Gerd Block

  • Architect
Renate and Gerd Block worked in partnership as architects. In 1958, they were exhibiting furniture and lighting in "Architecture and Arts" magazine as Gerd and Renate Architects. They were among the first interior architects to design and install the "office landscape" or Bürolandschaft in Australia. Their first commission to use this design approach was the Nunawading Municipal Offices in Victoria ca.1969.
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Citations

  • Office Landscaping. A new concept in Office Planning. Architecture in Australia, April 1969, pps.293-298, illus.

  • news item. Office landscape, Nunawading Victoria, Cross-Section 1 January 1969, issue no.195

  • “Furniture by Gerd and Renate Architects” Architecture and Arts, December 1958, pp.27-28 (illus. of four works)

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References [<ExternalResource: Office Landscaping. A new concept in Office Planning. Architecture in Australia, April 1969, pps.293-298, illus.>, <ExternalResource: news item. Office landscape, Nunawading Victoria, Cross-Section 1 January 1969, issue no.195>, <ExternalResource: "Furniture by Gerd and Renate Architects" Architecture and Arts, December 1958, pp.27-28 (illus. of four works)>] [<ExternalResource: Office Landscaping. A new concept in Office Planning. Architecture in Australia, April 1969, pps.293-298, illus.>, <ExternalResource: news item. Office landscape, Nunawading Victoria, Cross-Section 1 January 1969, issue no.195>]