Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: Sympathetic Styles and Stories
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The Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists headquarters caters to Victorian architecture lovers as well as contemporary architecture enthusiasts. The site encompasses two buildings that, architecturally, are very distinct: Ulimaroa, a historic 19th-century mansion, and ANZCA House, a newer addition to the site.
One of the few remaining Victorian-era homes on St Kilda Road, the two-storey Italianate-style mansion features a distinctive tower and L-shaped verandas and balconies and is believed to be designed by John A. B. Koch, who designed over 70 other notable buildings in Melbourne. It is connected to the contemporary ANZCA House via a pedestrian link.
ANZCA House was opened in 2001 and was designed by Norman Day + Associates. The new building was designed to reference the original through materials, details, colours and textures.
Within Ulimaroa, visitors will have access to the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, which was founded in 1935 by Dr Geoffrey Kaye, a local anaesthetist and collector. The museum chronicles the developments and achievements in anaesthesia and pain medicine, from its beginnings to the present day. It is one of the largest and most significant medical history collections in the world.
What's On
Visitors will be able to participate in first-come, first-served guided tours. The tours will be run by ANZCA staff throughout the historic house, Ulimaroa, with reference to ANZCA House which will be in use for an educational course.
On Friday evening, visitors will be able to attend a panel discussion with Professor Julie Willis, dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, and Dr David Bramley, deputy director of the Department of Anaesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine at Western Health and medical lead on the Footscray Hospital redevelopment. The panel will talk about how hospital design and architecture contribute to an integrated multidisciplinary approach to patient and medical staff care. The panel will be hosted by museum curator Veronica Dominiak.
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Julie Willis is a Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is an expert architectural historian, focusing on Australian architecture, but her interests also encompass architectural networks, issues of gender equity in the profession, and contemporary healthcare design. Her books include the Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture (2012) and Architecture and the Modern Hospital: Nosokomeion to Hygeia (2019).
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Dr David Bramley
Dr David Bramley is an anaesthetist and Deputy Director of the Department of Anaesthesia, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine at Western Health. He was recently Medical Lead for the New Footscray Hospital redevelopment, helping coordinate medical input into one of Victoria’s largest health projects. He is interested in helping clinicians make practical, high-value contributions to hospital design. His focus includes human factors, how spaces work for the people who use them, and salutogenic design in its broadest sense—creating environments that support safety, wellbeing, dignity, and better care for patients, families, and staff.
Images: (1) Exterior of Heritage listed building Ulimaroa. (2) Interior of Ulimaroa with staircases and stained glass window. (3) ANZCA House staircase. (4) Close up of stained glass window in Ulimaroa. (5) Interior of Ulimaroa Boardroom. All photos: courtesy of ANZCA.
