- Richard Gailey
Infobox Architect
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name = Richard Gailey
nationality = Irish
birth_date = April 22, 1834
birth_place =Donegal ,Ireland
death_date = 1924
death_place =Brisbane ,Australia
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significant_buildings= Brisbane Girls Grammar School
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awards =Richard Gailey, Sr. (22 April 22 1834 – 1924) was an Irish-born
Australia n architect.Gailey was born in
Donegal ,Ireland and emigrated to Australia in 1864, becoming an influential and prolific architect in colonial-era Brisbane. He died inBrisbane .Body of work
His substantial body of work includes many commercial and residential buildings in Brisbane that today are considered colonial treasures. Some of these include the Brisbane Girl's Grammar School at Spring Hill, Moorlands at Auchenflower (home of the Mayne family), the Regatta Hotel at Toowong, the Empire Hotel in Fortitude Valley, the Orient Hotel in Queen Street (formerly the Excelsior), Oddfellows Hall at Fortitude Valley, Baroona Labor Hall in Caxton Street, Musgrave House at Shorncliffe and a Masonic Hall at Toowong.
Characteristics of Gailey's work
Gailey's work combines the practical value in a sub-tropical environment of high-thermal mass masonry walls with the aesthetic value of finely detailed arches creating a wide veranda to shade the load-bearing walls from the sun during the hottest part of the day. This is best seen in the Brisbane Girls Grammar School.
A cost-reducing alternative to masonry arches is seen in commercial buildings like the Regatta Hotel. The wrought-iron filigree lacework replaces the masonry arches of the outer veranda. This elegant and practical approach has become known as Queenslander architecture. Its use became widespread in early Queensland residential properties of substance.
Gailey Road, Taringa
Richard Gailey owned property in the area that came to known as Taringa. His name is commemorated in Gailey Road.
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