Neville Gruzman (1925–2005) travelled in Kuala Lumpur and Burma 1978, gained a Master of Town and Country Planning from the University of Sydney and travelled to China 1979, began (but did not complete) a Masters in Fine Arts at the University of Sydney 1980, travelled in Sri Lanka 1981, travelled to China, India, Europe and the US 1983, held a retrospective exhibition at the NSW RAIA HQ, North Sydney 1983, was made a Member of the Order of Australia 1984, travelled to Italy and the US 1984, taught at the University of NSW 1965-2002, including visiting Professor of Architecture 1987 and 1998 and Adjunct Professor 1999-01, travelled to Holland, France, Britain and the US 1988, travelled Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia 1990 and delivered a keynote lecture on ‘The Failure of Modern Architecture’ at the Art Gallery of NSW; Board member of the National Trust 1991-1996, held the ‘Retrospective 2’ exhibition at the Rex Irwin Gallery, Woollahra 1992, member of the Prime Minister’s Urban Design Taskforce 1993, lecturer at the University of Sydney 1994, Mayor of Woollahra 1995-6, Chairman then Patron Save East Circular Quay Committee 1997-98, travel to Rome, London, Paris, Bilboa 2002. In 2000, the RAIA listed Gruzman’s Holland house, Middle Cove 19XX, as one of the 20 best Australian buildings of the 20th century. In 2002, he closed the practice.
Sources
—Gruzman, Neville. 2004. Career chronology, interview for Davina Jackson, 3 October.
In addition to his career as an architect, Gruzman was an active furniture designer of built-in cabinetry, chairs, tables, benches and seating for the 1957 South Head Synagogue (Rose Bay NSW), the Montrose Apartments (1954), North Sydney, Parnell Motors, Arncliffe (1955) and many of his domestic commissions. He also had associations with furniture-maker Paul Kafka and formed the “Furniture Design Group” in 1956.
- Writers:
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Davina Jackson
- Date written:
- 2015
- Last updated:
- 2015
