. His education started at Manly Primary School, then Manly Boys High School, situated in North Curl Curl. Bouman studied architecture at University of NSW, after gaining a Commonwealth scholarship, graduating in 1966. Some years in London followed, including working in the office of Owen Luder Partnership as Design Architect. Back in Sydney, Bouman worked with Col Madigan in the office of Edwards Madigan Torzillo and Briggs from 1969-1975, initially as Design Architect, and later Associate Director. While in this office he joined with Chris Kringas, to win the Australia-wide competition for the High Court of Australia. In 1976 he commenced his own architectural practice in Balmain.Architecture milestones \/ achievements[edit]1973High Court of Australia-Canberra. Design team for successful competition entry1973-75Supervising architect for the High Court of Australia and Australian National Gallery-Canberra1976Commence practice: Feiko Bouman Architecture[1]1979Finalist in National Design competition for Australian Archives Building-Canberra1979-1980Winning entry in RAIA National Design competition for The Australian Stockman\u2019s Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre1987Winning entry in limited competition for new Council Chambers\/Offices and Shearers Strike Interpretation Centre-Barcaldine, Queensland (not constructed) [1]1988Winning entry in limited competition for Manly Council Civic Centre and Library1988-1990Winning entry in limited competition for Penrith Council Civic Centre and LibraryKey \/ significant works[edit]Most of Feiko Bouman\u2019s work has been in the public arena. Very few private housing projects are part of his portfolio.High Court of Australia, Canberra[edit]  High Court of Australia, CanberraThe High Court of Australia is listed on the World Register of Significant 20th Century Architecture. It has been commented that; the major central space, with inviting access ramps, the clarity of court layout and visitor patterning, is one of the great public spaces in Australia. During the making of the 2012 video sessions, to document the history of the High Court, Chief Justice Robert French arranged for Feiko Bouman to receive a bronze commemorative medallion, in recognition of his original design co-authorship. In May 2021, The High Court of Australia held a function in the building, to celebrate 40+ years since construction completion. Chief Justice Susan Kiefel invited Bouman to make a speech to record the history of its genesis \/creation, from the architectural competition to the start of on-site construction. The speech can be seen here.Stockman\u2019s Hall of Fame, Longreach, Queensland[edit]  Stockman\u2019s Hall of Fame, LongreachThis now iconic outback museum has been reviewed, photographed and commented upon extensively in many forums, publications and video media. Despite its relatively remote location, hundreds of thousands of visitors have made the trek.Architectural historian, Philip Drew, has written many articles in architecture journals, as well as in mainstream media. He has commented that ” the museum is a building which dares to project its own special image, an image that gains in strength from its interaction with the landscape.” And “Bouman\u2019s innovation rests on his insight in recognising that the asymmetrical composition of Utzon\u2019s Opera House could be translated into a series of parallel vaults.”. John Lahey, writing in The Age, surprised with his early commentary piece: “Opera House of the Outback” … “we in the south have undervalued this project. It is a love song in corrugated steel\u201d and correctly predicted that thousands, millions will visit the Hall of Fame”.[2][3][4][5][6][7]North Sydney Oval, North Sydney Civic Centre and Library[edit]  From 1980 to 1988 Ted Mack was mayor of North Sydney Council. During this time, Feiko Bouman carried out and built many major transformative works in the municipality. The Council selected Bouman\u2019s firm from several other submissions, primarily based upon the design quality of, The Stockman\u2019s Hall of Fame. In 2007, Ted Mack launched the book \u2018Feiko Bouman Architecture\u2019 and in his launch speech tells a detailed story of the struggles to achieve worthwhile initiatives in local politics. His speech can be seen here.John Haskell, architectural critic, writing in The Sydney Morning Herald, has described this contribution as “conferred a distinctive visual identity on North Sydney…and…refreshingly free of fads and fashion”. The Civic Centre project started modestly; repairing a vacant site next to the Council Chambers, providing a dedicated park and other community facilities. Later the distinctive Civic Centre Offices and Library[8] were built. Around that time, progressively, seven major new buildings were designed and constructed, at North Sydney Oval.[9] The spaces underneath the new stands were used for income-producing activities, including, a colonnade of shops, office space, function rooms and child care centre. Creative modern use of steelwork featured strongly in these buildings, as it would in many other Bouman designs. A child-care centre project in Crows Nest[10] was another innovative project, which has an earth\/grass covered roof, publicly accessible and contributes to parkland in the area. It is very energy efficient.[11]Manly Civic Centre and Library[edit]  Manly Civic Centre and LibraryThe Library building was designed as the first stage of a major redevelopment, on a very restricted and isolated site. It initiated a revitalisation of the area and resolves some complex planning problems.Penrith Civic Centre and Library[edit]  Penrith Civic Centre and LibraryPenrith is the centre of a fast-growing area, west of Sydney, rapidly becoming a place of regional significance. Council operated from 4 separate buildings and there was an obvious need to centralise its activities. The completed complex has a strong presence, intended to express developing confidence. Elizabeth Farrelly, in the Sydney Morning Herald, wrote … “people who work in the Civic Centre lyricise over the sense of endless discovery it brings, and the bytes of surprise visual joy.”. She also poses the interesting question …”Can a building, especially a public building, be liked-loved even-by all inhabitants and not be good architecture?”[12][13]Quadrant apartments, Milsons Point[edit]  Quadrant Apartments, Milsons PointA landmark building at the northern edge of Sydney Harbour, diagonally opposite the Sydney Opera House. It is now part of an adjacent group of three buildings, all designed by Feiko Bouman.[14] Professor Laszlo Kollar has commented …\u201d the proposal Quadrant, Milsons Point, follows a timeless theme of architecture which is the transformation of the square on the ground into the circle in the sky. This \u201cmarriage\u201d between the square and the circle is the theme of a great number of mankind\u2019s most significant buildings in the East and West…a remarkable contemporary example” [15]Steel Treehouse, Killcare Beach[edit]  Steel Treehouse, Killcare BeachThe overriding approach of the design, was to have minimal impact on the natural beauty of the site. It is virtually a treehouse, constructed on a central core, with large cantilevers extending from the centre. Steel construction is very appropriate for a bushfire-prone area and is further enhanced through the specific roof design. Conventional gutters have been eliminated; through the device of the major curved roof forms, directly flowing onto a \u201cflat\u201d tapered tray system, allowing positive water and leaf run-off, into just one large downpipe, which empties into a grated sump.  There are three connected \u201cpavilions\u201d for balance between communal and private areas.[16]Bouman, Feiko (2008), Feiko Bouman architecture, WriteLight for F. Bouman, ISBN\u00a09780977563913Bouman, Feiko (2016), Omgekeerde Wereld (in Dutch), Koninklijke Van Gorcum, ISBN\u00a09789023255109 – Dutch translation upside-down worldBouman, Feiko (2018), Urban Peasant, Austin & Macauley Publishers, London, ISBN\u00a09781788480345Articles in the media[edit]John Lahey, “Opera House of the Outback”, The Age, 31 July 1987John Haskell, “North Sydney Oval”, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 March 1987Professor John Haskell, “North Sydney discovers its own Wren”, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 February 1989Philip Drew, “Outback Cathedral”, Architecture Bulletin, August edition 1988Philip Drew, “Mother Cylinder”, Architecture Bulletin, August edition 1988“North Sydney … first in child care design”, The Northern Herald, 16 June 1988Peter Ward, “Robust Penrith Civic Centre”, The Weekend Australian, 16\u201317 April 1994E M Farrelly, “Penrith defies the westie cringe”, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 October 1995Gwenda Edwards, “The Greenhouse effect\/Killcare”, The Daily Telegraph, 6 February 1999Jenny Wills, “Dutch courage”, The Sunday Telegraph, 31 August 2003Tone Wheeler “AAA looks at Penrith Civic Centre and Library“,  Architecture & Design, 27 February 2020Jesse “Bouman\u2019s Career in Hardback“, Indesignlive, 30 October 2007References[edit]^ a b Feiko Bouman, Feiko Bouman Architecture, Writelight, 2008^ Philip Goad, The Encyclopedia of Australian architecture \/ edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis., Port Melbourne, Vic.\u00a0: Cambridge University Press, c2012.^ Paroissien, Leon, 1937- & Griggs, Michael, 1936- & Australia Council. Design Arts Committee 1983, Old continent, new building\u00a0: contemporary Australian architecture, David Ell Press in association with Design Arts Committee of the Australia Council, Sydney^ Taylor, Jennifer 1986, Australian Architecture Since 1960, Law Book Co, Sydney^ Apperly, Richard & Irving, Robert, 1926- & Reynolds, Peter L & Mitchell, Solomon 1989, A pictorial guide to identifying Australian architecture\u00a0: styles and terms from 1788 to the present, Angus & Robertson Publishers, North Ryde, NSW, Australia^ John Lahey, “Opera House of the Outback”, The Age, 31 July 1987^ Philip Drew, “Outback Cathedral”, Architecture Bulletin, August edition 1988^ Professor John Haskell, “North Sydney discovers its own Wren”, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 February 1989^ John Haskell, “North Sydney Oval”, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 March 1987^ Philip Drew, “Mother Cylinder”, Architecture Bulletin, August edition 1988^ “North Sydney … first in child care design”, The Northern Herald, 16 June 1988^ E M Farrelly. “Penrith defies the westie cringe”. Sydney Morning Herald, 17 October 1995.^ Peter Ward, “Robust Penrith Civic Centre”, The Weekend Australian, 16\u201317 April 1994^ Gwenda Edwards, “The Greenhouse effect\/Killcare”, The Daily Telegraph, 6 February 1999^ Feiko Bouman, Urban Peasant, Austin Macauley London, 2018^ E M Farrelly, “Penrith defies the westie cringe”, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 October 1995"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/feiko-bouman-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Feiko Bouman – Wikipedia"}}]}]