Restoration of the Cloudland Memorial Arch – Bowen Hills, Brisbane - December 2024

Designed by public artist Jamie Maclean in 2004, the Cloudland Memorial Arch commemorates the Cloudland Ballroom - a popular entertaiment venue - which stood on the site of the present Cloudland Apartments in Bowen Hills. CAS was contacted by Blue Sky View, Brisbane City Council's Public Art  maintenance managers, to provide a full refurbishment of the paving, structural painting and interpretive panels for the memorial artwork. Now, Cloudland Memorial Arch can continue to tell the story of Cloudland’s 42-year history - from being an American Army Base in WW2 - a popular dance and concert venue from jitterbugging to the punk era - and the shock of its sudden overnight demolition in 1982.