Daryl Jackson
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Daryl Sanders Jackson AO (born 7 February 1937, in Clunes, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian architect, and the owner of an international architecture firm, Jackson Architecture. Jackson also became the Associate Professor of the University of Melbourne
and Deakin University
.
in Melbourne and he graduated from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
and the University of Melbourne
with Diploma of Architecture. Jackson established his first practice with Evan Walker in 1965.
Jackson Architecture Pty Ltd, located in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, London, Hanoi, Vietnam and China, has completed an impressively large catalogue of projects, including university and college facilities, stadiums, commercial offices, art galleries, and industrial structures. Some of his projects include the Museum of Immigration, Melbourne and the County Court of Victoria
.
Jackson's considerable teaching, writing and lecturing has had a significant influence on the course of Australian architectural development. He taught architecture at RMIT and written a regular column on housing for “The Age” in 1966 to 1999. Jackson has also been principle lecturer at RAIA conventions and was a visiting professor of architecture and design at the University of NSW (New South Wales) in 1982. With this extensive participation in various significant cultural organisations including positions as Chairman of the Australian Film Institute, Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria and Member of the Victorian Council of the Arts, Vice President of the Melbourne Cricket Club and President of Wesley College where he has continually contributed to a heterogeneous notion of Australian Culture.
style.
Two buildings, Swinburne University Graduate School of Management and County Court of Victoria
in central Melbourne, work their way into the iconic street grid to form hard-edge modernist
figures on important street corners. The slicing ‘cut edge’ profiling of the Court entrance portico is a gesture of urban affirmation that symbolises and emphasises a new presence.
Jackson's more recent projects, found in Australia and internationally, differ from one another because they reflect the attitudes, technologies and vernacular of their respective localities.
on the new building at the University of Technology, Sydney
. The new business school for UTS, the Dr Chau Chak Wing building, will be Gehry’s first building in Australia with a design based on the idea of a tree-house structure.
Construction will start in early 2012 and be complete in time for the 2014 academic year.
Award in 1981.
He was awarded the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal
in 1987.
He was appointed an Officer of the Officer of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1990 for his service to architecture.
In 1999, Jackson was awarded the RAIA Presidents Award for Recycled Buildings for the Immigration Museum and Hellenic Archaeological Museum, Melbourne, Victoria.
In 1998, Jackson was awarded RAIA Environment Award for Sunshine Coast University College, Science Faculty Building, Queensland.
RAIA (WA Chapter) Regional Commendation for the WA Basketball Centre (AK Reserve) (Peter Hunt Architects JV)
2010 RAIA Colourbond Award for Steel Architecture
RAIA (WA Chapter) Regional Commendation for the RWA Basketball Centre (AK Reserve) (Peter Hunt Architects JV)
2010 Master Builders (WA) Excellence in Construction Award
Excellence in Construction Award Best State Government Building Commendation WA Basketball Centre (AK Reserve) (Peter Hunt Architects JV)
2010 Master Builders (VIC) Excellence in Construction Award
Excellence in Commercial Buildings $10M-$15M
Commendation VIC Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School
2010 Western Australian Heritage Award
WA Police Midland Operations Support Facility, (Peter Hunt Architects JV)
Notable works include:
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
and Deakin University
Deakin University
Deakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...
.
Personal life
Jackson was educated at Wesley CollegeWesley College, Melbourne
Wesley College, Melbourne is an independent, co-educational, Christian day school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1866, the college is a school of the Uniting Church in Australia. Wesley is the largest school in Australia by enrolment, with 3,511 students and 564 full-time staff...
in Melbourne and he graduated from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
and the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
with Diploma of Architecture. Jackson established his first practice with Evan Walker in 1965.
Jackson Architecture Pty Ltd, located in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, London, Hanoi, Vietnam and China, has completed an impressively large catalogue of projects, including university and college facilities, stadiums, commercial offices, art galleries, and industrial structures. Some of his projects include the Museum of Immigration, Melbourne and the County Court of Victoria
County Court of Victoria
The County Court of Victoria was established in 1852 by the County Courts Act 1852. The court has jurisdiction in the State of Victoria, Australia...
.
Jackson's considerable teaching, writing and lecturing has had a significant influence on the course of Australian architectural development. He taught architecture at RMIT and written a regular column on housing for “The Age” in 1966 to 1999. Jackson has also been principle lecturer at RAIA conventions and was a visiting professor of architecture and design at the University of NSW (New South Wales) in 1982. With this extensive participation in various significant cultural organisations including positions as Chairman of the Australian Film Institute, Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria and Member of the Victorian Council of the Arts, Vice President of the Melbourne Cricket Club and President of Wesley College where he has continually contributed to a heterogeneous notion of Australian Culture.
Architectural style and practice
Jackson's architecture has evolved over forty years of professional practice. His first contribution to Australian architecture began with the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Pool which defined his early Brutalist architectureBrutalist architecture
Brutalist architecture is a style of architecture which flourished from the 1950s to the mid 1970s, spawned from the modernist architectural movement.-The term "brutalism":...
style.
Two buildings, Swinburne University Graduate School of Management and County Court of Victoria
County Court of Victoria
The County Court of Victoria was established in 1852 by the County Courts Act 1852. The court has jurisdiction in the State of Victoria, Australia...
in central Melbourne, work their way into the iconic street grid to form hard-edge modernist
Modern architecture
Modern architecture is generally characterized by simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of the building. It is a term applied to an overarching movement, with its exact definition and scope varying widely...
figures on important street corners. The slicing ‘cut edge’ profiling of the Court entrance portico is a gesture of urban affirmation that symbolises and emphasises a new presence.
Jackson's more recent projects, found in Australia and internationally, differ from one another because they reflect the attitudes, technologies and vernacular of their respective localities.
Jackson architecture
As the chief principal of design at Jackson Architecture, Daryl Jackson perceives his role relative to that of a film director: “working on the plot, lining up the cameras, producing and editing to generate the desired result”. While Jackson unifies each product with his direct design input, he places a strong emphasis on collaborative design and idea thinking, and acknowledges the talent and co-professionalism of other designers that help piece together each project.Jackson and Gehry
Daryl Jackson is to work with American architect Frank GehryFrank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry, is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California.His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions...
on the new building at the University of Technology, Sydney
University of Technology, Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1981, although its origins trace back to the 1870s. UTS is notable for its central location as the only university with its main campuses within the Sydney CBD...
. The new business school for UTS, the Dr Chau Chak Wing building, will be Gehry’s first building in Australia with a design based on the idea of a tree-house structure.
Construction will start in early 2012 and be complete in time for the 2014 academic year.
Awards
He was the first Australian architect to be awarded the Sir Zelman CowenZelman Cowen
Sir Zelman Cowen, was the 19th Governor-General of Australia. He is currently the oldest living former Governor-General of Australia.-Early life:...
Award in 1981.
He was awarded the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal
The Gold Medal is the highest award of the Australian Institute of Architects awarded annually since 1960. The award was created to recognise distinguished service by Australian architects who have:* designed or executed buildings of high merit;...
in 1987.
He was appointed an Officer of the Officer of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1990 for his service to architecture.
Award-winning projects
In 2003, Jackson was awarded the RAIA Interior Architecture Award for the County Court of Victoria, Melbourne Victoria.In 1999, Jackson was awarded the RAIA Presidents Award for Recycled Buildings for the Immigration Museum and Hellenic Archaeological Museum, Melbourne, Victoria.
In 1998, Jackson was awarded RAIA Environment Award for Sunshine Coast University College, Science Faculty Building, Queensland.
Award-recent awards
2010 RAIA Public Architecture AwardRAIA (WA Chapter) Regional Commendation for the WA Basketball Centre (AK Reserve) (Peter Hunt Architects JV)
2010 RAIA Colourbond Award for Steel Architecture
RAIA (WA Chapter) Regional Commendation for the RWA Basketball Centre (AK Reserve) (Peter Hunt Architects JV)
2010 Master Builders (WA) Excellence in Construction Award
Excellence in Construction Award Best State Government Building Commendation WA Basketball Centre (AK Reserve) (Peter Hunt Architects JV)
2010 Master Builders (VIC) Excellence in Construction Award
Excellence in Commercial Buildings $10M-$15M
Commendation VIC Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School
2010 Western Australian Heritage Award
WA Police Midland Operations Support Facility, (Peter Hunt Architects JV)
Work
Jackson’s projects are mostly found in Australia’s four east coast capital cities: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra. He also has work located in Shanghai, Qingdao, Hanoi, Berlin and London.Notable works include:
Education projects
- Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar SchoolIvanhoe Girls' Grammar SchoolIvanhoe Girls' Grammar School, is an independent, Anglican, day school for girls, located in Ivanhoe, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
Resource Centre - Sydney Conservatorium of MusicSydney Conservatorium of MusicThe Sydney Conservatorium of Music is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia...
- Redevelopment of the University of BallaratUniversity of BallaratThe University of Ballarat is a dual-sector university in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It was formed by the passage of an Act of the Victorian Parliament in 1994, from the Ballarat College of Advanced Education...
- University of QueenslandUniversity of QueenslandThe University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
Biosciences Precinct - Redevelopment of the Wesley College – St. Kilda Road CampusWesley College, MelbourneWesley College, Melbourne is an independent, co-educational, Christian day school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1866, the college is a school of the Uniting Church in Australia. Wesley is the largest school in Australia by enrolment, with 3,511 students and 564 full-time staff...
Junior School (formerly known as the Preparatory School) - Swinburne University Graduate School of Business
Health and research
- Olivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles and 14 of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA...
Cancer and Wellness Centre - Royal Prince Alfred Hospital redevelopment
- Royal Brisbane and Women's HospitalRoyal Brisbane and Women's HospitalThe Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital is a hospital located in the suburb of Herston in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.The hospital was formerly known as the Brisbane General Hospital.The hospital currently has a total of 948 beds...
redevelopment - Royal Melbourne HospitalRoyal Melbourne HospitalThe Royal Melbourne Hospital , located in Parkville, Victoria an inner suburb of Melbourne is one of Australia’s leading public hospitals. It is a major teaching hospital for tertiary health care with a reputation in clinical research...
redevelopment - Prince of Wales HospitalPrince of Wales HospitalPrince of Wales Hospital is a major public and teaching hospital located in Sha Tin, New Territories in Hong Kong. The hospital is affiliated with the Medical Faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong....
redevelopment - Royal Australasian College of SurgeonsRoyal Australasian College of SurgeonsThe Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is the body responsible for training and examining surgeons in Australia and New Zealand. The head office of the College is in Melbourne, Australia....
redevelopment - CSIRO Discovery Centre
Sport and recreation
- Telstra DomeTelstra DomeDocklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
- Brisbane Cricket GroundBrisbane Cricket GroundThe Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as The Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located....
- Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
Great Southern Stand - Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
Northern Stand - Australian Institute of SportAustralian Institute of SportThe Australian Institute of Sport is a sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services. The Institute's headquarters is situated in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The 66.0 hectare site campus is in the northern suburb of Bruce, but some of the...
Swimming Hall - Frankston Arts CentreFrankston Arts CentreThe Frankston Arts Centre is a landmark theatre and art gallery in the outer Melbourne locality of Frankston in Australia. It was opened by then Prime Minister, The Hon...
Commercial and retail
- 120 Collins Street120 Collins Street120 Collins Street is a skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Built from 1989 to 1991 and comprises 50 levels of office accommodation and 4 levels of plant.The building was designed by architectural firm Hassell, in association with Daryl Jackson...
, MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... - 480 Lonsdale Street, MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
- European Serviced Offices, BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
- Australian Greenhouse Office, CanberraCanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
- Brindabella Business Park, CanberraCanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
- Canberra CentreCanberra CentreCanberra Centre is a shopping centre located in Civic, Canberra, Australia. It opened on 6 March 1963 as the Monaro Mall, then underwent a $220 million redevelopment and became the Canberra Centre in 1989...
, CanberraCanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
Government
- 3-5 National Circuit Attorney General's Department
- County Court of VictoriaCounty Court of VictoriaThe County Court of Victoria was established in 1852 by the County Courts Act 1852. The court has jurisdiction in the State of Victoria, Australia...
- West Australian Police Academy
- Main Airport Terminal at Canberra International AirportCanberra International AirportCanberra International Airport , now trading as Canberra Airport, is the airport serving Australia's capital city, Canberra, and the city of Queanbeyan, NSW. Located at the eastern edge of North Canberra, it is the 8th busiest airport in Australia. The airport is the main hub for Brindabella Airlines...
- Impulse Airline Hangar at Canberra International AirportCanberra International AirportCanberra International Airport , now trading as Canberra Airport, is the airport serving Australia's capital city, Canberra, and the city of Queanbeyan, NSW. Located at the eastern edge of North Canberra, it is the 8th busiest airport in Australia. The airport is the main hub for Brindabella Airlines...
- Capital Jet Facility at Canberra International AirportCanberra International AirportCanberra International Airport , now trading as Canberra Airport, is the airport serving Australia's capital city, Canberra, and the city of Queanbeyan, NSW. Located at the eastern edge of North Canberra, it is the 8th busiest airport in Australia. The airport is the main hub for Brindabella Airlines...
Master-planning
- Bond UniversityBond UniversityBond University is a private university located in Robina, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is also the first private university established in Australia...
- Griffith UniversityGriffith UniversityGriffith University is a public, coeducational, research university located in the southeastern region of the Australian state of Queensland. The university has five satellite campuses located in the Gold Coast, Logan City and in the Brisbane suburbs of Mount Gravatt, Nathan and South Bank. Current...
- University of MelbourneUniversity of MelbourneThe University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
- Canberra International AirportCanberra International AirportCanberra International Airport , now trading as Canberra Airport, is the airport serving Australia's capital city, Canberra, and the city of Queanbeyan, NSW. Located at the eastern edge of North Canberra, it is the 8th busiest airport in Australia. The airport is the main hub for Brindabella Airlines...