Brisbane had their Open House today and it continues tomorrow. Open House is a worldwide event, with cities opening their historic buildings to the public.
Brisbane
City Sketchers has a yearly sketchout event on the Saturday, visiting
as many buildings as we and and sketching where we can.. There were 5 of us today, 3 left after Craigston, my friend Leslie and I kept sketching and visiting.
All my
sketches are in my A5 Holcroft sketchbook, with various Lamy pens.
Criagston
is Brisbanes first Cooperatively owned building. It is also the first
reinforced concrete framed multi-storied building in Brisbane Architect
Arnold Conrad
Architect
Richard gaily is a favourite of mine, he has designed some amazing
buildings in the city. He was a devout Baptist, and designed this
building free of charge. Built at a time when the Gothic style was very
popular, the tabernacle was designed in a contrasting Classical design.
It is magnificent inside as it is out, and well worthy of a visit.
The
next two sketches were done in All saints Anglican Church. (built 1862)
this church is the oldest Anglican church in Brisbane.
There are some fabulous stained glass windows in here, some made by local William Bustard.
The organist today totally delightful.
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