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Name
  
Peter McIntyre

Role
  
Architect

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Awards
  
Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal

Structures
  
Westpac Centre, Westfield Knox, Parliament railway station, The Jam Factory

Peter McIntyre (born 24 August 1927) is an Australian architect, educator and Practice Director, Principal and Senior Partner of McIntyre Partnership Pty Ltd. (The practice was founded in 1921 by R.H. McIntyre).

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Educated at Trinity Grammar School, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Melbourne University, he founded a practice in 1950 that combined modern, high-technology materials with concern for "emotional functionalism" -the impact of the built environment on its occupants. His design for an environmentally adapted Mallee Hospital was lauded by critic Robin Boyd as the beginning of a new Australian architecture. McIntyre formed a partnership with architects John and Phyllis Murphy and Kevin Borland and in collaboration with engineering consultant Bill Irwin, they designed the Melbourne Olympic Swimming pool in 1952. He was also the architect for the redevelopment of the pool to the Lexus Centre. In 1972 McIntyre formed an additional partnership with George Connor and Donald Wolbrink in 1972 and form International PlanningCollaborative (Interplan) He wrote the 1973 Strategy Plan for the City of Melbourne, which limited high rise development to its eastern and western shoulders. His major projects include Melbourne's Parliament Station, The Jam Factory Complex in South Yarra, the Westfield Knox in Wantirna South and the creation of the Dinner Plain alpine village near Mount Hotham, Victoria. He was the Professor of Architecture at Melbourne University between 1988 and 1992 and has won numerous awards. His wife Dione is also an architect.

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Professional

2006 Convenor, restoration appeal, and Architect, Kew Court House [1]
2004 Chairman, competition jury for RAIA Heritage Award
2001 Chairman, competition jury for Spencer Street Station (now Southern Cross Station)[2]
1995 Chairman, competition jury for Museum of Victoria
1994 Appointed Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
1993 Chairman, Design Review Committee (Crown Casino), Melbourne Casino Authority
1990 President, Trinity Grammar School Council
1986 Chairman, National Trust Maritime Museum
1984 Chairman, Board of Directors, Dinner Plain Pty Ltd
1980- Appointed to Trinity Grammar School Council
1978 Appointed to the Fountains Trust
1977-78 Director of the Architects' Revue, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
1973-74 President, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
1973 Member of the National Building & Construction Council, Australia
1972 Chairman, Sunbury Convention, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
1971 Director of the Architects' Revue, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
1970 Appointed to the Timber Industry Advisory Board; Chairman, awards jury, Royal Australian Institute of Architects;Chairman, Metric Committee, Royal Australian Institute of Architects;President, Ski Club of Victoria
1968 President, Victorian Chapter, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
1966 Appointed to the Mount Buller Committee of Management (1966–71)
1965 Appointed to the Architects Registration Board of Victoria
1963 Councillor, Royal Victorian Institute of Architects

Awards

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  • Victorian Architecture Awards 2014 Best Enduring Architecture’ [3]
  • Institute of Architects Commendation Award 2013. Project Richard and Elizabeth Tudor Centre at Trinity Grammar [4]
  • RAIA Gold Medal 1990 awarded to Peter McIntyre [5]
  • RAIA Sir Zelman Cowen Medal 1987 Project: Dinner Plain Alpine Village, Victoria [6]
  • RAIA Merit Award 1985. Project: Parliament Station, Melbourne
  • RAIA Sir Zelman Cowen Medal 1985. Project: Parliament Station, Melbourne
  • RAIA Robin Boyd Medal 1983. Project:Seahouse, Victoria [7]
  • RAIA Merit Award 1980. Project: Kyla Park Housing Development, NSW
  • RAIA Award 1978 Bronze medal. Project: Westfield Knox, Victoria
  • IES Meritorious Lighting Award 1978. Project: Westfield Knox, Victoria
  • RAIA Urban & Community Design Bronze medal. Project: Melbourne Strategy Plan
  • RAIA Architectural Projects Award 1975. Project: The Jam Factory, Melbourne
  • Sir James Barrett Memorial Medal 1974 Project: Melbourne Strategy Plan
  • Building of the Year 1956. Project: Olympic Swimming Pool, Melbourne [8]
  • RAIA Architecture & Arts Award 1954/55. Project: McIntyre House, Melbourne [9][10]
  • Architecture Arts Award 1954 . Project: Snelleman House [11], Melbourne
  • Competitions

    1979 National Archives Competition finalist.
    1969 National Gallery (Canberra) Competition finalist.
    1958 Stawell Swimming Pool Competition 1958 winner.
    1957 Academy of Science (Canberra) Competition 1957 finalist.
    1952 Olympic Swimming Pool (Melbourne) Competition 1952 winner.

    Academic

    McIntrye's titles are: AO, DArch, BArch, DipArch, DipTRP, LFRAIA, FRAPI, FAIA, Emeritus Professor of Architecture - University of Melbourne.

    1994 Appointed Emeritus Professor of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
    1990 Delivered the A.S. Hook Memorial Address, The University of Melbourne
    1987 Appointed to the Chair of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
    1985 Professorial Associate, Department of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
    1971 Appointed to Standing Committee for Chair of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
    1957 Lecturer in Charge, final year design, Department of Architecture, RMIT
    1957-1960 Ateliers, evenings
    1953-56 Lectured on design principles of Olympic Swimming Pool to students/graduates/public
    1951-53 4th Year tutor, School of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
    1950 Appointed as a tutor, School of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
    1949-54 Director, Architects' Revue, The University of Melbourne
    1948 Founder and Director, Architects' Revue, The University of Melbourne
    1944 Inaugural member and joint founder of RMIT Student's Representative Council

    Career Outline

    1999 - Active Practice Director, McIntyre Partnership Pty Ltd
    1994 Appointed Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
    1994 Appointed Emeritus Professor of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
    1993 Conferred as Doctor of Architecture, honoris causa
    1990 Awarded RAIA Gold Medal
    1984 Chairman, Board of Directors, Dinner Plain Pty Ltd
    1982 Awarded Officer of the Order of Australia
    1987 Appointed to the Chair of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
    1974 Senior Partner, McIntyre Partnership Pty Ltd
    1973-74 President, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
    1972 Formed additional partnership with George Connor and Donald Wolbrink as the International Planning Collaborative - Interplan
    1968 President, Victorian Chapter, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
    1961 Combined with R. H. McIntyre & Associates to form McIntyre, McIntyre & Partners Pty Ltd
    1956-61 Formed partnership: Peter and Dione McIntyre & Associates
    1950-53 Commenced practice and in 1953 formed partnership: Borland, Murphy & McIntyre
    1944-50 Studied architecture, graduating in 1950

    Research and Publications

    1995 Heroic Melbourne : Architecture of The 1950s by Norman Day, RMIT, Melbourne, 1995, ISBN 0-86444-523-7
    (A study of the creative impact of Melbourne architecture from 1947 to 1956. illust. projects ... River House, Snelleman House, McCarthy House, Brunt House, Beulah Bush Nursing Hospital,Olympic Swimming Pool)
    1990 June: Architecture Australia, Vol.79 No.25 pp. 30–33, Struggle For Meaning by Peter McIntyre
    1990 June: Architecture Australia Vol.79 No.25 pp. 34–53, Optimism and Experiment by Philip Goad
    (Philip Goad discusses the career and early works of Peter McIntyre: 1950-1961. Biographical information included. illust. projects ... most early projects, including: Olympic Swimming Pool, Snelleman House, River House, Henry Jones Jam Factory, Sea House)
    1990 June: Architecture Australia, Vol.79 No.25 pp. 58–60, Dinner Plain: With Gusto by Jeff Turnbull. (Jeff Turnbull describes his visit to the alpine village of Dinner Plain and attempts to place its architecture in the context of McIntyre's early work. illust. project ... Dinner Plain) 1990 June: Architecture Australia Vol.79 No.25 pp. 61–70, No Plain Sailing by Rob McIntyre
    (An account of how the Dinner Plain alpine village came into being and the obstacles that were overcome in the process. illust. project ... Dinner Plain)
    1983 Dinner Plain Village Environmental Effects Statement.
    1978 Mount Baw Baw Plan.
    1976 Mount Buller Village Plan.
    1976 Underground railway stations - research in Europe and USA.
    (for Melbourne Underground Loop Authority) 1976 Jam Factory Environmental Impact Statement.
    (The first such statement ever requested by Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Authority) 1978 Mount Hotham Village Plan.
    1973 Melbourne Strategy Plan, pub. Melbourne City Council
    1970 RAIA Metric Conversion Report.
    (Building Construction Advisory Committee, Metric Conversion Board of Australia)
    1969 RAIA Services Company Project.
    1969 Comprehensive Architectural Services, RAIA Convention.
    1968 Ski Resort Development Post.
    1968 Melbourne Architectural Oration Series.
    1964 Alpine Building Regulations.
    (for RAIA, incorporated into Uniform Building Regulations of Victoria)
    1955 Evaluation of Olympic Swimming Stadium.
    1951-1953 "Cross Section", architectural newsletter, The University of Melbourne.

    Film

    1960 "Your House and Mine", dir. Peter McIntyre, distributed by State Film Centre.

    References

    Peter McIntyre (architect) Wikipedia