“The skillful modelling …displays a degree of sophistication that sets it apart from its contemporary buildings in Australia.”

Trevor Howells, Allen Jack+Cottier 1952-2002, Watermark Press

Clubbe Hall is a multi-purpose performance centre at Frensham School in the southern highlands of New South Wales. Used for drama and music classes, school assemblies and performances, the hall is also a venue for local music festivals and touring theatre companies such as Musica Viva.

Designed in 1964, Clubbe Hall was Keith Cottier’s first significant project for the practice, establishing his reputation as a young architect of great talent.

The use of stained timberwork, face brickwork, and exposed off-form reinforced concrete, express the young Cottier’s commitment to the Sydney School of architecture’s belief in the honest expression of materials.