Callam Offices Woden Canberra concrete brutalist architecture print framed by Matthew Sherren
Callam Offices Woden Canberra brutalist concrete building by John Andrews architecture print by Matthew Sherren
Callam Offices Woden Canberra brutalist architecture exterior wall detail print by Matthew Sherren
Callam Offices Woden Canberra brutalist architecture print in white frame wall display by Matthew Sherren
Callam Offices Woden Canberra concrete brutalist architecture print framed by Matthew Sherren
Callam Offices Woden Canberra brutalist concrete building by John Andrews architecture print by Matthew Sherren
Callam Offices Woden Canberra brutalist architecture exterior wall detail print by Matthew Sherren
Callam Offices Woden Canberra brutalist architecture print in white frame wall display by Matthew Sherren

Callam Offices #2

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Woden, Canberra

Callam Offices, Woden. (1973-81) By John Andrews

Woden, Canberra

Callam Offices, Woden. (1973-81) By John Andrews

PRINT AND FRAME DETAILS

Archival photography print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm paper

Printing

Printed on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm Paper Stock

Fine art photography print with a 25mm white border on dark stone background

Borders

All prints come with a 25mm (+) white border for easy framing

Black timber frame with white matte finish on a fine art photography print

Framing

Frames include a white matte and black, white or raw oak finish

Framed print corner showing raw oak finish and wall-mount hanging wire, ready for shipping

ShipPING

Free Australia wide shipping via ASG, frames arrive ready to hang

Further Information

INFO

Located on Callam Street in Woden, Callam Offices stands out from its neighbours as a strange, sci-fi-esque structure often being refered to as an Alien spaceship. Architect John Andrews (1933-2022) designed the building, with construction running from 1977 to 1981. It was a direct response to the 1971 Woden flood, which remains Canberra's deadliest natural disaster.

Originally, the pod-like design was supposed to encompass 26 pods housing up to 6,000 public servants. But budget cuts and changing policies slashed that number to three. Now a heritage-listed site, Callam Offices is a defining example of Brutalist architecture. Its raw, off-form concrete and structuralist design feature a sophisticated suspension system that keeps the building floating safely above the floodplain.

I shot this image on January 15, 2023 just as the sunset was begginging to and internal lights began shining through. Using a 45mm shift lens I framed the central columm structure of the complext with its walkways using the differnet tones of the off-form concrete for texture.

Callam Offices is an unusual building that is often degraded by general members of the public for its strange looks. But for Photographers and Architecture enthusiasts it carries it’s own unique charm and beauty.

Callam Offices #1

Blue Hour Pod at Callam Offices, Woden