Walter Burley Griffin b. 1876 USA

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Architect and town planner in the USA and Australia.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1999
Name
Walter Burley Griffin
Birth date
1876
Birth place
USA
Death date
1937
Death place
Lucknow, India
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Residence
  • 1936- 1937 Lucknow, India
  • 1925- 1936 Castlecrag, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1920- c.1925 Melbourne, Vic
  • Chicago, IL, USA
Arrival
  • c.1912
Active Period
  • c.1910- c.1937
Cultural Heritage
  • American
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

Architect and town planner USA and Australia

As a town planner, designed Canberra, ACT, Leeton, NSW, Griffith, NSW, Castlecrag, Sydney, NSW, and part of Eaglemont, Melbourne, Vic.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011
child of
née Mahony Marion Lucy Griffin
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Marion Griffin
1871
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
spouse of
Marion Griffin
1871
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
associate of
Bim Hilder
1909
Artist (Painter), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
George N. Johnston
1908
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Eric Saunders
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Thora Ungar
1911
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
Citations:
  • Harrison, Peter, (1983), 'Griffin, Walter Burley (1876 - 1937)', (Place: Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, pp 107-110)