Explore Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street: Guided Tours, Talks & Walking Tours

Discover Melbourne modernism in South Yarra with expert-led tours of Robin Boyd’s 1957 Walsh Street residence, talks, and creative sessions.

Featured Tours & Experiences

Guided Walsh Street tours, sunset cocktails, walking tours and drop-in drawing sessions led by experienced guides.

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Walsh Street Guided Tour: Inside Robin Boyd’s 1957 Modernist House in South Yarra

Step inside Robin Boyd’s intact 1957 home on Walsh Street in South Yarra. This volunteer-led guided tour pairs a focused presentation with a walk through a preserved modernist interior and archive.

Walsh Street Guided Tour: Inside Robin Boyd’s 1957 Modernist House in South Yarra

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Sunset Cocktails at Walsh Street: After-Hours Robin Boyd House Tour in South Yarra

Step inside one of Melbourne’s most intriguing modernist homes after hours: enjoy 60s-inspired cocktails in the private Walsh Street courtyard while guides unpack the house’s social history. Small groups, intimate setting, and a design-focused evening make this a unique South Yarra experience.

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Walking Robin Boyd’s Streets: Guided Architecture Tour of South Yarra

Walk Robin Boyd’s neighbourhood in South Yarra on a relaxed 2-hour guided stroll that links colonial villas, modernist experiments and designed landscapes. This tour blends architecture, social history and landscape design for a revealing local perspective.

Walking Robin Boyd’s Streets: Guided Architecture Tour of South Yarra

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Stories of South Yarra: A Guided Heritage Walk Through Melbourne's Architectural Heart

Spend two hours tracing South Yarra’s architectural evolution with expert guides from the Robin Boyd Foundation and GML Heritage. This compact 2 km walk decodes Victorian, interwar and Modernist buildings while unpacking the precinct’s deeper social and Indigenous histories.

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Pacific Rim Modernism and Conservation — Walsh Street Talk in South Yarra

Attend an incisive evening talk at 290 Walsh Street, South Yarra, exploring how migration and climate shaped Pacific Rim modernism and what it takes to conserve post‑1945 architecture in Victoria. Ideal for architects, students and curious travelers who want to read a street like a sketch.

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Sketch Walsh Street: Drop-in Drawing with Oslo Davis at the Robin Boyd Foundation

Spend an hour sketching Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street house with illustrator Oslo Davis. This drop-in session mixes architectural history, hands-on instruction, and admission to the Loose Leaf exhibition—perfect for travelers who want a compact cultural stop in South Yarra.

Sketch Walsh Street: Drop-in Drawing with Oslo Davis at the Robin Boyd Foundation

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Inside Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street: Kerstin Thompson & Mark Jacques on Modernist Renewal

Join Kerstin Thompson and Mark Jacques at 290 Walsh Street for a focused, one-hour exploration of Robin Boyd’s modernist house and the philosophy behind conserving mid-century architecture. Expect archival photos, material detail, and practical insight into how to preserve design without overwriting it.

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Alan Pert on Robin Boyd: Winter Park, Elliston Estate and the Making of Modern Melbourne

Step inside Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street home with Professor Alan Pert for a two-hour talk that links Winter Park and Elliston Estate to Melbourne’s suburban evolution. Includes access to the Loose Leaf exhibition and scholarly context on Merchant Builders and affordable housing.

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See Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street house and hear Emergent Studios unpack The Paddock’s ambitious cluster-housing experiment. This two-hour talk bridges architectural history and practical landscape strategies for sustainable, productive neighbourhoods.

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Sketching Modernism at Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street House: Drop-in Drawing with Tract

Spend an hour sketching inside Robin Boyd’s famed Walsh Street House with Tract’s landscape architects. Capture material details, courtyard rhythms, and design decisions that make this modernist home a teaching tool for contemporary landscape practice.

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Andrew Saniga: Making Landscape Architecture at Robin Boyd's Walsh Street Residence

Step inside Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street residence for a focused two-hour talk by Andrew Saniga on the rise of landscape architecture in Australia. This compact program pairs archival research with a visit to Loose Leaf and close-looking at a modernist interior.

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Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street: Guided Exhibition and Loose Leaf in South Yarra

Step inside Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street house in South Yarra for a guided exhibition that pairs archival detail with contemporary analysis. Perfect for design-minded travelers, the Loose Leaf program highlights Tract’s evolution and material-driven Australian modernism.

Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street: Guided Exhibition and Loose Leaf in South Yarra

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Step inside Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street home for The Domestic Project: a two-hour conversation with Hugh Goad, Naomi Brennan and Marie Le Touze about how houses evolve through material choices, use and modest interventions. Attend for practical takeaways, close material study and a rare tour of a heritage domestic interior.

About the Robin Boyd Foundation

Robin Boyd Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to preserving and promoting the life, work and legacy of Australian architect Robin Boyd. Based in South Yarra, Victoria, the Foundation manages Boyd’s 1957 Walsh Street residence and archives, delivering guided tours, talks, walking tours and creative workshops that connect visitors with modernist architecture and Melbourne’s built history.

The Foundation offers a range of experiences: guided tours of the Walsh Street house, evening events such as Sunset Cocktails at Walsh Street, themed talks on modern design and conservation, neighbourhood walking tours through South Yarra, and drop-in drawing sessions that pair architectural insight with sketching and photography. Each program is led by experienced guides, architects and guest speakers who present research-based commentary and curated access to Boyd’s preserved home and materials.

As a custodian of a significant heritage property and archive, the Foundation collaborates with conservation specialists, historians and design practitioners to ensure accurate interpretation and careful site stewardship. Its events are rooted in documented scholarship on post-war modernism and local architectural history, providing reliable context for students, professionals and the general public.

Visitors can expect small-group formats, focused storytelling and opportunities to photograph and study Walsh Street’s distinctive modernist features. The Foundation’s stewardship of the property, structured programming and partnerships with experts underpin its reputation as an authoritative resource on Robin Boyd and mid-20th-century Australian design.

Public programs are scheduled seasonally and include limited-capacity events, making bookings recommended for visitors seeking guided access to Walsh Street and related exhibitions and archival displays.

Robin Boyd Foundation — Walsh Street Tours and Melbourne Modernism

Discover Walsh Street in South Yarra

The Robin Boyd Foundation preserves and opens Robin Boyd’s 1957 Walsh Street residence in South Yarra, Victoria. Visitors interested in Melbourne architecture, modernist homes, and architectural history will find guided tours, neighbourhood walking tours, specialist talks and creative sessions that focus on Boyd’s influence and mid-20th-century design.

Core experiences

Walsh Street Guided Tour — an interpretive walk through Robin Boyd’s landmark 1957 house, its design features and preserved archive.
Sunset Cocktails at Walsh Street — evening events hosted in the Walsh Street courtyard that pair social gatherings with stories of Melbourne’s design and cultural scene.
Walking Tour: Robin Boyd's Neighbourhood — a 2-hour exploration of South Yarra’s architecture, from colonial to modernist examples.
Walking Tour: Stories of South Yarra — a relaxed 2km walk spotlighting heritage buildings and local streetscapes.
Talks on Modernism and Conservation — specialist presentations such as Pacific Rim modernism, local housing histories, and conservation practice.
Drop in Drawing and Creative Sessions — sketching and photography sessions that follow a guided tour of Walsh Street to help visitors study and record architectural detail.

Why visit

Visitors searching for authoritative Melbourne architecture tours will find the Robin Boyd Foundation’s programming grounded in stewardship of an original modernist residence and archival material. The Foundation’s events appeal to:

Architecture students and professionals seeking study opportunities.
Cultural tourists exploring South Yarra and Melbourne’s design history.
Local audiences interested in conservation, heritage and the story of post-1945 architecture.

Expert-led interpretation and small-group formats

Tours and talks are presented by experienced guides, architects and guest speakers. Programs are often delivered in small-group formats that prioritise close study of architectural features and curated access to Boyd’s preserved house and archive.

Practical details for visitors

Location: South Yarra, Victoria — centered on Walsh Street and surrounding neighbourhood streetscapes.
Bookings: public programs and special events (including Sunset Cocktails and themed talks) run seasonally and often have limited capacity, so booking in advance is recommended.
Accessibility and photography: tours emphasize study and photographic opportunities of Walsh Street’s modernist design elements; specific access conditions are detailed with each program.

Topics covered in talks and events

Modernist design principles illustrated by Boyd’s Walsh Street house.
Conservation and heritage practice for post-war architecture in Victoria.
Pacific Rim modernism and migration-influenced design themes (as featured in specialist talks).

Book and plan your visit

Search terms that connect visitors to these offerings include: Robin Boyd Foundation tours, Walsh Street guided tour, South Yarra walking tour, Melbourne modernist architecture tours, Walsh Street photography, Sunset Cocktails Walsh Street, and architectural talks Melbourne. These keywords reflect the Foundation’s core programs and make it easier for interested visitors to find guided tours, talks, walking tours and creative sessions focused on Robin Boyd and Melbourne’s architectural legacy.

For those researching Melbourne architecture or planning a cultural visit to South Yarra, the Robin Boyd Foundation offers focused, expert-led ways to engage with one of Australia’s key modernist sites.

Book a Walsh Street Tour or Talk Today

Secure a spot for guided tours, Sunset Cocktails, walking tours and drawing sessions — limited capacity at South Yarra’s historic modernist house.