Redmond Barry Fellow 2009

Andrew Dodd
Unknown genius: the architecture of John James Clark

The winner of the 2009 Redmond Barry Fellowship is journalist Andrew Dodd who will pursue his research into the Victorian colonial architect John James Clark who arrived in Melbourne in 1852 at the age of 14 and immediately started designing the colony's important public and civic buildings. His work includes the Royal Mint, the City Baths and the Melbourne Treasury, designed when he was just 19 years old.

Andrew Dodd's biography will reveal the stories behind the man who was a genius in stylistic synthesis and who, after his death in 1915, was hailed as 'Australia's greatest architect'. Andrew also plans to produce a La Trobe Journal article on Clark's role in the development of the Public Libraries of Sydney and Melbourne.