Maggie Edmond AM LFRAIA | |
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| Born | Margaret Leonie Suchestow (1946-06-11)11 June 1946 (age 78) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse | Peter Corrigan |
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| Practice | Edmond and Corrigan |
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Margaret Leonie EdmondAM (néeSuchestow; born 11 June 1946)[1] is an Australian architect.[2][3]
As a child, Edmond's family lived in houses designed by notable Australian architects—the Bridgeford House inBlack Rock, designed byRobin Boyd in 1953; and the Quamby apartments inSouth Yarra, designed byRoy Grounds. She has reflected on this upbringing, noting that "from a very early age I was aware that houses I had lived in differed from those of my friends".[4]
Edmond studied architecture atUniversity of Melbourne alongside her first husband, landscape architect Robin Edmond (1943—2008).[5] She completed her Bachelor of Architecture in 1969.[6]
In 1974, she formed a partnership with her husbandPeter Corrigan to create theMelbourne-based architectural firmEdmond and Corrigan. She remains a principal of the firm, and manages and presents much of the work.[7]
She was described byNeil Clerehan as "probably the nation's foremost female architect".[8]
The first published projects ofEdmond and Corrigan—the Edinburgh Gardens Pavilion (design completed 1977) and Patford House (design completed 1975) inFitzroy—were developed by Edmond alone.[9]
Edmond became a member of theDeakin University Council in 1999, acting as Deputy Chancellor from 2004 to 2007. She sits as chairperson of Deakin University's Campus Planning Committee.[10]
In 2014, Edmond sat on the jury of the Houses Awards—an annual program to award Australia's best residential architecture projects.[11]
Edmond was appointed aMember of the Order of Australia in the2024 Australia Day Honours for her "significant service to architecture, to tertiary education, and to professional organisations".[12]
Maggie Edmond was awarded an honorary Doctor of Architecture by theUniversity of Melbourne on 21 March 2015.[13]
In 2001, she was awarded a Life Fellowship by theRAIA.[14]
In 2023 she was recognised by the Victorian Chapter of the Institute of Architects with the Enduring Architecture Award becoming the named award, theMaggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award, of which she won the inaugural award in 2003 for the 1978 Chapel of St Joseph.
In 2023 Edmond was awarded theAustralian Institute of Architects Gold Medal, her name added 20 years after the same award was presented to her partnerPeter Corrigan in 2003. At the 2023 National Awards she described the correction as 'restorative'.[15][16]
Twenty years later, the Institute asked the 2023 Gold Medal Jury to consider whether there had been an oversight in acknowledging only one member of the duo whose longstanding collaboration was responsible for the practice of Edmond and Corrigan. The jury was undivided in its conclusion that the work celebrated in the 2003 Gold Medal was that of the partnership.[17]
— Shannon Battisson on behalf of the 2023 Gold Medal Jury
Edmond is the daughter of Melbourne fashion designer Linda Suchestow.[18]
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