Adelaide Regional style, This style of architecture is characterised by architectural planning based on modernist principles and the use of a select palette of materials including exposed red brick and timber and straw. The form, planning, materials and details of the townhouses demonstrate design characteristics of significant merit and have been recognised through peer awards and publications.

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Pair of Houses, 46-48 MacKinnon
Parade, North Adelaide
The pair of two storeyed attached townhouses
known as the Jacobsen and Kennedy
townhouses at 46-48 MacKinnon Parade, North
Adelaide designed by Dickson and Platten
Architects overlooks the Adelaide Parklands to
their south. They are constructed of exposed red
brick on a concrete slab with timber-framed first
floor and low pitched roof. The roof sheeting is
steel and the timber framing is exposed with
bound straw as a ceiling for the upper floor,
while the first floor timber-flooring underside is
exposed as a ceiling for the ground floor.
The houses were designed to be the full width of
each site. Each residence comprises living areas
on the ground floor including a living room,
dining area, kitchen and hall. The upper floors
house a bathroom and two bedrooms, and, in
the eastern residence, a study. The residence on
the eastern side has a carport at the front of the
building, while the western residence includes a
swimming pool to the rear. A shared walkway
provides access to the rear of the properties on
the ground level. Large trees were retained on
the site when the townhouses were built.
The townhouses were provisionally entered in the
South Australian Heritage Register as a State
Heritage Place on 22 February 2012 under the
following criteria:
(e) It demonstrates a high degree of creative,
aesthetic or technical accomplishment or is an
outstanding representative of particular
construction techniques or design
characteristics.
The pair of townhouses at 46-48 MacKinnon
Parade, North Adelaide is an outstanding
representative of what has been termed
Adelaide Regional style, established to a large
extent by Dickson and Platten Architects in
Adelaide in the 1960s and 1970s. This style of
architecture is characterised by architectural
planning based on modernist principles and the
use of a select palette of materials including
exposed red brick and timber and straw. The
form, planning, materials and details of the
townhouses demonstrate design characteristics
of significant merit and have been recognised
through peer awards and publications.
Statement
Statement of Heritage Significance for this place
reads:
The award-winning pair of attached
townhouses, designed by Robert Dickson of the
influential Adelaide architectural firm Dickson
Platten, and completed in 1966, is significant for
its architectural design excellence and as an

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early representation of what was to become
known as the Adelaide Regional style,
established to a large extent by Dickson Platten
in the 1960s and 1970s. This style of architecture is
characterised by architectural planning based
on modernist principles and the use of a select
palette of materials including exposed red brick
and timber and straw. The form, planning,
materials and details of the townhouses
demonstrate design characteristics of significant
merit and have been recognised through peer
awards and publications.
Front elevation showing both houses, photographed soon after
completion
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