Joseph Charles Fowell

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St Augustines Catholic Church, Meehan Street Yass, New South Wales, 1956, designed by Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan. Sculpture at this Church was created by prominent Australian Sculptor Tom Bass.
St Augustines Catholic Church, Meehan Street Yass, New South Wales, 1956, designed by Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan. Sculpture at this Church was created by prominent Australian Sculptor Tom Bass.

Joseph Charles Fowell (August 2, 1891-1970) was a prominent Australian 20th Century architect. Born in Albany, Western Australia but educated in England, Joseph Fowell arrived back in Australia in 1919 where he worked with Professor Leslie Wilkinson at Sydney University.

Fowell was primarily responsible for the design of over forty churches in New South Wales and Victoria, including Catholic churches at North Sydney (1937), Parkes (1939) and Neutral Bay (1941).[1]

Fowell created a number of Architectural partnerships including:

  • Fowell and McConnel: 1928-1939, with Kenneth McConnel
  • Fowell and Mansfield: 1939-1946 with J. L. S. Mansfield
  • Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan: 1946-1962 with D. C. B. Maclurcan
  • Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis & Maclurcan: 1962-1970 with O. R. Jarvi


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[edit] Buildings

British Medical Association (BMA) House, 135-137 Macquarie St, Sydney features Koala statues on facade.
British Medical Association (BMA) House, 135-137 Macquarie St, Sydney features Koala statues on facade.
BMA House won the 1933 RIBA Medal.
BMA House won the 1933 RIBA Medal.
BMA House elevation.
BMA House elevation.
Since remodelled, Orient Line Building, 2-6 Spring Street, Sydney NSW. Won 1943 RAIA Sulman Award
Since remodelled, Orient Line Building, 2-6 Spring Street, Sydney NSW. Won 1943 RAIA Sulman Award
1930
British Medical Association (BMA) House, 135-137 Macquarie St, Sydney NSW
Fowell and McConnel
Subject of a design competition in 1928
1935
St. Anne’s Church, Blair & Mitchell Streets, North Bondi, NSW
Fowell and McConnel
Later remodelled in 1964.
1937
St Peters, Church of England, Proston QLD
Fowell and McConnel
1937-1939
St Marys, North Sydney
1938-1939
St Canisus College, Pymble
1941
St Josephs, Neutral Bay
1943
Orient Line Building, 2-6 Spring Street, Sydney NSW
Fowell and McConnel
1956
St Augustine's Church, Yass
Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan
1962
P&O, 565 Hunter Street, Sydney NSW
Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan
Since remodelled.
1965
Gladesville Bridge
1967
Church of St Rose, Rose Street, Collaroy Plateau, Sydney NSW
Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis & Maclurcan

[edit] References

  • State Library of Victoria[2]
  • Pamela Martin's Thesis[3]
  • Australian Dictionary Biography
  • Father Laurie Bent, St Augustines, Yass, 2006.

[edit] Awards

[edit] External links


[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1940-1980, p206.
  2. ^ Church of St Rose Photograph, Collaroy Plateau, Sydney. State Library of Victoria. Retrieved 20 March 2006.
  3. ^ Pamela Martin, Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis & Maclurcan, 1929-1970 (B.Arch. thesis, University of New South Wales, 1988)