Brian Bannatyne Lewis (20 September 1906- 23 August 1991) was Professor of Architecture at the

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. He was born in Lottah, Tasmania, the son of James Bannatyne Lewis and Edith Augusta Haynes. Lewis attended school at

Wesley College, Melbourne , motto_translation = Dare To Be Wise , slogan = A ''True'' Education (2010 – Present) , established = 18 January 1866 , type = Independent, day & boarding , gender ...

. and then studied architecture at the University of Melbourne where he gained his Diploma in Architecture in 1928. In 1928 he moved to Britain and studied at the

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where he won the Honan Scholarship in 1929 and the Victory scholarships in 1930 and 1931. In the early 1930s he moved to London and was employed by the Great Western Railway. In 1940 he enlisted in the Australian armed forces in London. After a period in the Middle East and Australia, he returned to Britain in October 1942 as Assistant Chief Architect to the Great Western Railway, becoming Chief Architect in 1945 on the retirement of

Percy Emerson Culverhouse Percy Emerson Culverhouse (20 August 1871 – 7 May 1953) was the chief architect of the Great Western Railway from 1929 to 1945. Career He was born on 20 August 1871 to Eli Culverhouse (1828-1911) and Jane Mary Jones (1840-1919). At age 2 ...

, He resigned in 1947. In 1947, Lewis was appointed as first Chair of Architecture at Melbourne University and shortly after was appointed consulting architect to design the major buildings of the

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. During his time at Melbourne University, Lewis designed

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circa 1960, and collaborated with Japanese architect Shigeru Yura to design The Japanese Room in the 1960s. Lewis wrote two books on family life, ''Sunday At Kooyong Road'', based on childhood reminiscence, and ''Our War'', a view of

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from inside an Australian family. Lewis was the first chairman of the

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in Victoria in 1957 and was instrumental in the designation of "Notable Town" status to the town of

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Works

West Acton tube station West Acton is a London Underground station between Ealing Broadway and North Acton on the Ealing Broadway branch of the Central line, and is its only intermediate station. The station is a Grade II listed building. It is located in West Acto ...

1940 *

Perivale tube station Perivale is a London Underground station in Perivale in north-west London. It is located on the West Ruislip branch of the Central line, between Greenford and Hanger Lane stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. History The Great Western Railway ...

1947 (finished by F.C.C. Curtis) *

Greenford tube station Greenford is a London Underground and National Rail station in Greenford, Greater London, and is owned and managed by London Underground. It is the terminus of the National Rail Greenford branch line, down the line from and measured from . On ...

1947 (finished by F.C.C. Curtis) * South Ruislip tube station 1948 *

Hanger Lane tube station Hanger Lane is a London Underground station in Hanger Hill, Ealing, on the border between West and Northwest London. It is located on the West Ruislip branch of the Central line, between Perivale and North Acton stations, and is in Travelca ...

1949 (finished by F.C.C. Curtis)

Publications

''Sunday at Kooyong Road'', Hutchison, 1976,
''Our War'', Melbourne University Press, 1980,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Brian 1906 births 1991 deaths Australian memoirists People educated at Wesley College (Victoria) 20th-century Australian architects Railway architects Great Western Railway people 20th-century memoirists