Williams Boag

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WILLIAMS BOAG architects (WBa)
Practice information
Firm typeSocially responsible architecture
PartnersGary Boag, Peter Williams
Founded1975
Location Melbourne, Australia

Williams Boag, now known under the name WILLIAMS BOAG architects (WBa), is a Melbourne-based architectural practice that describes itself as a socially responsible design practice with a focus on modernist principles. Aesthetically Williams Boag's designs most closely resemble that of contemporary Scandinavian architecture. Williams Boag is a company with a single director, Peter Williams.

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WILLIAMS BOAG architects has designed many buildings over 35 years of practice [1] and have received numerous awards over 35 years of practice including significant Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) awards.

Partners

Peter Williams was born in Melbourne. He studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). Completing the Fellowship Diploma of Architecture in 1971, where he received the John Story Memorial scholarship in his second year. Peter Williams' work prior to the partnership with Garry Boag included architects Kevin Borland and Daryl Jackson.

Gary Boag was born in Melbourne and died of lung cancer at the age of 56.

Peter Williams and Gary Boag meet while working together at the offices of architect Daryl Jackson. In 1975 Boag joined Williams and formed the partnership Peter Williams and Gary Boag which later became known as Williams Boag. [2]

The office began in Carlton in 1974, subsequently moving to various city locations. At the end of 2011, WBa left its city address in William Street and relocated to 51 Leicester street Carlton. In 2010 the practice acquired the Bendigo architectural company Ward Carter A+C, a previous occasional project partner, to continue operation under WILLIAMS BOAG architects as the practice's regional office. As of end of 2011 Williams Boag employed 35 staff.

Recent projects

Awards

Williams Boag has been the recipient of many awards, in particular 2005 when they took out the RAIA Commercial Architecture Award for both the Victorian Chapter and National Award for their General Post Office, Melbourne conversion. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "WBA - Williams Boag Architects - Melbourne Australia (company website)".
  2. "Williams Boag architects - Melbourne GPO (pdf file)" (PDF).
  3. 1 2 3 "RAIA - Awards - Australian Institute of Architects (official website)".
  4. "AA - Awards - Architecture Media (website)".