Yuncken Freeman

Yuncken Freeman
Yuncken Freeman
Practice information
Firm type	Architectural design; Urban planning; Interior design;
Key architects	Barry Patten; Roy Simpson;
Founders	Otto Abrecht Yuncken; John Freeman; Tom Freeman; William Balcombe Griffiths; Roy Simpson (1945);
Founded	1933
Dissolved	Late 1980s
Location	Melbourne (head office)
Significant works and honors
Buildings	Sidney Myer Music Bowl (1957-9); Canberra Civic Centre (1965); Cardinal Knox Centre (1969-71); BHP House (1972);
Design	La Trobe University masterplan
Awards	Simpson: RAIA Gold Medal (1997)

Yuncken Freeman was an Australian architecture firm. Founded in Melbourne, Victoria in 1933, Yuncken Freeman grew steadily, particularly in the post-war economic boom to be a sizeable firm in Australia, with branch offices in Hong Kong as well as other parts of south-east Asia, until its dissolution during the late 1980s.

The firm gained early fame with the striking Sidney Myer Music Bowl, and then for major works in the 1960s and 1970s such as starkly Modernist office towers in Melbourne by Barry Patten including BHP House and the State Government Offices, and projects by Roy Simpson, such as the classically influenced ACT Law Courts, Fairlie apartments in South Yarra, and the low-slung Cardinal Knox Centre.

In 1997 Roy Simpson was awarded the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal for his significant contribution to architecture.

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