Frederick Romberg was a Swiss-trained architect who migrated to Australia in 1938, and became a leading figure in the development of Modernism in his adopted city.
Frederick Romberg in 1937
Stanhill Flats, view from Queens Road.
Newburn. Frederick Romberg's office was located for a time in the penthouse
Picken Court, Ormond College, University of Melbourne
Mary Turner Shaw was an Australian architect. She was born in Caulfield, Melbourne, Australia and is one of the first women to be employed as an architect in the early 1930s in Australia and thus pion
Frederick Romberg
…of Stephenson and Turner. He was seconded to the design section and worked there for a year. In 1939 he formed the partnership Romberg & Shaw with Mary Turner Shaw, a pioneering female architect 10 years his senior, who had also worked at Stephenson & Turner, administering various large projects. Together they…
Mary Turner (Mollie) Shaw
Glenunga Flats' Front View
Newburn Flats on 30 Queens Road View
Yarrabee Flats's front view