Frederick Sterne

  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Sterne trained in Germany, Prague and Vienna in "civil architecture" and interior design. He arrived in Australia ca.1938 and worked with the architect Leighton Irwin's practice. He began teaching at the Melbourne Technical College in 1947 in architecture, interior design, design and construction. By 1948 he was a full-time lecturer. He initiated the four-year Interior Design Diploma, previously a three-year programme.
Tags: interior designer, interior design teacher, Architect
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  • RMIT Design Archives
    Description

    The RMIT Design Archives actively collects material relating to Melbourne design from the twentieth century onwards. These Archives are both digital and material, representing historical and contemporary practices which together tell the story of Melbourne as a design city.

    The archives hold a unique collection of material representing diverse design disciplines.

    Website
    http://www.rmit.edu.au/designarchives
    Note

    The Frederick Sterne (d.1951) Collection, gift of the estate of Lorraine Emden-Snook

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Related person groups
  • Interior Design Association of Australia (member of)
  • Royal Institute of British Architects (member of)
  • Royal Australian Institute of Architects (member of)