Joseph Charles Fowell

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 (2 August 1891 – 3 July 1970) was a prominent Australian 20th century architect.

Biography

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. In 1926 Fowell became an assistant to Henry Budden. 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

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]

Buildings

British Medical Association (BMA) House, 135-137 Macquarie St, Sydney features Koala statues on facade.
BMA House won the 1933 RIBA Medal.
BMA House elevation.
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, Bondi, NSW
Fowell and McConnel
Later remodelled in 1964.[2]
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

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography - Fowell, Joseph Charles (1891 - 1970)
  2. ↑ "St. Anne's Church, New South Wales State Heritage Register (NSW SHR) Number H01706". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

Bibliography

  • "Church of St Rose, Collaroy Plateau, Sydney" (Photograph). State Library of Victoria. Retrieved 20 March 2006.
  • Martin, Pamela (1988). Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis & Maclurcan, 1929-1970 (B.Arch.)|format= requires |url= (help) (Thesis). University of New South Wales.
  • Australian Dictionary of Biography
  • Father Laurie Bent, St Augustines, Yass, 2006.
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