Raymond Clare Nowland (1894-1973) was an architect in Australia. Many of his buildings are listed on the
Queensland Heritage Register.
Early life
Raymond Clare Nowland was born in Sydney in 1894.
Nowland studied at
Sydney Technical College
The Sydney Technical College, now known as the TAFE New South Wales Sydney Institute, is a technical school established in 1878, that superseded the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. The college is one of Australia's oldest technical education i ...
and the
Architectural Association in London.
Career
On returning to Australia, Nowland was employed by the
Commonwealth Government from 1920 to 1926. Nowland then moved to Queensland, practicing as an Architect and Town planner in Brisbane.
[ Nowland joined the architectural office of the Department of Public Works in the Queensland Government in November 1932 where he became a senior architect in 1938. He produced the most significant buildings of his career between 1932 and 1942.][
Nowland also had some private practice in which he proposed developments for Mount Tamborine and housing estates in Coorparoo for property developer Robert George Oates.][
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Later life
Nowland died in Brisbane in 1973.
Works
His works include:
* University of Queensland Mayne Medical School, Herston (1939)[
* ]Brisbane Dental Hospital and College
Brisbane Dental Hospital and College is a heritage-listed former dental hospital at 168 Turbot Street, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Raymond C Nowland and built from 1938 to 1941 by the Queensland Department of Pu ...
(1941)
* Petrie Terrace Police Depot
Petrie Terrace Police Depot is a heritage-listed former police barracks at 25-61 Petrie Terrace, Petrie Terrace, Queensland, Petrie Terrace, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1850s to 1960s. It was added to the Queensl ...
(1942)
* Cairns Court House Complex
Cairns Court House Complex is a heritage-listed site incorporating a former courthouse and a former public administration building (now an art gallery) at 38–40 Abbott Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was ...
(1945)
* Rockhampton Court and Administrative Complex
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the ...
* Toowoomba Police Station Complex
Toowoomba Police Station Complex is a heritage-listed police station at 50-52 Neil Street, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Raymond Clare Nowland and built in 1935. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 5 Octob ...
Gladstone Court House
Gladstone Court House is a heritage-listed courthouse at 16 Yarroon Street, Gladstone, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Raymond C Nowland and built from 1940 to 1942. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register ...
* Lister House
References
Attribution
Further reading
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Architects from Brisbane
1894 births
1973 deaths
Articles incorporating text from the Queensland Heritage Register