Llewellyn Williams (architect)

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Llewellyn Edwin Williams (born December 14, 1884 in Newton (New South Wales) , Australia, † March 11, 1967 in Townsville , Australia) was an Australian architect who worked in the Art Deco style in Wellington, New Zealand .

Life

Williams was born to Edwin Williams (1848-1924) and Sarah Cross Mather (1852-1889). He learned from 1905 to 1908 with Edwin Williams in Sydney, Australia . From 1908 to 1910 he attended King's College in London, from 1910 to 1911 he studied in Paris. He then worked at Messers Gale, Gotch & Leighton , the firm of architects Joseph Gale (1830–1906), John Alfred Gotch (1852–1942) and Arthur George Leighton (1867–1943) and toured France and Belgium.

In 1912 he passed the exam and was admitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects as an Associate (ARIBA) on December 2nd at the suggestion of the three owners of his office .

On December 17, 1912, The Sydney Morning Herald reported his return to Australia: Mr. Llewellyn E. Williams, who studied architecture for five years in Great Britain and on the continent, returned to Sydney on Wednesday on the Malwa . He successfully graduated from the University of London and was awarded the medal for advanced construction and sanitation and was accepted as an associate in the Royal Institute of British Architects.

In 1919 Williams moved to New Zealand, where he partnered with the architect Frederick de Jersey Clere in Wellington . This collaboration resulted in the Church of St Mary of the Angels (1921) and St Barnabas Church in Khandallah.

Williams also taught at Banks Commercial College in Wellington, where another well-known Wellington architect, CH Mitchell, was his colleague. From 1923 Williams ran his own office: the Todd Motors Building (1926), the Kelvin Chambers (1927) and the Civic Chambers (1927) were built based on his designs. He also designed or overhauled several cinemas, such as the Kings Theater (1926) and the Regent Theater (1936).

Private life

Williams was married to Mildred Sophia Agar (1889-1957) and had a daughter Suzanne Ashley Williams (1917-1979) and a son John Edwin Ashley Williams (1919-1944). His son became a fighter pilot in World War II and was taken prisoner by Germany. He was involved in the escape from the Stalag Luft III camp, which was the subject of the film Broken Chains , and was shot by the Gestapo after he was caught again. In 1918 William was drafted for the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces of World War I, but was not used.

Works

  • Cozy Theater, 301-309 Heretaunga Street West, Hastings (1920, together with Frederick de Jersey Clere, later replaced by a successor building)
  • St. Mary of the Angels, Church, Wellington (1921, with de Jersey Clere)
  • St. Barnabas Church, Church, Khandallah (together with de Jersey Clere)
  • De Lux (now Embassy ), cinema, Wellington (1924, in operation)
  • The Regent, Kino, Wellington (1936, not preserved)
  • Todd Motors Building, Courtenay Place, Wellington (1926)
  • Kelvin Chambers, The Terrace; Wellington (1927)
  • Civic Chambers, Cuba Street, Wellington (1927).
  • Chevening Flats, multi-story tenement building, 90 Salamanca Road, Kelburn, Wellington (1929)
  • Kings Theater, Cinema, Wellington (1926, not preserved)
  • Avon Cinema, cinema, Christchurch (1934, destroyed in the Christchurch earthquake)
  • Mayfair Theater , cinema, Dunedin, 1934 (design of the fore stage as part of the conversion to sound film ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Llewellyn Edwin WILLIAMS (1884-1967) . Megan's Family History , archived from the original on December 30, 2014 ; accessed on February 22, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
  2. ^ Website of the NZHPT for his work "Chewening Flats", section Construction Professionals, accessed on December 30, 2014
  3. ↑ RIBA Nomination Papers: A v20 no. 2362
  4. ↑ Former Cozy Theater, accessed December 30, 2012 ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hastingsdc.govt.nz
  5. ^ Page on abandoned structures, NZHPT, accessed December 30, 2014
  6. ^ Meeting of Directors, minutes, July 12, 1934, Hocken Collections.
personal data
SURNAME Williams, Llewellyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Williams, Llewellyn Edwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Newton (New South Wales) , Australia
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1967
Place of death Townsville , Australia