Charles Heath (1867?–1948)
Entry 60
Fawkner, Melbourne, Victoria
Heath spent his career in Western Australia and Victoria, becoming
an Associate of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects in 1890.
He
was both architect
and surveyor. When he applied successfully for registration with the Victorian
Architects Registration Board he stated that for the previous 17 years
he had practised that profession in Melbourne.
Heath’s design shows an ability to organise monumental spaces. A
formal arrangement of public buildings in a central mall connects both
sides of the river valley, and a lake is created between the two parts
of the city. Heath chose City Hill for parliament, placing departmental
buildings nearby to define a large civic square. His residential streets
follow contour lines, and are angled from the cardinal points of the compass
to provide sunlight exposure to all sides of buildings. The university
and technical colleges lie to the west near the Acton Peninsula.
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