Congratulations to the first scholarship recipient

The 2014 Ross Langdon Creative Design and Art Award has been presented to Year 10 student Cedrick Smith at Tasman High School.

Ross' sister, Abigail, attended the school's end of year award ceremony on 17th December 2014 and was thrilled to present Cedrick with a $300 book voucher and $200 cash as the award.

The Ross Langdon Creative Design and Art Award is designed to encourage students to pursue their creative ambitions by aiding the purchase of resources, reference material and design/art supplies.

Congratulations to Cedrick and we wish him all the best for the future!

Studio FH Architects - realising Ross' designs

"One year ago we lost our friend and colleague Ross Langdon in the most brutal of ways. Ross left behind a number of beautiful architectural concepts and schemes. We feel immensely honoured to have since been approached by a number of his clients with the request to help realise what was on his drawing board, whatever stage it may have been at. As any Architect would know, this is not always an easy task; we do our best to stay true to his ideas but at times feel like interpreters of rediscovered poetry with all the guess work that goes along with that!

Today we are happy to report that the first of these projects, Coppice Road Poolhouse in Kampala, has been completed. The project consists of the refurbishment and extension of a tiny garden house besides a swimming pool and its conversion into a self-contained studio apartment of a total area of just 54m².

Ross’ doubled the footprint of the house by extending it length-wise to the rear. And because this still didn’t create enough space, he added four little cantilevering timber pods sticking out of both old and new creating daybed and office nooks. The roof trusses over the existing building were exposed and the gable end glazed. Over the new part, the same structure was replicated but an additional vent roof added, a common theme in rural Ugandan coffee factories which were so close to Ross’ heart. Hardly surprising for an Aussie Architect, all timber work is made of Eucalyptus; front terrace and plinth are made of Butende clay bricks.

Photos posted here are still work in progress; we'll have some better ones soon.

The project turned out to be a wonderful example of a productive team effort between client, contractor and architect. All of us were Ross’ friends who came together with the resolve to completing this project in a way that would make him proud. Thanks to Hrishi, Maanan, Inder and everyone else who put his effort into this project.

Our thoughts are with the families of Ross and Elif."

- Felix Holland, September 21, 2014

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Ross' Library

Recently completed in the Langdon family home is Ross' library. Ross loved books. His architectural reference collection is extensive and filled with interesting gems gathered from his many travels.

Friends of Ross, Dan Devine and Hugh Maguire, have generously designed, gathered materials to upcycle and built the magnificent library. It is a space that truly reflects Ross' architectural values and one can feel close to Ross surrounded by his beloved books.

Thanks Dan and Hugh, we are so grateful for this space.

http://www.maguirearchitects.com.au/

National President's Prize awarded to Ross

On Thursday 20th March, Ross was posthumously awarded the National President’s Prize at the 2014 Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards ceremony held at Peppermint Bay, Tasmania.

Ross’ Mother, Linden and sister Abigail along with friend and colleague, Ben Milbourne accepted the honourable award. The Langdon family are grateful for the recognition of Ross’ contributions to architecture and talent. He was intensely passionate about the projects he worked on and the people he worked with.

The jury citation and article can be read here.

Congratulations also to Ben Milbourne who was awarded a Dulux Study Tour prize.

The Ross Langdon Testimonial Cricket Match

On March 16th 2014, The Ross Langdon Testimonial Cricket Match took place in Forsyth Park, Sydney. Organised by friends of Ross’, Paul McGrath and Drew Heath, the day was a chance to gather together to play some cricket and raise awareness and donations for the Scholarship Fund.

The Langdon family are humbled by the love and care expressed for Ross and Elif and were keen to be involved with such a heart warming event with so many people expressing positive energy into what has been a very sad few months. A fantastic sum of $1234.70 was raised for the Fund. Thank-you to everyone for your generous contributions, we are looking forward to awarding the first Scholarship in late 2014.

Below is some further information that Paul wrote for the event:

Ross Langdon was an excellent cricketer.

An Orangeman (No. 14) he was an excellent tall bowler and flashy, 6-hitting batsman with an athletic ability on and off the field. He was a very talented sportsman who once played AGAINST the likes of Shane Warne and Tubsy Taylor in 1996!

The Cricket Match was between The Orangemen (Proudly pumping out 110 cricketers/boozehounds since 2003) and The Architects, captained by award-winning Architect and noted late-innings specialist Drew Heath.

Thanks to all who attended the match, torrential storms and BBQ and great shirts and organic cricket match and the great innings from Linden Langdon made it an excellent day. We will do this again next year!

Cheers
Paul McGrath
Orangemen No. 4