The Wilkinson Award is an Australian architectural prize presented by the

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(NSW Chapter) and was first awarded in 1961. The medal is presented in memory of the Australian architect

Leslie Wilkinson Leslie Wilkinson , Australian Institute of Architects, FRAIA, (12 October 1882 – 20 September 1973) was a UK-born Australian architect and academic. He was the founding dean of the faculty of architecture at University of Sydney in 1920. A tr ...

(12 October 1882 – 20 September 1973). Born in

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he emigrated to

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in 1918 and became the first Dean of Architecture at the

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. The award recognises excellence in residential buildings.

List of recipients

References

External links

Example of work by Leslie Wilkinson - 'Markdale' NSW

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