Max Collard 1909-2008 Australian who leaves a lasting legacy in Sydney and Canberra

摘要

Max Collard made a significant contribution to the architecture of 20th century Australia. His influence was felt in his practice, in his management skills and in his finely honed philosophy of what is now called the 'built environment'. His teaching at Sydney University in the 1960s explored the link between the role of the architect and the speculative boom years as he saw an industry changing, somewhat awkwardly, from craft-based pre-war trades to post-war industrialised methods of construction. Max Ernest Collard was born and raised in Melbourne, the only son of Marc Collard and his wife, Louisa Taylor. The family was of French Mauritian descent. Collard graduated from Melbourne University in civil engineering, a faculty where he had encountered student architects and became, in his own phrase, 'starry eyed' about the aesthetic possibilities of architecture.