Peter Maddison is an Australian architect and television presenter. He is best known for presenting the TV series ''

Grand Designs Australia ''Grand Designs Australia'' is an Australian spin-off of the British TV series ''Grand Designs''. The show documents people who attempt to build a custom-designed house and the challenges they face. It is aired on The LifeStyle Channel and is ho ...

'', which has been shown in Australia,

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and the UK.

Early life and education

Maddison graduated in Architecture from the

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public university, public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering cla ...

in 1983, having studied as a mature student after failing his final year at high school.

TV appearances

''Grand Designs Australia'' was filmed in 2009 by the Lifestyle Channel, who chose Maddison as someone "who could best articulate the grandeur of Grand Designs and also the Australianness we are looking for."Gemma Battenbough
Architect named as host of Grand Designs Australia
Architecture & Design, 8 September 2009. Retrieved 2012-03-21. The series was first broadcast to Australia in October 2010.Interview: Peter Maddison on Grand Designs Australia
, Australian design review, 23 September 2010. Online version retrieved 2012-03-21. It was subsequently broadcast by

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to the UK. Maddison was named 'Best New Talent' at the 9th annual ASTRA Awards in 2011.

Career

Maddison is a practising architect, having started work as a student in 1978 with Peter Crone & Associates. He subsequently worked with Morris & Pirotta Architects, Cocks & Carmichael Architects, and was a Partner with McIntyre Partnership Architects & Urban Planners, before founding his own practice Maddison Architects Pty Ltd in 1988. Maddison is a long-standing member of the Australian Institute of Architects' Small Practice Forum and Awards Taskforce.''Heritage Address''
, Inherit (Victoria Heritage Council), Issue 43, January/February 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-21.

Personal life

Maddison grew up in Parkdale near

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

. He currently lives in Brighton and has a holiday house on

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.Teresa Murphy,
Murphy's Lore: Grand Designs Australia host Peter Maddison
, Mornington Peninsula Leader, 6 November 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-21. Maddison is married to Andrea with children Woody, Ruby and Finn.

References

External links

Maddison Architects
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