Francis Greenway
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Discoveries at the Barracks
Renewal and restoration works on the Hyde Park Barracks compound have exposed building techniques from the early 19th century
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Francis Greenway, Architect & Engineer
On 30 March 1816 Francis Greenway was appointed as Civil Architect and Assistant Engineer by Governor Lachlan Macquarie
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Francis Greenway: the ‘future safety’ of the Rum Hospital buildings
When Sydney’s Rum Hospital was completed in 1816, the buildings were already showing signs of potential collapse, but newly-appointed Civil Architect Francis Greenway came to the rescue
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Visions on the future
Meet the team at Australia’s longest-running and most influential architectural practice