Lyons is an Australian architecture firm based in Melbourne. Established in 1996 by brothers Corbett Lyon and Carey Lyon, they were soon joined by third brother Cameron, Neil Appleton and Adrian Stanic, and are all now directors.Walters, Kath: "All in for the Lyons Share", in BRW 14 July 2011 Lyons is known for large commercial and institutional buildings such as the RMIT Swanston Academic Building, Melbourne, the Australian Institute of Architects (Victoria), 41 Exhibition St, Melbourne, the John Curtin School of Medical Research in Canberra, the Central Institute of TAFE in Perth, the Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane, the School of Medicine and Menzies Research Institute in Hobart and the School of Medicine and Research in Sydney.Thames and Hudson, retrieved 1 September 2012
The Lyons brothers are third generation Melbourne architects, grandsons of concrete pioneer and hotel designer Leslie M Perrott Snr, whose firm later became Perrott Lyon Mathieson. Their father was Ron Lyon, a director of the Perrott firm in the 1960s–90s, who married architectural delineator Marietta Perrott, daughter of Leslie M Perrott Snr. Les Perrott Jnr also worked in the firm, becoming director in the 1960s–80s, and their uncle Eric Lyons was also an architect.
Projects
New Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, BHP Billiton Global Headquarters, Melbourne John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra Central Institute of TAFE, Perth Menzies Research Institute, Hobart Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart UWS School of Medicine, Sydney Melbourne Brain Centre, Melbourne Lyon Housemuseum, Melbourne Kangan Institute, Automotive Centre of Excellence, Melbourne Headly Bull Centre, Australian National University, Canberra New School of Law at University of NSW, Sydney Victoria University Online Training Centre, St Albans (Victorian Architecture Medal Winner) Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Queenscliff School of Medicine, Hobart Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne RMIT Swanston Academic Building, MelbourneCrafti, Stephen: "RMIT's latest is a building to navigate as well as to inhabit" in The Age, 20 August 2012 Australian Institute of Architects, 41 Exhibition St, Melbourne ECU City, Perth
References
Further reading Clark, Justine (2012): More:The Architecture of Lyons 1996-2011, Thames&Hudson,
External links
Official website