Maggie Edmond

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Margaret Leonie Edmond (née Suchestow; born 1946) is an Australian architect.[1][2]

Education and formative years[]

As a child, Edmond's family lived in houses designed by notable Australian architects - the Bridgeford House in Black Rock, designed by Robin Boyd in 1953; and the Quamby apartments in South Yarra, designed by Roy Grounds. She has reflected on this upbringing, noting that "from a very early age I was aware that houses I had lived in differed from those of my friends".[3]

Edmond studied architecture at University of Melbourne alongside her first husband, landscape architect Robin Edmond.[4] She completed her Bachelor of Architecture in 1969.[5]

Career[]

In 1974, she formed a partnership with her husband Peter Corrigan to create the Melbourne-based architectural firm Edmond and Corrigan. She remains a principal of the firm, and manages and presents much of the work.[6]

She was described by Neil Clerehan as "probably the nation's foremost female architect".[7]

The first published projects of Edmond and Corrigan - the Edinburgh Gardens Pavilion (design completed 1977) and Patford House (design completed 1975) in Fitzroy - were developed by Edmond alone.[8]

Edmond became a member of the Deakin University Council in 1999, acting as Deputy Chancellor from 2004-07. She sits as chairperson of Deakin University's Campus Planning Committee.[9]

In 2014, Edmond sat on the jury of the Houses Awards - an annual program to award Australia's best residential architecture projects.[10]

Awards and honours[]

On 21 March 2015, Edmond was awarded an honorary Doctor of Architecture by the University of Melbourne.[11]

In 2001, she was awarded a Life Fellowship by the RAIA.[12]

Personal life[]

Edmond is the daughter of Melbourne fashion designer Linda Suchestow.[13]

Further reading[]

  • Hamann, Conrad (1993). Cities of Hope: Australian Architecture and Design by Edmond and Corrigan 1962-92. Oxford. ISBN 0-19-553467-0.
  • Corrigan, Peter (1996). Building 8: Edmond and Corrigan at RMIT. Schwarz Transition. ISBN 1863953132.
  • Hamann, Conrad (2012). Cities of Hope Re-membered: Australian Architecture by Edmond and Corrigan 1962-2012. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-050050-034-7.
  • Spooner, Michael (2013). A Clinic for the Exhausted: In Search of an Antipodean Vitality Edmond & Corrigan and an Itinerant Architecture. Spurbuchverlag. ISBN 978-3-88778-392-1.
  • Peter Corrigan: cities of hope. RMIT Gallery. 2013. ISBN 9780980771046.
  • Influence : Edmond & Corrigan + Peter Corrigan. Uro Publications. 2019. ISBN 9780648435501.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "The road to Morocco". Theage.com.au. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. ^ Dillon, Julie (2002). "Maggie Edmond: Architecture of Passion". Houses (28): 12. ISSN 1440-3382.
  4. ^ Clerehan, Neil (13 February 2009). "Rare landscape architect talent with whacky wit". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. ^ "University of Melbourne Alumni Profiles, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning". Mag.alumni.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. ^ Goad, Philip; Willis, Julie, eds. (2012). The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture. Cambridge University Press. pp. 222–24. ISBN 9780521888578.
  7. ^ Clerehan, Neil (13 February 2009). "Rare landscape architect talent with whacky wit". The Age. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  8. ^ "The oeuvre of Edmond and Corrigan". Architectureau.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Governance Services". Deakin.edu.au. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Houses Award". Housesawards.com.au. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  11. ^ "The University of Melbourne's honorary degree holders". About.unimelb.edu.au. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Victorian Life Fellows LFRAIA" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  13. ^ "NGV Collection Online: Linda P. SUCHESTOW (designer)". Retrieved 13 July 2019.
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