Maggie Edmond

Maggie Edmond
Nationality Australian
Organization Edmond and Corrigan
Spouse(s) Peter Corrigan
Parent(s) Linda Suchestow Leopold Suchestow

Margaret (Maggie) Leonie Edmond née Suchestow (born 1946) is an Australian architect.

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".[1]

Edmond studied Architecture at University of Melbourne alongside her first husband, landscape architect Robin Edmond. She completed her Bachelor of Architecture in 1969.[2]

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.[3] She was described by Neil Clerehan as "probably the nation's foremost female architect".[4]

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.[5]

She became a member of the Deakin University Council in 1999, acting as Deputy Chancellor from 2004 to 2007. Edmond also sits as chairperson of Deakin University's Campus Planning Committee.[6]

In 2014, Edmond also sat on the jury of the Houses Awards - an annual program to award Australia’s best residential architecture projects.[7]

Awards and honours

Edmond was awarded an honorary Doctor of Architecture by the University of Melbourne.[5]

In 2001, she was also awarded a Life Fellowship by the RAIA.[8]

In 2003, Peter Corrigan won the RAIA Gold Medal (its highest award) but Edmond did not.[9]

Personal life

Edmond is the daughter of Melbourne Fashion designer Linda Suchestow.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Dillon, Julie (2002). "Maggie Edmond: Architecture of Passion". Houses (28): 12. ISSN 1440-3382.
  2. ↑ "University of Melbourne Alumni Profiles, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning".
  3. ↑ Goad, Philip; Willis, Julie, eds. (2012). The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture. Cambridge University Press. pp. 222–224. ISBN 9780521888578.
  4. ↑ Clerehan, Neil (2009-02-13). "Rare landscape architect talent with whacky wit". The Age. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  5. 1 2 "Margaret (Maggie) Leonie Edmond: Citation for Doctor of Architecture honoris causa" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Governance Services". www.deakin.edu.au. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  7. ↑ "Houses Award".
  8. ↑ "RAIA Life Fellows" (PDF). www.raia.com.au.
  9. ↑ Edquist, Harriet. "The Encyclopaedia Of Women & Leadership In Twentieth-Century Australia: Architecture and Design".
  10. ↑ http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/swish/resources/swishrb.pdf
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