Hindmarsh Incinerator

Architect: Walter Burley Griffin: 1936

 

Designed by internationally renowned architect Walter Burley Griffin, who previously worked under architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the Hindmarsh Incinerator is one of few such incinerators to remain in original condition in Australia and is therefore of high historic and aesthetic value.

 

The building’s formal architectural value as an example of early ‘organic’ modernism in South Australia is particularly important given the local conservative architectural context of the period. The bold use of textured, red brick cubic forms, at multiple levels, which abut the strong vertical element which houses the Incinerator stack, illustrates the architectural skill of Griffin. When compared to the contemporary architecture of the time, the Incinerator’s architectural style can be seen as a catalyst for modernism in South Australia. The building’s simplicity makes a strong architectural statement, particularly for an industrial building, a type which was traditionally afforded little architectural consideration.

 

Griffin was also responsible for the design of Australia’s capital, Canberra.

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