William Leighton | |
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Born | |
Died | 11 March 1990 | (aged 84)
Nationality | Australian |
Education | Fremantle Boys School Perth Technical College |
Occupation | Architect |
Spouse | Miriam Olga Wight |
Children | Garry |
Parent(s) | James Leighton, Margaret née Howard |
William Thomas Leighton (1905–1990) was a Western Australian architect, well known for his Art Deco[1] and Inter-War Functionalist style of civic, commercial and domestic buildings.
Leighton was born in Fremantle on 15 July 1905 and after an apprenticeship at the architectural offices of Allen & Nicholas in Fremantle, was one of the first group of architects to be registered as part of the WA Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.[2]: p12 Leighton then worked in the architectural offices of Eales and Cohen before joining Bohringer, Taylor and Johnson, who sent him on interstate and overseas commissions.[2] Leighton joined the firm Baxter Cox in 1936 and was later to become a partner until the firm was dissolved in the mid-1940s. Leighton joined the Public Works Department for a short time after World War II, before being offered a partnership with Hobbs, Winning and Leighton.[2] Leighton was president of RAIA (WA) between 1951 and 1952[3] Leighton retired in 1975.[2]
William Leighton worked on a number of Western Australian cinemas including the Windsor Cinema in Nedlands, the Cygnet Cinema in South Perth,[4] the Princess in Fremantle, and the Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade,[5] Theatre Royal, Metro, Grand and Plaza Theatres in Perth, and the Lyric in Bunbury.,[6]
Leighton died on 11 March 1990 at his Dalkeith residence.
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