Joseph Charles Fowell

Joseph Charles Fowell (August 2,1891-1970) was a prominent Australian 20th Century architect. Born in Albany, Western Australia but educated in England, Joseph Fowell arrived back in Australia in 1919 where he worked with Professor Leslie Wilkinson at Sydney University.

:Fowell was primarily responsible for the design of over forty churches in New South Wales and Victoria, including Catholic churches at North Sydney (1937), Parkes (1939) and Neutral Bay (1941). [Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1940-1980, p206.]

Fowell created a number of Architectural partnerships including:
* Fowell and McConnel: 1928-1939, with Kenneth McConnel
* Fowell and Mansfield: 1939-1946 with J. L. S. Mansfield
* Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan: 1946-1962 with D. C. B. Maclurcan
* Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis & Maclurcan: 1962-1970 with O. R. Jarvi

Buildings

;1930:British Medical Association (BMA) House, 135-137 Macquarie St, Sydney NSW
Fowell and McConnel:Subject of a design competition in 1928

;1935 :St. Anne’s Church, Blair & Mitchell Streets, North Bondi, NSW
Fowell and McConnel
Later remodelled in 1964.

;1937:St Peters, Church of England, Proston QLD
Fowell and McConnel

;1937-1939:St Marys, North Sydney

;1938-1939:St Canisus College, Pymble

;1941:St Josephs, Neutral Bay

;1943:Orient Line Building, 2-6 Spring Street, Sydney NSW
Fowell and McConnel

;1956:St Augustine's Church, Yass
Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan

;1962:P&O, 565 Hunter Street, Sydney NSW
Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan
Since remodelled.

;1965:Gladesville Bridge

;1967:Church of St Rose, Rose Street, Collaroy Plateau, Sydney NSW
Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis & Maclurcan

References

*State Library of Victoria [ [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/a/2/0/doc/a20646.shtml Church of St Rose Photograph, Collaroy Plateau, Sydney] . State Library of Victoria. Retrieved 20 March 2006.]
*Pamela Martin's Thesis [Pamela Martin, Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis & Maclurcan, 1929-1970 (B.Arch. thesis, University of New South Wales, 1988)]
*Australian Dictionary Biography
*Father Laurie Bent, St Augustines, Yass, 2006.

Awards

* 1933 RIBA Street Medal and Diploma - BMA House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Fowell & McConnel (The first RIBA medal to be awarded in Australia)
* 1935 RAIA Sir John Sulman Medal - St. Anne’s Shrine Blair & Mitchell Streets North Bondi
Fowell & McConnel (The first church to win this award)
* 1943 RAIA Sir John Sulman Medal - Orient Line Building, 2-6 Spring Street, Sydney
Fowell, McConnel & Mansfield

* 1962 RAIA Gold Medal
Joseph Charles Fowell

External links

* [http://www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=6743 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Sulman Awards]
* [http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_02_2.cfm?itemid=%095055014 About St Annes Church, Bondi; NSW Heritage]
* [http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=105760 About BMA House, Sydney; Australian Heritage Database]
* [http://www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=1.17.3138.3143.6741.6817 RAIA: Significant Lost & Altered Sydney Office Buildings]

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