Complex sentence: While in Melbourne Howlett together with Donald Bailey won the Australia-Wide competition for the design of the new Perth City Council administration buildings, this brought Howlett back to Perth and stayed there for the rest of his life.
Split into simpler sentences: While in Melbourne, Howlett, together with Donald Bailey, won the Australia-Wide competition for the design of the new Perth City Council administration buildings. This brought him back to Perth and he stayed there for the rest of his life.