Bates Smart

Bates Smart is an architectural firm with studios in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1853 by Joseph Reed, it is one of Australia's oldest architectural firms.^[1] 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.^[2]

Practice information
Founders	Joseph Reed E. A. Bates C. P. Smart W. O. McCutcheon
Founded	1853
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Significant works and honors
Buildings	State Library of Victoria (1854) Melbourne Town Hall (1870) Royal Exhibition Building (1879) Federation Square (2000) The Melburnian (2001) Crown Casino Metropol (2009) City of Dreams, Macau (2010) Royal Children's Hospital Ballarat Base Hospital (1994)
Awards	RAIA Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design (2003, 2005) RAIA National Award for Interior Architecture (2003)
Website
www.batessmart.com

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,^[3] including the Melbourne Public Library, Melbourne Town Hall, Rippon Lea, Elsternwick, and Scots Church.^[2] The Melbourne International Exhibition building is one of the most notable buildings to be completed by Reed & Barnes.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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

Completed	Firm name	Project name	Location	Award	Notes
1864	Joseph Reed (1853)	Melbourne Public Library	Melbourne, VIC, Australia
1866	Reed & Barnes (1862)	Independent Church	Melbourne, VIC, Australia		[7]
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
	Reed Henderson & Smart (1883)
	Reed Smart & Tappin (1890)
	Smart Tappin & Peebles (1906)
1913	Bates Peebles & Smart (1907)	Reading Room, Melbourne Public Library	Melbourne, VIC, Australia
	Bates & Smart (1922)
1932	Bates Smart & McCutcheon (1926)	AMP Building	Melbourne, VIC, Australia		[8]
1933		Buckley & Nunn's Men's Store	Melbourne, VIC, Australia
1938		MLC Building	Sydney, NSW, Australia
1956		Wilson Hall	University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia		[9]
1957		MLC Building, North Sydney	North Sydney, NSW, Australia		[10][11]
1958		ICI House	Melbourne, VIC, Australia		[12]
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	Bates Smart (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	RAIA Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design (2003) RAIA National Award for Interior Architecture (2003)	[13][14]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

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  State Library of Victoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne
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  St Michael's Uniting Church, Collins Street, Melbourne
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  Melbourne Trades Hall, Carlton
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  The Scots' Church, Collins Street, Melbourne
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  Melbourne Town Hall, Collins Street
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  A.C. Goode House, Melbourne
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  The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
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  Former AMP Building, now ANZ Royal Branch
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  St Paul's Cathedral, Flinders Street
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  Wesley Church, Melbourne
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  Ormond College Clock Tower, University of Melbourne
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  Former Metropolitan Gas Company building on Flinders Street, Melbourne
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  Holy Trinity Church, St Kilda
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  Sacred Heart Church, St Kilda
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  Lombard Building
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  Former Mutual Store
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  Melba Hall
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  ICI House, Melbourne (1955–58)
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  Optus Centre (1975)
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  Crown Casino
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  Freshwater Place
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  The Age headquarters, Melbourne (2009)