Lyons (architecture firm)
Lyons is an Australian architecture firm based in Melbourne. Established in 1996 by brothers Corbett Lyon and Carey Lyon, they were soon joined by third brother Cameron, Neil Appleton and Adrian Stanic, and are all now directors.[1] Lyons is known for large commercial and institutional buildings such as the RMIT Swanston Academic Building, Melbourne, the Australian Institute of Architects (Victoria), 41 Exhibition St, Melbourne, the John Curtin School of Medical Research in Canberra, the Central Institute of TAFE in Perth, the Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane, the School of Medicine and Menzies Research Institute in Hobart and the School of Medicine and Research in Sydney.[2]
The Lyons brothers are third generation Melbourne architects, grandsons of concrete pioneer and hotel designer Leslie M Perrott Snr, whose firm later became Perrott Lyon Mathieson. Their father was Ron Lyon, a director of the Perrott firm in the 1960s–90s, who married architectural delineator Marietta Perrott, daughter of Leslie M Perrott Snr. Les Perrott Jnr also worked in the firm, becoming director in the 1960s–80s, and their uncle Eric Lyons was also an architect.[3]
Projects
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- New Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane,
- BHP Billiton Global Headquarters, Melbourne
- John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra
- Central Institute of TAFE, Perth
- Menzies Research Institute, Hobart
- Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
- UWS School of Medicine, Sydney
- Melbourne Brain Centre, Melbourne
- Lyon Housemuseum, Melbourne
- Kangan Institute, Automotive Centre of Excellence, Melbourne
- Headly Bull Centre, Australian National University, Canberra
- New School of Law at University of NSW, Sydney
- Victoria University Online Training Centre, St Albans (Victorian Architecture Medal Winner)
- Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Queenscliff
- School of Medicine, Hobart
- Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne
- RMIT Swanston Academic Building, Melbourne[4]
- Australian Institute of Architects, 41 Exhibition St, Melbourne
References
[edit]- ^ Walters, Kath: "All in for the Lyons Share", in BRW 14 July 2011
- ^ Thames and Hudson, retrieved 1 September 2012
- ^ "SMITH & TRACEY". www.builtheritage.com.au. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ Crafti, Stephen: "RMIT's latest is a building to navigate as well as to inhabit" in The Age, 20 August 2012
Further reading
[edit]- Clark, Justine (2012): More:The Architecture of Lyons 1996-2011, Thames&Hudson, ISBN 9780500500286
External links
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