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Chancellor and Patrick

Australian architecture firm

Chancellor and Patrick was an Australian architectural firm, located in Melbourne, Victoria. Formed in 1953 and dissolved in 1981, the firm is best known for their numerous houses from the mid–1950s to the mid–1960s, designed in their signature dynamic, expressive take on 'organic' modernist architecture.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Chancellor and Patrick was an Australian architectural firm, located in Melbourne, Victoria. Formed in 1953 and dissolved in 1981, the firm is best known for their numerous houses from the mid–1950s to the mid–1960s, designed in their signature dynamic, expressive take on 'organic' modernist architecture.2

The story

William Rex Patrick (born 28 October 1927) ventured into architecture at a young age, entering into articles at the office of Parnell and Pierce, aged 14 years, for six months. He then studied at Brighton Technical School, went on to the Melbourne Technical College architecture course, and finally the School of Architecture at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 1949.

David Chancellor (born 7 September 1926) studied civil engineering from 1943 to 1945 at the Melbourne Technical College, served two years in the Royal Australia Navy, then went on to the School of Architecture at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 1951.

From Wikipedia’s article on Chancellor and Patrick, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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