Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Draffin Album 1
Primary Maker
Date
1920s
Physical Description
Collection
Level of Current Record
Parent
Related Object Notes
Plans and watercolour concept drawings; AM93 A891 - prints from the negatives listed. Additional loose prints PH
Subject Category
Content
PH-ALB-458-1-p1: [1924 [?] Auckland War Memorial Museum perspective drawing by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin]
PH-ALB-458-1-p3: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by E. G. Le Petit and G. E. Downer. Museum in 3 sections showing rear, future museum with proposed dome, and side view. Plan no. 3]
PH-ALB-458-1-p5: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by E. G. Le Petit and G. E. Downer. First floor plan showing Maori Hall and Natural History galleries and future museum footprint. Plan no. 2]
PH-ALB-458-1-p7: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry: detail of ground and first floor plans by by R. W. McLaurin and C. H. Mitchell (Wgtn) including lecture hall and galleries]
PH-ALB-458-1-p9: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by R. W. McLaurin and C. H. Mitchell (Wgtn). Detail of frontage showing caldera, entablatures and wreath]
PH-ALB-458-1-p11: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry: North and West elevations by R. W. McLaurin and C. H. Mitchell (Wgtn). West elevation includes future museum plan.]
PH-ALB-458-1-p13: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by E. G. Le Petit and G. E. Downer showing ground floor plan and future museum footprint, includes lecture theatre. Plan no. 1]
PH-ALB-458-1-p15: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by E. G. Le Petit and G. E. Downer showing architectural details: dome elevation with cutaway view. Plan no. 8]
PH-ALB-458-1-p17: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by E. G. Le Petit and G. E. Downer. Close up view of niche above front entrance showing architectural details. Plan no. 9]
PH-ALB-458-1-p19: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by R. W. McLaurin and C. H. Mitchell (Wgtn). South elevation and Logitudinal and cross sections with cutaway views.]
PH-ALB-458-1-p21: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by R. W. McLaurin and C. H. Mitchell (Wgtn). Second floor plan and block plan: Library, Foreign Ethnology Hall, Hall of Memory and War Trophies Hall]
PH-ALB-458-1-p23: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry: hero drawing by R. W. McLaurin and C. H. Mitchell (Wgtn)]
PH-ALB-458-1-p25: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by E. G. Le Petit and G. E. Downer. Layout and block plan. Plan no. 8]
PH-ALB-458-1-p27: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry: perspective sketch by E. G. Le Petit and G. E. Downer - view up to facade and west of Museum on hill. Plan no 10.]
PH-ALB-458-1-p29: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by E. G. Le Petit and G. E. Downer: Elevation of complete scheme. Plan no. 7]
PH-ALB-458-1-p31: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by E. G. Le Petit and G. E. Downer: second floor plan with foreign ethnology, Library and proposed Hall of memories under Dome. Plan no. 3]
PH-ALB-458-1-p33: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by E. G. Le Petit and G. E. Downer: south elevation, typical hall, basement plan. Plan no. 4]
PH-ALB-458-1-p35: [1922 Auckland War Memorial and Museum Competition drawing by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin: Facade from below showing avenue to Cenotaph. Detail of Pericles inscription and decorative elements]
PH-ALB-458-1-p37: [1922 Auckland War Memorial and Museum Competition drawing by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin: Perspective showing detail of facade with cenotaph with a view east over the harbour]
PH-ALB-458-1-p39: [1922 Auckland War Memorial and Museum Competition drawing by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin: Perspective showing Museum and cenotaph with a view over the harbour]
PH-ALB-458-1-p41: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum architectural drawing by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin: half inch scale detail of front facade showing pillars and decorative details]
PH-ALB-458-1-p43: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin: first and ground floor views showing alternative scheme for Maori Court and Lecture Hall]
PH-ALB-458-1-p45: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry: block plan by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin]
PH-ALB-458-1-p47: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin: Transverse and longitudinal sections]
PH-ALB-458-1-p49: [1922 Auckland War Memorial and Museum Competition drawing by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin. First floor plan showing Maori Court]
PH-ALB-458-1-p51: [1922 Auckland War Memorial and Museum Competition drawing by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin. Ground floor plan showing Lecture theatre]
PH-ALB-458-1-p53: [1922 Auckland War Memorial Museum design competition entry by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin. Second floor plan showing Institute Library Foreign Ethnology, and war memorial galleries]
PH-ALB-458-1-p55: [1922 Auckland War Memorial and Museum competition drawing by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin. North, south and west elevations, with east elevation showing proposed future Museum extension]
PH-ALB-458-1-p57: [Interior of Presbyterian Church, Devonport (assumed) designed by Hugh Grierson]
PH-ALB-458-1-p59: [Exterior of Presbyterian Church, Devonport designed by Hugh Grierson]
PH-ALB-458-1-p61: [Capitol Theatre, Dominion Rd designed by Aimer and Grierson]
PH-ALB-458-1-p63: [Palladium Theatre, Auckland designed by Aimer and Grierson]
PH-ALB-458-1-p65: [University College Competition]
PH-ALB-458-1-p67: [Interior of Presbyterian Church, Devonport (assumed) designed by Hugh Grierson]
PH-ALB-458-1-p69: [2 shops]
PH-ALB-458-1-p71: [Architectural competition drawing]
PH-ALB-458-1-p73: [Architectural competition drawing]
PH-ALB-458-1-p75: [loose Colosseum Theatre]
PH-ALB-458-1-p77:
PH-ALB-458-1-p79:
Public Access Text
Michael Keith Draffin of Grierson, Aimer & Draffin, architects for the 1920s building, won the design competition in September 1922; Rodney F. Draffin, architect, his son, collaborated with him on the 1960s extension.
458(2) copied and prints made -AM93A891.
Ref. The Centennial History of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1867-1967; and, A History of New Zealand Architecture, 1997 (Shaw & Morrison).
458(2) scanned.
Copyright
Collection contains multiple items - rights applied at item level
Credit Line
Draffin Estate
Last Update
12 May 2023
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