Edmond and Corrigan is an Australian

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based in

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, Victoria, founded in the late 1970s by partners

Maggie Edmond Margaret Leonie Edmond (née Suchestow; born 11 June 1946) is an Australian architect. Education and formative years As a child, Edmond's family lived in houses designed by notable Australian architects—the Bridgeford House in Black Rock, ...

and

Peter Corrigan Peter Russell Corrigan (6 May 1941 – 1 December 2016) was an Australian architect and was involved in the completion of works in stage and set design. Early life and achievements Corrigan was educated at Christian Brothers College, St Kilda ...

, the firm's principals. The practice's work, both built and written, has been widely associated with the emergence of architectural postmodernism in Australia,Doug Evans, The Changing of the Guard: the social and cultural reflections of Community in 1970s Melbourne architecture, ''Fabrications'', Vol 15, No 1, July 2005, p39 an interest in suburbiaConrad Hamann, ''Cities of hope: Australian architecture and design by Edmond and Corrigan, 1962–1992'', Oxford University Press, 1993 and a search for an Australian architectural identity.Norman Day, 'Doing it his way', ''The Age'', 1 September 2003. Peter Corrigan taught design studios at

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for over 30 years, until his death in December 2016.

Architectural practice

The practice of Edmond and Corrigan was officially formed in 1975, though the pair had gradually been collaborating and associating on projects after Corrigan's return from America in 1974. Much of their early work consisted of

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buildings and community buildings for the

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communities of suburban Melbourne. They designed the Keysborough Church of the Resurrection, completed in 1977, and later buildings in

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. The project was published in 1977. The practice's subsequent projects, many of them in

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sites, continued with the idea of an

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n architectural language, visible in their competition entries for the

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Competition in 1977, The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and the

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, their many projects for community buildings, and their work for universities. They later undertook larger projects; many of them, particularly

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, pursued the idea of 'a city in a single building'. Their

Athan House The Athan House was designed by the Melbourne-based architectural firm of Edmond and Corrigan and is located in Monbulk, a town located in the Dandenong Ranges just outside metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. The project team consisted of Pet ...

of 1986 was published widely. The practice also worked extensively in stage and set design for

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Theatre Group, and

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Notable projects and awards

, Monbulk, Victoria, 1986–88: RAIA Victoria Chapter Bronze Medal for Outstanding Architecture Award, New Residential Category, 1989 *Walsh House, Scheme for Pool Pavilion, 1993–94: Architecture Australia Prize for Unbuilt Work, 1994 *

Keilor Fire Station Keilor Fire Station is the first in a series of three fire stations in suburban Melbourne, Victoria designed by Edmond and Corrigan. It is located in Milleara Road, Keilor East. Founded in the late 1970s, Edmond and Corrigan are widely recognise ...

, 1991 *

Extension, Melbourne, Victoria, 1990–94: RAIA Victoria Chapter Architecture Medal, 1995; City of Melbourne Building and Planning Award, Institutional Buildings Category, 1995; RAIA Vic. Chapter Institutional Alterations and Extensions Award, 1995; RAIA Walter Burley Griffin National Award for Urban Design, 1995 *Windsor Fire Station, Windsor, Victoria., 1993–96: Metal Building Award, Certificate of Merit, 1996; RAIA Victoria Chapter Award of Merit, BHP Colorbond Steel Award, 1997; RAIA Victoria Chapter Award of Merit, Commercial Category, 1997 *Oakleigh Fire Station, Oakleigh, Victoria., 1994 *Greensborough Office and Carpark, Greensborough, Victoria, 1993–95 *Ringwood Library Complex, Civic Plaza, Ringwood, Victoria, 1994–95: RAIA Victoria Chapter Urban Design Award, 1995; RAIA Victoria Chapter Award of Merit, Institutional Category, 1996 *Stage I, Exhibition Centre Showgrounds, Ascot Vale, Victoria, 1996 :RAIA Victoria Chapter Award of Merit, Commercial Category, 1997 *Drama School,

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, South Melbourne, Victoria, 2001. *

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, Richmond, Victoria, 2001. * Allan & Maria Myers Academic Centre, Newman College and St Mary's College, Parkville, 2002. Dulux Colour Awards, Commercial Exterior Winner, 2002; RAIA Victoria Chapter, BHP Colorbond Award, 2002. In 2003 Peter Corrigan was awarded the RAIA Gold Medal, 2003, the highest accolade of the Australian architecture profession. In 1993 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Architecture from

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University. Peter Corrigan has written about his practice's work and about others, explicitly stating the practice's goal of creating or fostering a particularly Australian architectural language.

References

External links

Edmond and Corrigan P/L at Aardvark

Peter Corrigan's webpage at RMIT University

Ringwood Library

Edmond and Corrigan Collection at RMIT Design Archives

VCA Drama School Dossier
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Architectural practice

Notable projects and awards

References

Further reading

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