Gavin Hughes b. 1937 Adelaide d. 2008 Sydney
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Education
1949 Primary – Goodwood SA
1952 Intermediate
1954 Leaving
1955 SA Institute of Technology
Architectural Practice
1959 - 1963 Architectural Assistant - various architectural practices in Adelaide
1964 Peter Burrowes & Asoc, Melbourne
1964 K. C. B. Bethell, Architect, East Melbourne
1967 – 1968 Austin Anderson (Aust) Pty Ltd – Industrial & commercial : Elmer Perkins, factory & office block, Black & Decker, factory,
Freighters Ltd, factory, Steel Co Australia, radioactive testing building, Rice Growers, factory, Paul Hamlyn, showrooms,
Goodyear, factory, Aberfoyle Offices & amenities at mine site.
1968 – 1969 Westfield Corporation - Doncaster Shopping Centre Vic
1969 – 1971 Schmaeling Boys & Vickery Architects – Home units : 10 storey at Burwood, 10 storey block at Croydon Park
1971 – 1983 Associate Director - Brewster Murray Pty Ltd Architects
Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd - Lidcombe Brewery including New brewery, site layout, roads, services, industrial buildings, offices,
bars, cafeteria, amenities, first aid, engine room, water tower and tank farms.
Newcastle & Grafton Breweries including factory, warehouse and offices
Bushells Ltd – Multi storey industrial complexes in Concord NSW & Auckland NZ
Liberal Catholic Church – New church in East Sydney
Donremy Convent – Staff rooms and amenities at Five Dock
The Infants Home – New kindergarden, additions & renovations at Ashfield
1989 – 1991 Dino Burattini & Associates
Gardenside Development – Retail, 6 levels & Offices, 10 levels ($130M)
Angel Arcade Tower AMP – Retail, 2 levels & Offices, 50 levels ($530M)
City Centre, Sydney – Re-planning 4 retail levels ($4M)
Mid City Centre, Sydney – Re-planning 3 retail levels
St Martins Tower, Sydney – Re-designing lifts and foyer
Bennelong Centre CML - numerous designs and re-designs
Rockdale Shopping Centre
Private Architectural Practice - Gavin Hughes Design 1960 - 1983 New Houses and renovations / additions - Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney
1983 – 1989 Gavin Hughes Design
Australian Museum – two shops, offices and exhibit / gallery design
Royal Botanic Gardens – Information Centre & Shop
NSW Government Printing Office – New Foyer, offices & shop
National Parks & Wildlife Service – Information centres and shops at Kent Street, Cadmans Cottage, Royal National Park,
Mt Ku Ring Gai Chase, Dorrigo and Central Regional Office.
Museum of Fire – Shop at Penrith
Don Bank Museum – Display fittings North Sydney
Migration & Settlement Museum – Display fittings
Lady Denman Museum – Exhibition design, selection of artifacts, editing text, designing displays and development of exhibition
brief. Design of Museum shop. Overall site planning including vehicle and pedestrian movement, location of buildings, heritage
orientation centre, Ship building section, slipway, Village Green, Bushwalk, future theatrette, future caretakers cottage, boardwalk
through mangroves and Conservation of the timber Lady Denman ferry
Lord Wolseley Hotel – Additions & renovations Ultimo
Residential – New Houses, renovations and additions in Sydney and on South Coast NSW.
1991- 2008 Gavin Hughes Design
Lady Denman Museum – Site master plan, new building to house Lady Denman Ferry, new exhibition buildings, board walk, shop,
entrance and foyer, exhibition design.
Australian Museum – Travelling exhibition shop, demountable fittings and display lighting.
Jervis Bay Nature Reserve – Information centre, exhibition area & shop
National Parks & Wildlife Service – Information centre & shop, Dorrigo
Nomad Handicrafts P/L - new offices & upgrading warehouse
Hordern Place, block of 150 home Units, Potts Point – long term maintenance program, new roofing, landscaping, numerous
individual unit renovations.
Patterson Realty P/L – Property inspections and valuations
Various Home units in Sydney – Documentation for insurance & maintenance
Residential – new, renovations /additions in Balmain, Birchgrove, Bondi, Cronulla, Leichhardt, Potts Point, South Coast, Ultimo
Collections - MGD & GBH
Sussex Inlet House
Jarrah dining table
Oregon dining table – timber from Kingsford Smith aircraft hanger built at Seven Mile Beach in 1930’s
Coffee tables, occasional tables & book cases
Two paintings
Small ceramic vessel
Architectural drawings
Collections Private
One painting held by brother Ian Hughes
Education
1949 Primary – Goodwood SA
1952 Intermediate
1954 Leaving
1955 SA Institute of Technology
Architectural Practice
1959 - 1963 Architectural Assistant - various architectural practices in Adelaide
1964 Peter Burrowes & Asoc, Melbourne
1964 K. C. B. Bethell, Architect, East Melbourne
1967 – 1968 Austin Anderson (Aust) Pty Ltd – Industrial & commercial : Elmer Perkins, factory & office block, Black & Decker, factory,
Freighters Ltd, factory, Steel Co Australia, radioactive testing building, Rice Growers, factory, Paul Hamlyn, showrooms,
Goodyear, factory, Aberfoyle Offices & amenities at mine site.
1968 – 1969 Westfield Corporation - Doncaster Shopping Centre Vic
1969 – 1971 Schmaeling Boys & Vickery Architects – Home units : 10 storey at Burwood, 10 storey block at Croydon Park
1971 – 1983 Associate Director - Brewster Murray Pty Ltd Architects
Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd - Lidcombe Brewery including New brewery, site layout, roads, services, industrial buildings, offices,
bars, cafeteria, amenities, first aid, engine room, water tower and tank farms.
Newcastle & Grafton Breweries including factory, warehouse and offices
Bushells Ltd – Multi storey industrial complexes in Concord NSW & Auckland NZ
Liberal Catholic Church – New church in East Sydney
Donremy Convent – Staff rooms and amenities at Five Dock
The Infants Home – New kindergarden, additions & renovations at Ashfield
1989 – 1991 Dino Burattini & Associates
Gardenside Development – Retail, 6 levels & Offices, 10 levels ($130M)
Angel Arcade Tower AMP – Retail, 2 levels & Offices, 50 levels ($530M)
City Centre, Sydney – Re-planning 4 retail levels ($4M)
Mid City Centre, Sydney – Re-planning 3 retail levels
St Martins Tower, Sydney – Re-designing lifts and foyer
Bennelong Centre CML - numerous designs and re-designs
Rockdale Shopping Centre
Private Architectural Practice - Gavin Hughes Design 1960 - 1983 New Houses and renovations / additions - Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney
1983 – 1989 Gavin Hughes Design
Australian Museum – two shops, offices and exhibit / gallery design
Royal Botanic Gardens – Information Centre & Shop
NSW Government Printing Office – New Foyer, offices & shop
National Parks & Wildlife Service – Information centres and shops at Kent Street, Cadmans Cottage, Royal National Park,
Mt Ku Ring Gai Chase, Dorrigo and Central Regional Office.
Museum of Fire – Shop at Penrith
Don Bank Museum – Display fittings North Sydney
Migration & Settlement Museum – Display fittings
Lady Denman Museum – Exhibition design, selection of artifacts, editing text, designing displays and development of exhibition
brief. Design of Museum shop. Overall site planning including vehicle and pedestrian movement, location of buildings, heritage
orientation centre, Ship building section, slipway, Village Green, Bushwalk, future theatrette, future caretakers cottage, boardwalk
through mangroves and Conservation of the timber Lady Denman ferry
Lord Wolseley Hotel – Additions & renovations Ultimo
Residential – New Houses, renovations and additions in Sydney and on South Coast NSW.
1991- 2008 Gavin Hughes Design
Lady Denman Museum – Site master plan, new building to house Lady Denman Ferry, new exhibition buildings, board walk, shop,
entrance and foyer, exhibition design.
Australian Museum – Travelling exhibition shop, demountable fittings and display lighting.
Jervis Bay Nature Reserve – Information centre, exhibition area & shop
National Parks & Wildlife Service – Information centre & shop, Dorrigo
Nomad Handicrafts P/L - new offices & upgrading warehouse
Hordern Place, block of 150 home Units, Potts Point – long term maintenance program, new roofing, landscaping, numerous
individual unit renovations.
Patterson Realty P/L – Property inspections and valuations
Various Home units in Sydney – Documentation for insurance & maintenance
Residential – new, renovations /additions in Balmain, Birchgrove, Bondi, Cronulla, Leichhardt, Potts Point, South Coast, Ultimo
Collections - MGD & GBH
Sussex Inlet House
Jarrah dining table
Oregon dining table – timber from Kingsford Smith aircraft hanger built at Seven Mile Beach in 1930’s
Coffee tables, occasional tables & book cases
Two paintings
Small ceramic vessel
Architectural drawings
Collections Private
One painting held by brother Ian Hughes