Peter McIntyre (architect)

Peter McIntyre (architect)
Peter McIntyre (born 24 August 1927) is an Australian architect and educator.
Biography
Educated at Trinity Grammar School, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Melbourne University, he founded a practice in 1950 that combined modern, high-technology materials with concern for "emotional functionalism," or the impact of the built environment on its occupants. His design for an environmentally adapted Mallee Hospital was lauded by critic Robin Boyd as the beginning of a new Australian architecture. In 1953, he founded the McIntyre Partnership Pty Ltd. where he served as practice director, principal and senior partner.
McIntyre formed a partnership with architects John and Phyllis Murphy and Kevin Borland and in collaboration with engineering consultant Bill Irwin, they designed the Melbourne Olympic Swimming pool in 1952. He was also the architect for the redevelopment of the pool to the Lexus Centre.
In 1972, McIntyre formed an additional partnership with George Connor and Donald Wolbrink and form International PlanningCollaborative (Interplan). He wrote the 1973 Strategy Plan for the City of Melbourne, which limited high rise development to its eastern and western shoulders. His major projects include Melbourne's Parliament Station, The Jam Factory Complex in South Yarra, the Westfield Knox in Wantirna South and the creation of the Dinner Plain alpine village near Mount Hotham, Victoria. He was the Professor of Architecture at Melbourne University between 1988 and 1992 and has won numerous awards. His wife Dione is also an architect.
Architectural career outlines
1944-50 Studied architecture, graduating in 1950
1950-53 Commenced practice and in 1953 formed partnership: Borland, Murphy & McIntyre
1956-61 Formed partnership: Peter and Dione McIntyre & Associates
1961 Combined with R. H. McIntyre & Associates to form McIntyre, McIntyre & Partners Pty Ltd
1968 President, Victorian Chapter, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
1972 Formed additional partnership with George Connor and Donald Wolbrink as the International Planning Collaborative - Interplan
1973-74 President, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
1974 Senior Partner, McIntyre Partnership Pty Ltd
1987 Appointed to the Chair of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
1982 Awarded Officer of the Order of Australia
1984 Chairman, Board of Directors, Dinner Plain Pty Ltd
1990 Awarded RAIA Gold Medal
1993 Conferred as Doctor of Architecture, honoris causa
1994 Appointed Emeritus Professor of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
1994 Appointed Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
1999 Active Practice Director, McIntyre Partnership Pty Ltd
Professional service highlights
1963 Councillor, Royal Victorian Institute of Architects
1965 Appointed to the Architects Registration Board of Victoria
1966 Appointed to the Mount Buller Committee of Management (1966–71)
1968 President, Victorian Chapter, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
1970 Appointed to the Timber Industry Advisory Board; Chairman, awards jury, Royal Australian Institute of Architects; Chairman, Metric Committee, Royal Australian; Institute of Architects;
1971 Director of the Architects' Revue, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
1972 Chairman, Sunbury Convention, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
1973 Member of the National Building & Construction Council, Australia
1973-74 President, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
1977-78 Director of the Architects' Revue, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
1978 Appointed to the Fountains Trust
1980 Appointed to Trinity Grammar School Council
1984 Chairman, Board of Directors, Dinner Plain Pty Ltd
1986 Chairman, National Trust Maritime Museum
1990 President, Trinity Grammar School Council
1993 Chairman, Design Review Committee (Crown Casino), Melbourne Casino Authority
1994 Appointed Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
1995 Chairman, competition jury for Museum of Victoria
2001 Chairman, competition jury for Spencer Street Station (now Southern Cross Station
2004 Chairman, competition jury for RAIA Heritage Award
2006 Convenor, restoration appeal, and Architect, Kew Court House
Competitions
1952 Olympic Swimming Pool (Melbourne) Competition 1952 winner.
1957 Academy of Science (Canberra) Competition 1957 finalist.
1958 Stawell Swimming Pool Competition 1958 winner.
1969 National Gallery (Canberra) Competition finalist.
1979 National Archives Competition finalist.
Academic activities
1944 Inaugural member and joint founder of RMIT Student's Representative Council
1948 Founder and Director, Architects' Revue, The University of Melbourne
1949-54 Director, Architects' Revue, The University of Melbourne
1950 Appointed as a tutor, School of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
1951-53 4th Year tutor, School of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
1953-56 Lectured on design principles of Olympic Swimming Pool to students/graduates/public
1957-1960 Ateliers, evenings
1957 Lecturer in Charge, final year design, Department of Architecture, RMIT
1971 Appointed to Standing Committee for Chair of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
1985 Professorial Associate, Department of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
1987 Appointed to the Chair of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
1990 Delivered the A. S. Hook Memorial Address, The University of Melbourne
1994 Appointed Emeritus Professor of Architecture, The University of Melbourne
McIntrye's titles are: AO, DArch, BArch, DipArch, DipTRP, LFRAIA, FRAPI, FAIA, Emeritus Professor of Architecture - University of Melbourne.
Awards
Architecture Arts Award 1954. Project: Snelleman House, Melbourne
RAIA Architecture & Arts Award 1954/55. Project: McIntyre House, Melbourne
Building of the Year 1956. Project: Olympic Swimming Pool, Melbourne
Sir James Barrett Memorial Medal 1974 Project: Melbourne Strategy Plan
RAIA Architectural Projects Award 1975. Project: The Jam Factory, Melbourne
RAIA Urban & Community Design Bronze medal. Project: Melbourne Strategy Plan
IES Meritorious Lighting Award 1978. Project: Westfield Knox, Victoria
RAIA Award 1978 Bronze medal. Project: Westfield Knox, Victoria
RAIA Merit Award 1980. Project: Kyla Park Housing Development, NSW
RAIA Robin Boyd Medal 1983. Project:Seahouse, Victoria
RAIA Sir Zelman Cowen Medal 1985. Project: Parliament Station, Melbourne
RAIA Merit Award 1985. Project: Parliament Station, Melbourne
RAIA Sir Zelman Cowen Medal 1987 Project: Dinner Plain Alpine Village, Victoria
RAIA Gold Medal 1990 awarded to Peter McIntyre
Institute of Architects Commendation Award 2013. Project Richard and Elizabeth Tudor Centre at Trinity Grammar
Victorian Architecture Awards 2014 Best Enduring Architecture
Film
1960 Your House and Mine, directed by Peter McIntyre, distributed by State Film Centre.
References
Further reading
1995 Heroic Melbourne: Architecture of The 1950s by Norman Day, RMIT, Melbourne, 1995
1990 June: Architecture Australia, Vol.79 No.25 pp. 30–33, Struggle For Meaning by Peter McIntyre.
1990 June: Architecture Australia Vol.79 No.25 pp. 34–53, Optimism and Experiment by Philip Goad.
1990 June: Architecture Australia, Vol.79 No.25 pp. 58–60, Dinner Plain: With Gusto by Jeff Turnbull.
1990 June: Architecture Australia Vol.79 No.25 pp. 61–70, No Plain Sailing by Rob McIntyre
1983 Dinner Plain Village Environmental Effects Statement.
1978 Mount Baw Baw Plan.
1976 Mount Buller Village Plan.
1976 Underground railway stations - research in Europe and USA (for Melbourne Underground Loop Authority).
1976 Jam Factory Environmental Impact Statement (The first such statement ever requested by Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Authority).
1978 Mount Hotham Village Plan.
1973 Melbourne Strategy Plan, pub. Melbourne City Council.
1970 RAIA Metric Conversion Report. (Building Construction Advisory Committee, Metric Conversion Board of Australia)
1969 RAIA Services Company Project.
1969 Comprehensive Architectural Services, RAIA Convention.
1968 Ski Resort Development Post.
1968 Melbourne Architectural Oration Series.
1964 Alpine Building Regulations (for RAIA, incorporated into Uniform Building Regulations of Victoria).
1955 Evaluation of Olympic Swimming Stadium.
1951-1953 "Cross Section", architectural newsletter, The University of Melbourne.
External links
McIntyre Partnership
By Design ABC: Home of the Month - Peter McIntyre's house
1927 births
Living people
Architects from Melbourne
Officers of the Order of Australia
Recipients of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal