Gerd Block b. 1 January 1926

  • Architect
Renate and Gerd Block worked in partnership as architects. In 1958, they were exhibiting furniture and lighting in "Architecture and Arts". They were the architects for the first Canberra mosque, 1960. They were among the first interior architects to design and install the "office landscape" / Bürolandschaft in Australia. Their first commission to use this approach was the Nunawading Municipal Offices in Victoria ca.1969.
Tags: architect, designer

Mr. Gerd Block.Studied architecture in Berlin and
Karlsruhe. Winner of Gold Medal for best
Final Year thesis at Karlsruhe. Migrated to
Australia, 1951 . ln private practice, with his
wife, since 1956. Post graduate degree
Melbourne University, I965. Senior Lecturer
and Year Master at School of Architecture
and Building, University of Melbourne,
since 1964. Published works on Network
Analysis and Architectural Education.
[Anon. Design Australia, 5/1969, p.56.]

Writers:

Michael Bogle
Date written:
2016
Last updated:
2016