Audrey Borkenhagen b. 2 August 1936

  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Borkenhagen was an interior designer resident in Australia and active in in the 1960s. Sent to Sydney by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill to consult on the Qantas/Wentworth Hotel, she had established a Sydney practice by 1965. She designed the Summit Restaurant, Australia Square. She returned to California in 1980 opening her own interior design firm and later joined a company called Clement Chen and Associates, San Francisco.

Citations

  • anon (1 January 1966), '“Architect needs a team of designers.”’.1 January 1966
    Building, Lighting, Engineering, Dec.1966, p.13

  • anon (1 January 1999), 'Audrey Threlfall’.1 January 1999
    Obituary, Marin Independent Journal, 7 August 1999

  • anon (1 January 1969), 'Designing in the Round. Borkenhagen, Forbes & Asociates.’.1 January 1969, Design Australia, 6/1969, pps.33-35

  • anon (1970), 'Motor Inn with rooftop restaurant’, Australia. Illustrated feature on Squire Inn Motor Hotel, interior design by Borkenhagen Forbes & Associates, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 June 1970, p.25

  • anon (1969), 'Australia’s largest restaurant [The Summit]’, Australia. Business Review, November 1969, pps.6-14

  • Borkenhagen, Forbes & Associates (collection in SLNSW)

    http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=1012304