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Christopher Kringas
Christopher Kringas (1936—1975) was an Australian architect. He is best known as the architect of the High Court of Australia Building, High Court of Australia. The son of Greek migrants to Australia, Kringas grew up in Orange, New South Wales before studying architecture at the University of NSW. He received the Royal Australian Institute of Architects 'Outstanding Graduating Student' prize in 1959, then traveled to Europe and worked at the London County Council Architect's Department – seen as the "melting pot" of the Brutalist architecture, New Brutalism movement in architecture and an incubator of seminal postwar architects. Kringas returned to Sydney in 1962 and worked briefly at Budden Nangle & Michael architects, designing the Cockle House. In 1964, he joined the firm of Edwards Madigan Torzillo Briggs and, with the firm's senior director Colin Madigan, designed a series of significant Australian architectural works: the Northern Beaches Libraries, Dee Why Library; the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Kringas
Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian (given name), Christian, Christina (given name), Christina, and Christine (name), Christine. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nigerian author *Chris Abele (born 1967), American businessman and politician *Chris Abell (1957–2020), British biological chemist *Chris Abrahams (born 1961), Sydney-based jazz pianist *Chris Achilléos (1947–2021), British painter *Chris Ackie (born 1992), Canadian football player *Chris Acland (1966–1996), English drummer and songwriter *Chris Adams (other), multiple people *Chris Adcock (born 1989), English internationally elite badminton player *Chris Adler (born 1972), American drummer *Chris Adrian (born 1970), American author *Chris Albright (born 1979), American former soccer player *Chris Alcaide (1923–2004), American actor *Chris Amon (1943–2016), former New Zea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
