Denton Corker Marshall is an international architecture practice based in

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

, Australia.

History

Denton Corker Marshall was established in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1972. It was founded by architects John Denton, Bill Corker, and Barrie Marshall.

Description and work

While Melbourne remains the design base, the firm has additional practices in

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Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

, and

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, with over 510 projects in 37 different countries. In Australia, Denton Corker Marshall is best known for landmark buildings such as the

Melbourne Museum The Melbourne Museum is a natural and cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. Located adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building, the museum was opened in 2000 as a project of the Government of Victoria, ...

, which features a "blade" section of roof rising to 35 metres, enclosing a small rainforest, the

Melbourne Exhibition Centre The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), colloquially referred to as Jeff's Shed, is a group of three adjacent buildings next to the Yarra River in South Wharf, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The venues ar ...

, which has a roof resembling a giant aircraft wing, and the Melbourne Gateway and Bolte Bridge, both part of the

CityLink CityLink is a network of tollways in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, linking the Tullamarine Freeway, Tullamarine, West Gate Freeway, West Gate and Monash Freeways and incorporating Bolte Bridge, Burnley Tunnel and other ...

project. The firm's work in Australia has been frequently and variously described as modernist, minimalist, sculptural and heroic. The practice has been consistently publicised in awards series, news and magazines in the past decades in addition to being covered in several monographic publications. Other projects by the practice include the multi-award-winning

Manchester Civil Justice Centre Manchester Civil Justice Centre is a governmental building in Manchester, England. Completed in 2007, it houses Manchester's county court and the Manchester District Registry of the High Court of Justice, High Court, the city's family proceedin ...

, a new visitors' centre at

Stonehenge Stonehenge is a prehistoric Megalith, megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around high, wide, and weighing around 25 tons, to ...

, Sydney's Governor Phillip Tower, the

Museum of Sydney The Museum of Sydney (MOS) is a historical collection and exhibit, built on the ruins of the house of New South Wales' first Governor, Arthur Phillip, on the present-day corner of Phillip and Bridge Street, Sydney. Description The museum is ...

, extensions to the

Australian War Memorial The Australian War Memorial (AWM) is a national war memorial, war museum, museum and archive dedicated to all Australians who died as a result of war, including peacekeeping duties. The AWM is located in Campbell, Australian Capital Territory, C ...

and Australian

embassies A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually denotes a ...

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and

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. The Australian Embassy in Beijing was the practice's first China project, establishing the practice's strong association with China over three decades. In recent years Denton Corker Marshall’s work has extended to more than 20 cities in Asia. In 2015, Denton Corker Marshall were selected to build the Australian Pavilion for the

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People

In 2005, John Denton was appointed as the first

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for Victoria for a two-year term. he is chairperson of the board at the

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art The Australian Centre For Contemporary Art (ACCA) is a contemporary art gallery in Melbourne, Australia. The gallery is located on Sturt Street in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, in the inner suburb of Southbank, Victoria, Southbank. Designed by W ...

(ACCA). He is a Life Fellow of the

Royal Australian Institute of Architects The Australian Institute of Architects, officially the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (abbreviated as RAIA), is Australia's professional body for architects. Its members use the post-nominals FRAIA (Fellow), ARAIA (Associate Member) an ...

(RAIA), and in 1996 received the RAIA Gold Medal.

Notable projects

Denton Corker Marshall has designed some of

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's landmark buildings including the following major architectural projects: One New York Street

Gallery

Image:101 collins street melbourne.jpg, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne Image:Manchester_Civil_Justice_Centre_from_Bridge_Street.jpg, Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Manchester Image:Melbourne museum exterior panorama.jpg, Melbourne Museum Image:Melbourne Exhibition Centre-Spencer Street view.jpg, Melbourne Exhibition Centre Image:Bolte_Bridge_at_Night.jpg, Bolte Bridge at Night, Melbourne Image:TullamarineFwy.jpg, Citylink sound tube, Melbourne Image:South-Bank-Parklands-Arbour.jpg, Grand Arbour, Southbank Parklands, Brisbane Image:Arbour-at-South-Bank-Parklands.jpg, Grand Arbour, Southbank Parklands, Brisbane Image:Brisbane Square July 06.jpg, Brisbane Square, during construction Image:Museum_of_Sydney.jpg, Museum of Sydney, Sydney

References

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* {{authority control Architecture firms of Australia Recipients of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal Architecture firms based in Victoria (state)