Building Details - Architects of South Australia

The Arkaba restaurant at Glen Osmond Road, Fullarton (1963) and subsequent hotel was the practice’s first large scale commercial project and was described by John Chappel as ‘Humble brickwork, timber, ‘off the form’ concrete and strawboard ... honestly used to contribute to the overall design’ (Chappel in Page 1986, p.237). It won the RAIA SA Chapter Award of Merit. The restaurant and hotel complex is known for its ‘intimate planning and straight forward use of natural materials’ (RAIA SA Significant 20th Century Architecture).