Peter Kollar b. 1926

  • Architect
Dr Peter Kollar (1926-2000) was an associate professor of architecture at the University of New South Wales from 1957 to the 1970s. Domestic architecture by Kollar is known as well as an entry in the Sydney Opera House competition in partnership with Balthazar Korab.

Peter Kollar (1926-2000) was an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of NSW. Born in Hungary, he arrived in Australia in 19XX and taught at the university from the 1950s. In 1957, he won fourth place in the Sydney Opera House design competition (the highest-placed Australian entrant) and protested against Jørn Utzon’s departure from the project. Kollar was known for fierce debates with design tutor Neville Gruzman. He wrote prolifically on architecture, the world’s great spiritual traditions and the principles and theory of design In a rare honour, the University of New South Wales was formally congratulated by the
international assessors of his doctoral thesis for a body of work which they proclaimed as 'the
greatest work of its kind’. His students witnessed a profoundly spiritual yet solidly
founded approach to architecture.
Sources
—Obituary in UNSW Faculty of the Built Environment newsletter,

Writers:

Davina Jackson
Date written:
2015
Last updated:
2015