Archival Recording

Chris Bennett has photographed and produced archival recordings for hundreds of heritage listed sites and buildings since originally undertaking a detailed recording of Sydney’s historic Wooloomooloo Wharf in 1996 for Clive Lucas Stapleton & Partners. All work has been presented to the standard required by the NSW Heritage Office and the Tasmanian Heritage Council. Projects have ranged from small dwellings to large sites incorporating multiple large buildings.

Notable examples of heritage sites:

  • White Bay Power Station – Design 5 Architects
  • Walsh Bay. General site survey – Clive Lucas Stapleton & Partners
  • 2000 photographic study of The Rocks – Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
  • Parliament Square, Hobart – Design 5 Architects
  • Dawes Point Seawall – Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
  • Farm Cove Seawall – The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust
  • Morpeth Estate, Morpeth NSW – Lend Lease
  • Parramatta Hospital – Design 5 Architects
  • Grantham Poultry Research Station – Blacktown Council
  • Woodstock estate – Blacktown Council
  • Allied Mills, Albury – Davis Langdon
  • Wivenhoe Homstead Estate, Kirkham NSW – MBark

Notable Individual Buildings:

  • Sydney Opera House – Sydney Opera House Trust and Design 5 Architects
  • Wooloomooloo wharf – Clive Lucas Stapleton & Partners
  • The Australian Museum – Orwell & Peter Phillips
  • Hyde Park Barracks – Sydney Living Museums
  • Kirribilli House, NSW – Commonwealth of Australia
  • The Lodge, Canberra – Commonwealth of Australia
  • The Great Synagogue, Sydney – Orwell & Peter Phillips
  • Art Gallery of NSW – John Oultram Heritage & Design
  • Department of Lands Building – Essence Project Management
  • Department of Education Building – Essence Project Management
  • Reader’s Digest Building, Surry Hills – Design 5 Architects
  • George Patterson Building – Design 5 Architects
  • Red Cross House – Design 5 Architects
  • Reid House, Kent Street – Hector Abrahams Architects
  • Argyle Stores, The Rocks – Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
  • The Rocks Police Station – United Group
  • Sacred Heart Monastery, Kensington – Flower & Samios
  • Many historic hotels, churches, railway stations and dwellings throughout NSW

Detailed information of the scope of individual projects can be provided on request.