plottel established a brief practice in canberra in the partnership of plottel bunnett & alsop, who were commissioned to design a number of residential housing projects for the capital territory, one example of which survives at 5 baudin street dated to 1928 and showing a mediterranean influence.; the canberra electoral role for 1929 lists ‘plottel, joseph architect 31 queen st, melbourne’ by dint of his having purchased property in the territory.