Myles Dunphy b. 1891

  • Architect
Myles Dunphy (1891-1985) was a lecturer in building construction and history at Sydney Technical College 1921-1970s. He encouraged students to develop a love of the Australian bush through bushwalking, and influenced many leading Sydney architects of the late 1950s and 1960s.

Myles Dunphy (1891-1985), lecturer in building construction and history at Sydney Technical College 1921-1970s; encouraged students to develop a love of the Australian bush through bushwalking. Architects exposed to his ideas included Sydney Ancher, Colin Madigan, Russell Jack, Keith Cottier, Colin James, Terry Dorrough and Bruce Rickard.
Sources
—Peter Meredith, 1999, Myles and Milo, Sydney: Allen and Unwin
—Jennifer Taylor, 1990, Australian Architecture Since 1960, Canberra: RAIA.
—Philip Goad, 2001, New Directions in Australian Architecture, Sydney: Pesaro.

Writers:

Davina Jackson
Date written:
2015
Last updated:
2015