Williams Boag
Australian architect
Williams Boag, now known under the name WILLIAMS BOAG architects (WBa), is a Melbourne-based architectural practice that describes itself as a socially responsible design practice with a focus on modernist principles. Aesthetically Williams Boag's designs most closely resemble that of contemporary Scandinavian architecture. Williams Boag is a company with a single director, Peter Williams.
WILLIAMS BOAG architects has designed many buildings over 35 years of practice and have received numerous awards over 35 years of practice including significant Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) awards.
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Peter Williams was born in Melbourne. He studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). Completing the Fellowship Diploma of Architecture in 1971, where he received the John Story Memorial scholarship in his second year. Peter Williams' work prior to the partnership with Garry Boag included architects Kevin Borland and Daryl Jackson.
Gary Boag was born in Melbourne and died of lung cancer at the age of 56.
Peter Williams and Gary Boag meet while working together at the offices of architect Daryl Jackson.
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