The Building Revival Campaign was run by Western Australia's Royal Australian Institute of Architects during the Great Depression, with the aim of stimulating the home building industry.

The most significant activity of the campaign was that of the Model Homes Committee,[1][2] which ran a competition for the design of two model homes, then oversaw their construction from donated material and labour. These became two of the first houses built in the new suburb of Floreat Park (now Floreat).[3][4][5] They still stand today, and are heritage listed by the Heritage Council of Western Australia under the names Model Brick Home and Model Timber Home.[6]

References

  1. ↑ https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b2661051_1 Model Homes Committee picture
  2. ↑ State Records of western Australia collection:AU WA S72- cons3054 1941/0029 Title:Endowment lands - sale of land at Floreat Park & model homes scheme
  3. ↑ "MODEL HOMES". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. 39, no. 9824. Western Australia. 5 September 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 4 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "MODEL HOMES SCHEME". The West Australian. Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 741. Western Australia. 18 September 1933. p. 12. Retrieved 4 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Model Homes Competition". The West Australian. Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 753. Western Australia. 2 October 1933. p. 7. Retrieved 4 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Model Timber Home" (PDF). Register of Heritage Places — Assessment Documentation. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.


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