The West Australian Institute of Architects was a professional society for architects in Western Australia.
The Institute was originally known as the Institute of West Australian Architects. George Temple-Poole was president in 1896. [1] [2] Edwin Summerhayes was a founding member.
The Institute subsequently became a state chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects.
The Architect was a quarterly publication between 1939 and 2007. [3]
Nannine is a ghost town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is located on the northern bank of Lake Anneen, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) south-southwest of Meekatharra, and 735 kilometres (457 mi) north-northeast of Perth.
The Australian Institute of Architects, officially the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, is Australia's professional body for architects. Its members use the post-nominals FRAIA (Fellow) and RAIA. The Institute supports 14,000 members across Australia, including 550 Australian members who are based in architectural roles across 40 countries outside Australia. SONA is the national student-membership body of the Australian Institute of Architects. EmAGN represents architectural professionals within 15 years of graduation, as part of the Australian Institute of Architects.
Council House is a 13-storey office building on St Georges Terrace in Perth, Western Australia. Located beside Stirling Gardens and Government House in the city's central business district, the 49.8-metre (163 ft) building was designed by Howlett and Bailey Architects and opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1963, after Perth hosted the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. For most of its history, it has served as the headquarters for the City of Perth.
George Thomas Temple-Poole was a British architect and public servant, primarily known for his work in Western Australia from 1885.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) is a contemporary visual and performance arts venue located in a heritage-listed building in Perth, Western Australia.
Daryl Sanders Jackson AO is an Australian architect and the owner of an international architecture firm, Jackson Architecture. Jackson also became an associate professor at University of Melbourne and Deakin University.
QV1 is a 40-storey modernist skyscraper in Perth, Western Australia. Completed in 1991, the 163-metre (535 ft) building is the fourth-tallest building in Perth, after Central Park, Brookfield Place and 108 St Georges Terrace. The project was designed by architect Harry Seidler & Associates and has won numerous awards for its innovative design and energy efficiency.
Allendale Square is a 32-storey skyscraper in Perth, Western Australia. When opened in 1976, the 132-metre (433 ft) building surpassed the AMP Building to become the tallest completed building in Perth, a title which it only held until 1977 when St Martins Tower opened.
William Garnsworthy Bennett was a Western Australian architect, well known for his Art Deco and Inter-War Functionalist style of civic, commercial and domestic buildings, including the Lord Forrest Olympic Pool in Kalgoorlie, the Beverley Town Hall, the Raffles Hotel and Plaza Theatre and Arcade in Perth.
William Thomas Leighton (1905–1990) was a Western Australian architect, well known for his Art Deco and Inter-War Functionalist style of civic, commercial and domestic buildings.
The Piccadilly Cinema Centre and Piccadilly Arcade are located at 700-704 Hay Street, Perth, Western Australia. It is an art deco style cinema and shopping arcade, designed by architect William T. Leighton for mining entrepreneur Claude de Bernales. The theatre and arcade opened in 1938, with the arcade connecting Hay Street through to Murray Street.
Michael Francis Cavanagh was an Australian architect, primarily known for his work in Western Australia from 1895 to the late 1930s.
Margaret Lillian Pitt Morison was an Australian architect active in the 20th century. She was the first female architect member in Western Australia. As a practitioner, educator and historian, she made important contributions to Australian architecture during the 19th and 20th most prominently in Western Australia.
Kenneth Charles Duncan (1898–1983) was born 13 April 1898. He was a modernist architect, active in Australia from before World War I until the 1970s making a long and valued contribution to architectural practice especially in Western Australia.
Louise St John Kennedy has been an Australian architect based in Perth, Western Australia, and has practiced across Australia and America. Louise has a degree in Psychology from the University of Western Australia in 1970) and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Melbourne in1978. She continues to practice in Claremont, Western Australia, now as a Building Designer, Interior Designer and Landscape Designer.
The York Courthouse Complex, on Avon Terrace in York, Western Australia, was built from 1852 to 1896, and is one of the most significant built sites from a heritage and architectural perspective in the state.
Edwin Summerhayes (1868–1944) was an Australian architect, founding member of the West Australian Institute of Architects, and a major in the 44 Infantry Battalion, serving in France from 1916 to 1917.
Julius William Elischer born Gyula Vilmos Elischer, was a Hungarian-born Australian architect. Elischer emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, in 1951 and, in 1957, moved to Perth, where he worked until his retirement in 1986.
William Harry Jefferis was an Australian-born architect who practiced principally in Perth and later in Albany in Western Australia.
The Richard Roach Jewell Award for Enduring Architecture is an architecture prize presented annually by the West Australian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) since the inaugural award was presented in 2015. The award recognises significant, long lasting and innovative architecture with usually more than 25 years passed since the completion of construction.