Peter Kaad b. 1 January 1898

  • Architect
Kaad was an architect and designer of furniture and interior design. He trained at Sydney Technical College and worked for Ross and Rowe on graduation. Working with Samuel Lipson after 1936, he was active in designing shops, automobile showrooms, hotels and cafes.

Peter Kaad (1898-1967) was born in Fiji and educated at Newington College, Sydney, then studied architecture at Sydney Technical College, then joined architects Ross and Rowe., where he assisted in the design of the NSW Government Savings Bank, the Rural Bank and the Town Hall. From 1934-36, he was with Sydney Warden and designed various large hotels, including the Mayfair at Kings Cross and the Port Macquarie Hotel. He also won competitions for the Temperance Hotel, Brisbane, and the Mosman War Memorial. He came third in the competition to design the Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park and won an honorarium in the competition for the National War Memorial in Canberra. In 1928, he began lecturing at Sydney Technical College and in 1936, he became a partner with Samuel Lipson in Lipson and Kaad. (See Samuel Lipson listing for a summary of the firm’s key buildings).
Source
—Information from the NSW RAIA Heritage Committee, October 2004.

Writers:

Davina Jackson
Date written:
2015
Last updated:
2015