John Hipwell (30 November 1920 – 16 June 2007) was an Australian architect who practised and designed mainly in Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia. He worked with Fritz Janeba (former Bauhaus student and notable architect) and was the longest surviving member of Hipwell, Weight and Mason Architects. He also served in Papua New Guinea as Commanding Officer of radar unit 334 with the R.A.A.F. during the Second World War.
John Buckland Hipwell was born in Korumburra, Victoria on 30 November 1920. He is the only child and son to Conrad Edmund Hipwell, a Presbyterian clergyman and Bessy Emily May Hipwell. His family lived in Maffra, Victoria through much of his childhood and spent most of his primary school years at Maffra primary. Hipwell attended Scotch College, Hawthorn, to complete his secondary schooling. As a boy, he had an interest in art and he had considered studying art at university however his parents wanted him to pursue a career in engineering. Therefore, a compromise was made in studying architecture at Melbourne University whilst residing at Ormond College. Hipwell was able to study architecture for 3 years after which he enlisted himself into the Australian Air Force during World War II. He spent three years in the war where he served as Commanding Officer in Papua New Guinea of radar unit 334, which had 30 men. After Hipwell had been discharged, he returned to Australia and continued his architectural studies at Melbourne University, graduating in 1948.
Personal life
Hipwell met his wife Elizabeth "Betty" McCallum before the war in Sydney and became engaged whilst Hipwell was enlisted. The pair married in Sydney on 13 January 1945. Elizabeth had been very attracted to the Warrandyte area and suggested to John that they live there. He and Elizabeth moved to Warrandyte, Victoria soon after. Elizabeth introduced him to Fritz Janeaba starting a great friendship between Fritz and John. They had three children Alexandra Elizabeth Rosalie Hipwell (18 December 1947–), Pamela Margaret Edith Hipwell (1 July 1949–) and John Robert Crispian Hipwell (13 January 1953–).
Career
As a graduate architect, Hipwell began working immediately for Martin and Tribe who specialised in high-class residencies in Toorak and South Yarra. When Horace J. Tribe resigned to open his own office, Hipwell worked with Tribe during 1949 to 195- during which time, Tribe went on to become the state's leading specialist in the design of modern pre-school centres, with examples as far afield as Swan Hill and Korumburra.
During the mid-1950s, Hipwell opened his own private practice in Russell Street, Melbourne. During this time he was working on residential projects and a number of churches.
J B Hipwell WW2 service career
Training course-O19 G (O-Officer's course and G-ground radar). This was under the Control of Professor Bailey of Sydney University, hence the graduates were known as "Bailey Boys".[1]
334RS was formed in Canberra on 18 August 1943 and moved to Mascot on 10 September 1943, to Port Moresby on 5 October and Gusap ( on Ramu River) PNG on 5 November. P/O Hipwell was appointed as its CO from 11 August 1943 until relieved by F/O Siegle in January 1944.[2]
304RS was formed on 20 October 1942 at Townsville and operated from 12 December 1942 at Port Moresby and from 10 January 1943 at Cape Pierson, Normanby Island, PNG; and from 12 January 1945 at Gurney Strip, Milne Baay PNG. P/O Hipwell is not listed as CO but F/O C B D Blumenthal is shown as being in command from 13 November 1943 until 4 January 1945, an unusually long sojourn in one location.[2]
40RS was formed 6 July 1942 and from November 1942 was located and remained at Merauke, Dutch New Guinea, CO P/O F A Hull. Four other COs were listed there prior to F/O Hipwell who was posted to it on 25 August 1645.[2]
See also WW2 Nominal Roll 5 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine
This shows that J B Hipwell enlisted at Carlton in the Army as V158637 on 12 November 1940 and was discharged as a Lance Corporal from the 3rd Australian Survey Corps on 5 July 1942. Subsequently, he enlisted in the RAAF in Sydney on 17 August 1942 as 68939 and was discharged as a Flying Officer on 1 April 1946 from 2 Radio Installation and Maintenance Unit ( 2RIMU).
More information on units and personnel of the RAAF Radar units is available in the 'Pete Smith' collection at the RAAF Museum at Point Cook.
Residential
The Nicholas residence, Koornong North Warrandyte
The Knottenbelt residence, Warrandyte
Mrs Ewan's residence, Koornong, Warrandyte North
Brian & Mary Hanrahan, Kangaroo Ground Round, Warrandyte North
The Hipwell Residence (his family home) Research Rd, Warrandyte.
Churches
Warrandyte uniting church, working on the spire and numerous internal details. Hipwell was very displeased with a new addition made in a large mural.
Loch uniting church, this remains very much as Hipwell had designed it.
The Foyer of Boxhill Uniting Church.
He had regularly hired the Master Potter Reg Preston to create ceramic tiles and plaques with religious themes
Hipwells Uniting Church Warrandyte.
Hipwell later formed a partnership with Charles Weight and Peter Mason named Hipwell, Weight & Mason in 1960. In 1963 Peter Mason was killed in a car accident ending the partnership. Hipwell and Weight began a new partnership with Albert Ross becoming Hipwell, Weight and Ross until Charles Weight died in 19- from Hodgkin's disease. From there Hipwell and Ross disbanded and Hipwell went on to work for the Department of works for the Victorian Federal Government. In this position, Hipwell worked on the Papua New Guinea Army Expansion Program, and the Bouganville Hospital; as well as the Darwin Gaol with prestigious architect Alfred Dalton. In the Late 1960s, Hipwell resigned from his position with the Department of Works.
Later career
Hipwell was the only non-potter founding member of Potters Cottage a noteworthy organisation based in Warrandyte. This experience, travel & idealism helped to lead to a new career path. They built up 'Betty Hipwell Cottage Industries' importing & wholesaling handmade goods from Developing countries. This spanned 1968–1989.
Hipwell Residence
John Hipwell designed and made his family residence off Research Road in Warrandyte. Unfortunately, the original house, which was published as the cover story in Home Beautiful (October issue 1954) burnt down in a bushfire which ran through Warrandyte and surrounding areas in 1962. The original house burnt down due largely to the entire northern façade being completely glazed and the building's structure being timber. This led Hipwell to design his new house, built in 1963, with bushfires in mind. He used non-combustible materials and an alignment which encouraged the fires to pass over the structure rather than attack and destroy the new house.
New Hipwell residence Research Rd Warrandyte.
Later life
In December 1995 John and Elizabeth Hipwell moved to an apartment in Southbank, Victoria and remained there until John's death. Hipwell became very committed to helping architectural students often allowing interviews and photos. He also maintained an extensive collection of puppets which he had been interested in since childhood. Hipwell also had an interest in Electronic music, developing a number of scores and operas.
Biographical cuttings on John Hipwell, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals Stafford, Brian, Richard, Preston. City of Doncaster and Templestowe heritage study context publishing
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John Hipwell 30 November 1920 16 June 2007 was an Australian architect who practised and designed mainly in Warrandyte Victoria Australia He worked with Fritz Janeba former Bauhaus student and notable architect and was the longest surviving member of Hipwell Weight and Mason Architects He also served in Papua New Guinea as Commanding Officer of radar unit 334 with the R A A F during the Second World War Contents 1 Early life 2 Personal life 3 Career 4 J B Hipwell WW2 service career 4 1 Residential 4 2 Churches 4 3 Later career 4 4 Hipwell Residence 5 Later life 6 See also 7 Sources 8 References 9 External linksEarly life EditJohn Buckland Hipwell was born in Korumburra Victoria on 30 November 1920 He is the only child and son to Conrad Edmund Hipwell a Presbyterian clergyman and Bessy Emily May Hipwell His family lived in Maffra Victoria through much of his childhood and spent most of his primary school years at Maffra primary Hipwell attended Scotch College Hawthorn to complete his secondary schooling As a boy he had an interest in art and he had considered studying art at university however his parents wanted him to pursue a career in engineering Therefore a compromise was made in studying architecture at Melbourne University whilst residing at Ormond College Hipwell was able to study architecture for 3 years after which he enlisted himself into the Australian Air Force during World War II He spent three years in the war where he served as Commanding Officer in Papua New Guinea of radar unit 334 which had 30 men After Hipwell had been discharged he returned to Australia and continued his architectural studies at Melbourne University graduating in 1948 Personal life EditHipwell met his wife Elizabeth Betty McCallum before the war in Sydney and became engaged whilst Hipwell was enlisted The pair married in Sydney on 13 January 1945 Elizabeth had been very attracted to the Warrandyte area and suggested to John that they live there He and Elizabeth moved to Warrandyte Victoria soon after Elizabeth introduced him to Fritz Janeaba starting a great friendship between Fritz and John They had three children Alexandra Elizabeth Rosalie Hipwell 18 December 1947 Pamela Margaret Edith Hipwell 1 July 1949 and John Robert Crispian Hipwell 13 January 1953 Career EditAs a graduate architect Hipwell began working immediately for Martin and Tribe who specialised in high class residencies in Toorak and South Yarra When Horace J Tribe resigned to open his own office Hipwell worked with Tribe during 1949 to 195 during which time Tribe went on to become the state s leading specialist in the design of modern pre school centres with examples as far afield as Swan Hill and Korumburra During the mid 1950s Hipwell opened his own private practice in Russell Street Melbourne During this time he was working on residential projects and a number of churches J B Hipwell WW2 service career EditTraining course O19 G O Officer s course and G ground radar This was under the Control of Professor Bailey of Sydney University hence the graduates were known as Bailey Boys 1 John Buckland Hipwell 1 RAAF Service No 68939 Bailey BoyCommands 3 1 1943 08 18 334RS PltOff 1944 1 2 01 304RS FlgOff 1945 08 30 40RS FlgOffRank Changes 1 1943 05 22 PltOff 1943 11 22 FlgOff334RS was formed in Canberra on 18 August 1943 and moved to Mascot on 10 September 1943 to Port Moresby on 5 October and Gusap on Ramu River PNG on 5 November P O Hipwell was appointed as its CO from 11 August 1943 until relieved by F O Siegle in January 1944 2 304RS was formed on 20 October 1942 at Townsville and operated from 12 December 1942 at Port Moresby and from 10 January 1943 at Cape Pierson Normanby Island PNG and from 12 January 1945 at Gurney Strip Milne Baay PNG P O Hipwell is not listed as CO but F O C B D Blumenthal is shown as being in command from 13 November 1943 until 4 January 1945 an unusually long sojourn in one location 2 40RS was formed 6 July 1942 and from November 1942 was located and remained at Merauke Dutch New Guinea CO P O F A Hull Four other COs were listed there prior to F O Hipwell who was posted to it on 25 August 1645 2 See also WW2 Nominal Roll Archived 5 January 2020 at the Wayback MachineThis shows that J B Hipwell enlisted at Carlton in the Army as V158637 on 12 November 1940 and was discharged as a Lance Corporal from the 3rd Australian Survey Corps on 5 July 1942 Subsequently he enlisted in the RAAF in Sydney on 17 August 1942 as 68939 and was discharged as a Flying Officer on 1 April 1946 from 2 Radio Installation and Maintenance Unit 2RIMU More information on units and personnel of the RAAF Radar units is available in the Pete Smith collection at the RAAF Museum at Point Cook Residential Edit The Nicholas residence Koornong North Warrandyte The Knottenbelt residence Warrandyte Mrs Ewan s residence Koornong Warrandyte North Brian amp Mary Hanrahan Kangaroo Ground Round Warrandyte North The Hipwell Residence his family home Research Rd Warrandyte Churches Edit Warrandyte uniting church working on the spire and numerous internal details Hipwell was very displeased with a new addition made in a large mural Loch uniting church this remains very much as Hipwell had designed it The Foyer of Boxhill Uniting Church He had regularly hired the Master Potter Reg Preston to create ceramic tiles and plaques with religious themes Hipwells Uniting Church Warrandyte Hipwell later formed a partnership with Charles Weight and Peter Mason named Hipwell Weight amp Mason in 1960 In 1963 Peter Mason was killed in a car accident ending the partnership Hipwell and Weight began a new partnership with Albert Ross becoming Hipwell Weight and Ross until Charles Weight died in 19 from Hodgkin s disease From there Hipwell and Ross disbanded and Hipwell went on to work for the Department of works for the Victorian Federal Government In this position Hipwell worked on the Papua New Guinea Army Expansion Program and the Bouganville Hospital as well as the Darwin Gaol with prestigious architect Alfred Dalton In the Late 1960s Hipwell resigned from his position with the Department of Works Later career Edit Hipwell was the only non potter founding member of Potters Cottage a noteworthy organisation based in Warrandyte This experience travel amp idealism helped to lead to a new career path They built up Betty Hipwell Cottage Industries importing amp wholesaling handmade goods from Developing countries This spanned 1968 1989 Hipwell Residence Edit John Hipwell designed and made his family residence off Research Road in Warrandyte Unfortunately the original house which was published as the cover story in Home Beautiful October issue 1954 burnt down in a bushfire which ran through Warrandyte and surrounding areas in 1962 The original house burnt down due largely to the entire northern facade being completely glazed and the building s structure being timber This led Hipwell to design his new house built in 1963 with bushfires in mind He used non combustible materials and an alignment which encouraged the fires to pass over the structure rather than attack and destroy the new house New Hipwell residence Research Rd Warrandyte Later life EditIn December 1995 John and Elizabeth Hipwell moved to an apartment in Southbank Victoria and remained there until John s death Hipwell became very committed to helping architectural students often allowing interviews and photos He also maintained an extensive collection of puppets which he had been interested in since childhood Hipwell also had an interest in Electronic music developing a number of scores and operas See also EditList of Australian architectsSources EditBiographical cuttings on John Hipwell containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals Stafford Brian Richard Preston City of Doncaster and Templestowe heritage study context publishingReferences Edit a b c d Radar Return a b c Units of the Royal Australian Air Force Volume 5 Radar Units AGPS Canberra 1995 a 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