Walter Burley Griffin

Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 - February 11, 1937), American architect, gained fame for his role in designing Canberra, Australia's capital city.

Later Career

However, he remained in Australia and he later designed the inner northern Sydney suburb of Castlecrag and the very original Melbourne suburb of Eaglemont. Griffin used what was at that time the novel concept of including native bushland in these designs. Griffin also helped to design the New South Wales towns Leeton, Griffith and Culburra Beach.

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Sydney - Castlecrag - Melbourne - Eaglemont - Bush - New South Wales - Leeton - Griffith

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By 1935, however, he was reduced to designing incinerators in the Sydney area. Then, in that year, the Griffins left Australia to go to Lucknow, India. During his time there, Griffin designed a series of 60 university buildings. He was still engaged in this when he died from peritonitis, following an unsuccessful operation.

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1935 - Lucknow - India - Peritonitis

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Extant major buildings that are characteristic of Burley Griffin's style include the Willoughby Incinerator in the Sydney suburb of Willoughby, the old Capitol Theatre in Swanston St, Melbourne, and Newman College at the University of Melbourne. The latter group of buildings, which comprise a refectory, chapel and dormitory, are considered by many to be Burley Griffin's finest.

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Willoughby Incinerator - Willoughby - Capitol Theatre - Swanston St - Melbourne - Newman College - University of Melbourne

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A landmark in Chicago and an artificial lake in Canberra are both named after Walter Burley Griffin.

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