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Gavin Hughes b. 1937 Adelaide  d. 2008 Sydney

CV
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

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