Ken Woolley

Ken Woolley
Born
Kenneth Frank Charles Woolley

(1933-05-29)29 May 1933
Died25 November 2015(2015-11-25) (aged 82)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationArchitect
Known forPettit & Sevitt houses, Ancher Mortlock Woolley architecture firm and the Sydney School
DNA-inspired helical staircase, part of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research building designed by Ken Woolley

Kenneth Frank Charles Woolley AM, BArch, Hon DSc Arch Sydney LFRAIA, FTSE, (29 May 1933 – 25 November 2015) was an Australian architect. In a career spanning 60 years, he is best known for his contributions to project housing with Pettit and Sevitt, four time Wilkinson Award-winning architect, including three times for his own house, the first being the 1962 Woolley House in Mosman, and his longstanding partnership with Sydney Ancher and Bryce Mortlock. He is regarded as being a prominent figure in the development of the Sydney School movement and Australian vernacular building.[1]

  1. ^ Ancher/Mortlock/Woolley website Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-04-14.