Newell Platten
Newell Platten AM was a South Australian architect. He was the Chief Design Architect and Chief Planner of the South Australian Housing Trust (SAHT) from July 1973.
Newell Platten | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 April 1928 |
| Died | 26 April 2021 (aged 93) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Dr Kent's Paddock Adelaide University Union Redevelopment |
Architecture training and career
He entering a partnership with Robert Dickson that lasted from 1958 to 1973.[1]
Selected works
- Adelaide University Union Redevelopment (1967–75)
Firms and partnerships
- Dickson and Platten (1958–1973)
- Doxiadis Associates, Athens (1961–1963)
Awards
- Taylor House in Douglas Street, Millswood (1966) 1970 RAIA (SA Chapter) Award of Merit
References
- Dickson, Robert. Addicted to Architecture. Wakefield Press, 2010, p. 72.
- Hurst, R. (2012) Dickson & Platten in Goad, P. and Willis, J. (eds) The encyclopaedia of Australian architecture, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-5218-8857-8.
Further reading
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