Monuments for the masses

03/29/22 • 25 min

Monuments for the masses, episode 2 of the podcast series Look history in the eye explores the reasons why Melbourne was desperate for a landmark in the 1970s and where it all went wrong. Melbourne loves to look back and laugh at the kitschy ideas that were submitted in the Landmark Competition. But the archives tell a different story, one where world-famous architects and artists were let down by a process too idealistic to ever succeed. Interviews with architectural historians Derham Groves and Seamus O'Hanlon.

Presented by Natasha Cantwell and Public Record Office Victoria.

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Presented by Natasha Cantwell and Public Record Office Victoria.

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Transcript

Transcript Episode 2: Monuments for the masses: The 1978 Melbourne Landmark Competition

Duration 26min

From the podcast series ‘Look History in the Eye’.

Written, produced and presented by Natasha Cantwell and Public Record Office Victoria.

Music and sound design by Jack Palmer.

Thank you to guests: Seamus O'Hanlon, Associate Professor of History at Monash University and Derham Groves, Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Melbourne.
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