McCutcheon, Walter Paul Osborn

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Agent TypePersonIdentifierUMA-AG-000000214Activities & OccupationsArchitectsGenderMaleHistorySir Walter Paul Osborn McCutcheon, architect, was born on 8 April 1899 at Armadale, Melbourne, educated at Wesley College and in 1917 began attending lectures in architecture at the Working Men’s College, Melbourne. In 1918 he was articled to the prominent Melbourne architects Bates, Peebles & Smart.
In 1919-21 McCutcheon undertook a diploma of architecture at the University of Melbourne and then attended the university’s architectural atelier. He left Australia in 1922, working with the San Francisco architects Bakewell & Brown for about eighteen months and with Yates, Cook & Darbyshire in London in 1924. For most of 1925 he travelled in Europe. Returning to Melbourne in 1926 he became a partner in his old firm, remaining there for over 50 years until his retirement in 1977. He held several important posts in the profession, including as President of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects, and was knighted in 1966.

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Date8 April 1899-1983

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TitleSirGiven NameWalterMiddle NamePaul OsbornFamily NameMcCutcheon

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Source of DescriptionGoad, Philip, Bates Smart: 150 Years of Australian Architecture (Fishermans Bend, Vic: Thames & Hudson, 2004), p. 298. Last edited by: parlanea@unimelb.edu.au

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Member of OrganisationBates, Smart and McCutcheon Pty LtdAlma MaterThe University of Melbourne

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Succeeding OrganisationsBates Smart Last edited by: parlanea@unimelb.edu.au

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McCutcheon, Walter Paul Osborn