Emil Sodersten

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Emil Lawrence Sodersten (30 August 1899 – 14 December 1961) was an Australian architect active in the second quarter of the 20th century. His work encompassed the Australian architectural styles of Art Deco and Functionalist & Moderne. His design for the Australian War Memorial was "the first national architectural monument in Australia".[1] The Australian Institute of Architects presents the Emil Sodersten Interior Architecture Award annually in his honour.[2]

Early life and background

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In 1915, Sodersten was articled in architecture to Ross & Rowe and in the ensuing five years studied at Sydney Technical College. During 1921 he attended lectures at the University of Sydney given by the new Dean of Architecture, Leslie Wilkinson.

Career

The Queensland firm Hall & Prentice was commissioned to design Brisbane City Hall in the early 1920s and Sodersten worked on the project with Bruce Dellit and Peter Kaad.[1] He returned to Sydney in 1923 and was registered as an architect whilst working for John P. Tate & Young. Two years later Sodersten went into private practice. In 1927–28, he became a council-member of the Institute of Architects of New South Wales and was made a fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in 1931.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

He entered the international competition to design the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. His design was considered exceptional but, as with most of those entered, was over budget.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The only entry within budget was by John Crust and so the two architects were commissioned to work together on an amended design. Crust project managed the new building to Sodersten's even more monumental design. After conflict arose with Crust, Sodersteen withdrew in 1938.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In Sydney he designed numerous apartment blocks, including Birtley Towers at Elizabeth Bay,[3] and office buildings, including the City Mutual Life Assurance Building, also with Crust.[4] During the 1930s he worked in association with his brothers Erik, an architect, and Karl, a structural engineer. When Emil visited Europe in 1935 he was impressed with the work of Willem Marinus Dudok and Hendrik Petrus Berlage and from then on worked in the functionalist style. In the late 1930s Nesca House, Newcastle was his major project.

During World War II, Sodersten served with the Royal Australian Air Force in Papua and New Guinea and Queensland as a flight lieutenant.[5]

After World War II he designed several shopping centres for the Housing Commission of New South Wales, including the Oakes Centre in Westmead and the Broad Oaks building in Ermington.[6][7] In 1951, he designed a Canberra chancellery and residence for the High Commissioner of Pakistan but the project remains unbuilt. Sodersten designed the Reid Building for St Andrew's College, University of Sydney, completed in 1953.[8]

Personal life

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He died of a coronary occlusion at home in Manly and was survived by his wife.

Notable projects

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Work Suburb/city Type Style Completed Involvement Heritage status Image Notes
Brisbane City Hall Brisbane Civic building Italian Renaissance 1920s Co-design File:StateLibQld 1 190023 City Hall in Brisbane around ca. 1930.jpg [1]
Gwydir Flats Template:NSWcity Residential apartments Inter-War Georgian revival 1926 Architect City of Sydney local register [9]
St Peter's Theatre Template:NSWcity Cinema Federation Romanesque 1927 Architect City of Sydney local register [10]
Birtley Towers Template:NSWcity Residential apartments Inter-war Art Deco 1935 Architect City of Sydney local register [11]
Wychbury Template:NSWcity Residential apartments Inter-war Art Deco c. 1935Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Architect City of Sydney local register [12]
City Mutual Life Assurance Building Sydney CBD Commercial office building Inter-war Art Deco 1936 Co-architect NSW SHR File:City Mutual Building on the corner of Bligh and Hunter Street.jpg [4]
The Hermitage Template:NSWcity Mansion Victorian Gothic 1936 Restoration
(following fire)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Woollahra local register File:(1)The Hermitage Vaucluse Sydney.jpg [13]
Segenhoe Flats Template:NSWcity Residential apartments Inter-war Art Deco 1937 Architect NSW SHR [14]
Marlborough Hall Elizabeth Bay Residential apartments Inter-war Art Deco 1938 Architect City of Sydney local register [15]
Nesca House Newcastle Commercial office building Inter-war Art Deco 1939 Architect Template:Ubl File:217 - Nesca House (5045739b2).jpg [16][17]
Bryant House Sydney CBD Commercial office building Inter-war Art Deco 1939 Co-architect City of Sydney local register [18]
Seven Elizabeth Street Sydney CBD Residential apartments Inter-war Art Deco 1940 Architect City of Sydney local register [19]
Oakes Centre Template:NSWcity Shopping centre Architect
Broad Oakes building Template:NSWcity Shopping centre Architect
Australian War Memorial Canberra War museum Inter-war Art Deco 1941
(Involved: 1925-1938)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Design Commonwealth Heritage List File:AWM canberra 1.jpg [20]
Reid Building, St Andrew's College, University of Sydney Sydney Residential college 1953 Architect City of Sydney local register [8]

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