CHURCHILL BUILDING 03 Fine Art Print
Lymesmith reimagines Canberra’s Brutalist buildings saturated in colour. This print features Robin Boyd’s Churchill Building, built in 1971.
Each limited edition is printed in Canberra, on 310gsm genuine mould-made archival watercolour paper. Every print is numbered and signed by the artist. Prints are unframed and will fit standard frames. Lymesmith recommends Frame Now for quality Australian made framing.
Available sizes: A0 Edition of 5; A1 Edition of 25; A2 Edition of 50; A3 Edition of 50
We cannot guarantee the colour on your screen is identical to the physical print.
Architect and Photographer Jakub Beseda introduced me to the Churchill Building, the last major project of Australian architectural icon Robin Boyd. It’s a beautiful and relatively modest Brutalist structure, currently in a state of disrepair. An attempt to have it heritage listed in 2018 failed.
The colour transformation is applied to the rear façade tower and 3-story building spandrels. It’s a colourful pattern overlay, which uses the timber ‘board formed’ concrete arrangement to generate the design. The painted overlay completely alters the appearance of the concrete, but it also emphasises the geometry and craft in the building.
No raw concrete was harmed in the production of these artworks.
The Backstory
Lymesmith's assault on béton brut aims to stimulate debate around the treatment of Brutalist buildings now and into the future and ponders what kinds of transformations are possible for these concrete giants. Purchasing an archival print supports Lymesmith’s Brutal Transformations paste-up project, to bring free, high-quality poster art to city streets.
For further information on the paste up project, visit the Brutal Transformations webpage.
The Even Finer Print
Our printer Lucent Imaging is a carbon neutral business, read more about their environmental policy here. Shipping by Australia Post.