Product Code Database
Colin Frederick Madigan (22 July 192117 September 2011) was an Australian architect. He is best known for designing the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.
In 1951 Madigan, Maurice Edwards and Jack Torzillo formed the firm, Edwards Madigan Torzillo and Partners, whose work was mostly on public projects such as public housing, public libraries, schools and offices. A notable building from this period was the Warringah Council Library at Dee Why, New South Wales, which was awarded the Sir John Sulman Medal for architecture in 1966. In 1968, they won the design competition for the National Gallery of Australia. Later, Madigan supervised construction of the High Court of Australia Building after its designer Christopher Kringas died in March 1975, just prior to the start of construction in April 1975. The unsuccessful design for the new Australian Parliament House in Canberra was one of the shortlisted finalists in the architectural design competition.
He retired in 1989. (2025). 9780642542021, National Gallery of Australia. ISBN 9780642542021
Madigan also wrote a book on the sinking of HMAS Armidale in 1942, Armidale '42 : a survivor's account.
In later years, Madigan vigorously opposed plans to build a new entrance to the National Gallery of Australia. He died, aged 90, in Bangalow, New South Wales on 17 September 2011,Streak, Diana: National Gallery architect dies, aged 90 , The Canberra Times, 20 September 2011 survived by his wife Ruby (née Court-Rice), their son Guy (born 1952) and a grandson.Angelo Candelapas, obituary: "Sense if place permeated works of great designer", The Age, 22 September 2011, p. 22
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours of 1984, It's an Honour: AO and was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001. It's an Honour: Centenary Medal
|
|
