ANCHER MORTLOCK WOOLLEY JOINS CONRAD GARGETT RIDDEL

Prominent Sydney architecture firm, Ancher Mortlock Woolley joins one of Queensland’s oldest and largest architecture practices, Conrad Gargett Riddel.

BY Lorenzo Logi

December 3rd, 2013

Above: 3D render of the new Queensland Children’s Hospital by Conrad Gargett Lyons, Stanley Street Elevation

Ancher Mortlock Woolley is a very highly regarded firm with an extensive portfolio of work including the refurbishment of the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney, the State Library of Victoria redevelopment in Melbourne and the Children’s Medical Research Institute in Westmead.

Conrad Gargett Riddel specialises in health, defence, commercial, education and heritage. Some of their significant projects include the Queensland Children’s Hospital (with Lyons), Old Government House in Brisbane and facilities at Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney.

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