Hans Peter Oser was a Vienna-educated architect who came to Australia in 1938 and practised after World War II as H.P. Oser, then in partnership with Jean Fombertaux from 1961, and later Kevin Rice. As well as several notable houses, he designed the Hotel Brookvale (1955) and numerous retail and theatre interiors, including the Gibb and Beeman showroom, Continental Bags, and the Odeon theatre, Singapore.