Colin Still

Colin Arthur Still ARAIA (13 March 1943 – 7 August 2017), was an Australian architect from Watsons Bay, Sydney.[1] As part of his involvement with the ARAIA he was Vice President and Chair of the Environment committee. He was also an active artist, and finalist in several Wynne Prize landscape competitions.

Still in 2012

Career
  • 1961 Trainee in Government Architects Branch NSW DPWS
  • Architect NSW Department of Public Works
  • To 1994 Assistant Government Architect, NSW Department of Public Works
  • 1994 -2003 Director Cox Architects [2]
  • 2003-2017 Still Design

Notable projects
  • 1967 Parramatta Central Boiler House[3]
  • 1973 State Brickworks, Blacktown
  • 1973 Grafton Police Station & Court House Restoration
  • 1973–1975 Still House, 8 Victoria Street, Watsons Bay (Colin & Irene Still Architects)
  • 1975 Rodgers House, 174 Queen Street Woollahra (Colin & Irene Still Architects)
  • 1981 St George Institute of Education (SGIE) UNSW
  • 1982 Armidale Civic Centre, Armidale
  • 1978–1980 Oatley Senior Campus, Former Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education [4][5]
  • 1984 State Sports Centre, Homebush
  • Australian Museum Extensions [6]
  • Orange Regional Library & Art Gallery Orange
  • Flemington Markets
  • NSW Government Stores, Wetherill Park
  • CSIRO Research Laboratories, ANSTO Lucas Heights
  • Lizard Island Research Station
  • Taronga Zoo Aquatic Centre Proposal, Sydney
  • National Naval Aviation Museum, Nowra
  • University of Western Sydney, Campus Masterplan
  • Newington Business Park, Olympic Park Village
  • NERAM, Armidale
  • Still House, Seal Rocks, NSW
  • 2001 Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery [7][8][9]
  • 2008 Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Seminar Art Room additions
  • Coffs Harbour (Henry Kendall) Arts Centre, Coffs Harbour RAIA award for unrealised projects
  • High Density Residential, Riverside, Singapore Towers
  • Research Laboratories, CSIRO, ANSTO Lucas Heights, Lizard Island Research Station
  • Observatory Hotel, Cronulla Resort
  • Stadiums in China, Korea, Malaysia
  • Exhibition and convention centres: Sydney and China
  • Sydney Game Fishing Club, Watsons Bay Wharf

Buildings on the RAIA NSW Register of Twentieth Century Buildings of Significance

  • 1973-5 Still House, 8 Victoria Street, Watsons Bay (C & I Still Architects)
  • 1978-80 Oatley Senior Campus, Former Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education [10]
  • 1986 Orange Regional Library & Art Gallery Orange [11][12]

Awards
  • 1966 RAIA Silver Medal as the Outstanding student of architecture for the year
  • RAIA Merit Award Category A 1973 State Brickworks, Blacktown
  • RAIA 1973 "Sisalkraft' Scholarship
  • RAIA Merit Award Category B 1976 Still House, 8 Victoria Street, Watsons Bay
  • RAIA Merit Award Category B House, 174 Queen Street, Woollahra
  • RAIA Merit Award Sydney Olympic Park State Sports Centre, Sarah Durack Avenue, Homebush Bay, Auburn
  • RAIA Merit Award 1981 Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education
  • RAIA Sir John Sulman Medal 1986 Orange Regional Library & Art Gallery Orange
  • RAIA Blacket Award Commendation 1986 Orange Regional Library & Art Gallery, Orange
  • AIA Dangar Award

Death

Colin died at home in Watsons Bay on 7 August, aged 74, after a protracted battle against Prostate Cancer. His funeral with a congregation overflowing into the garden was held at St Peter’s Church, Watsons Bay. His life was then celebrated at a wake at the Watsons Bay Game Fishing Club attended by friends and architectural colleagues – including many young architects who he mentored. Colin was survived by his widow Irene, a skilled architect and illustrator in her own right, as well as children Ben and Nina, and four grandchildren.[13]

References
  1. "Colin Still, award-winning architect behind successful Olympic bid". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 November 2017.
  2. "Vale Colin Still 1943-2017". COX.
  3. https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/handle/2123/2497/RussellJackThesisVol1.pdf
  4. "Oatley campus. -Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education-." Architecture Australia, 70(Sept 1981), pp. 42–47 https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/ielapa.820202283
  5. "Geotourist — Your Personal Tour Guide".
  6. "Colin Still, Architect, who designed the new internal extension to".
  7. "Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie (MAC)".
  8. "Museum Story".
  9. "Big, bold and full of possibilities". 31 December 2012.
  10. https://www.architecture.com.au/wp-content/uploads/NSW-Chapter_Australian-Institute-of-Architects_Register-of-Significant-Architecture_February2021.pdf
  11. "Orange Regional Gallery - The Orange Wiki". www.theorangewiki.orange.nsw.gov.au.
  12. "'Bold and refined': Orange Regional Museum". ArchitectureAU.
  13. Colin Still Obituary by Andrew Andersons, Architecture Bulletin Spring 2017 http://architecturebulletin.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/AB-Spring-2017-online.pdf
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