Neville Quarry AM (1933–2004) was an Australian architect, architectural academic, critic and educator.

Early life

Neville Quarry was born in

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in 1933. He commenced his architectural studies at the

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and he graduated in 1956, undertaking his final year of study in

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Academic career

In 1971 Neville Quarry moved to Lae,

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as the first Head of the School of Architecture at the Papua New Guinea Institute (now University) of Technology. He then moved back to Australia in 1976 to take up a position at the NSW Institute of Technology (later

University of Technology, Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a technical institution can be traced back t ...

). He became Professor of Architecture and Dean of the Faculty of Design Architecture and Building at UTS. He retired from academia in 1994.

Achievements

*In 1991 Quarry was the first Australian Commissioner to the

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with an exhibition titled ''Architetti Australiani'', that featured the work of architects from South East Queensland including Gabriel Poole, Lindsay and Kerry Clare and Rex Addison. *In 1994 Neville Quarry was awarded the

Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal The Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal is the highest individual award of the Australian Institute of Architects, awarded annually since 1960. The award was created to recognise distinguished service by Australian architects who have: ...

the highest achievement for an individual architect, as a recognition to his contribution to architecture, education and design. He was the first architecture academic to be awarded the medal. *In 1995 he was made a

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. *In 1996 he chaired the jury for the international architectural design competition for

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. The process selected the winner,

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and delivered a successful outcome for the site and the city.

Death

Neville Quarry died in

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from cancer, five weeks after the initial diagnosis, October 2004, aged 70-71.

Legacy

A prize titled the ''Neville Quarry Architectural Education Prize'' is awarded annually by the

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.The Prize is awarded on the basis of demonstrated national or international peer recognition for significant contribution to architectural education in one or more of the following assessment categories: teaching, scholarship, research, leadership and community engagement.

Early life

Academic career

Achievements

Death

Legacy

See also

References

Further reading