Arthur Denis Winston
Arthur Denis Winston CBE (1908–1980) was an architect and town planner who became Australia's first professor of town planning at the University of Sydney. In 1951 he led the amalgamation of state based planning associations into a national body, of which he became the first president.
Arthur Denis Winston
- Name
- Denis Winston
- Birth Name
- Arthur Denis Winston
- Born
- 27 July 1908
- Birthplace
- Liverpool, England
- Died
- 19 May 1980
- Place of death
- Penang, Malaysia
- Education
- University of Liverpool (B.Arch., 1931) Harvard University
- Occupation
- Town planner, academic
- Spouse
- Joan May Elliott
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Arthur Denis Winston CBE (1908–1980) was an architect and town planner who became Australia's first professor of town planning at the University of Sydney. In 1951 he led the amalgamation of state based planning associations into a national body, of which he became the first president.
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• Honorific Prefix — Professor • Name — Denis Winston • Birth Name — Arthur Denis Winston • Born — 27 July 1908 • Birthplace — Liverpool, England • Died — 19 May 1980 • Place of death — Penang, Malaysia • Education — University of Liverpool (B.Arch., 1931) Harvard University • Occupation — Town planner, academic • Parents — Edward Michael Winston, Maria Linda Holt • Spouse — Joan May Elliott
Career and works
Career and works
Arthur published “Sydney’s Great Experiment: The Progress of the Cumberland County Plan” in 1957. This was an illustrated and independent account of the development of the Cumberland County Plan for general readers. He acted as a consultant in the planning of Adaminaby and Jindabyn from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Recognition
Recognition
Professor Denis Winston was appointed an Order of the British Empire (CBE) — Commander (Civil) in the 1979 New Year Honours with a citation for urban planning.
Speakers
Speakers
• 1986 — Gordon Cherry: 'A changing profession in a changing world' • 2023 — Rob Stokes: 'Wicked Assumptions: How planning premises from the past shape the cities of tomorrow' • 2024 — Caroline Butler-Bowdon: 'The Golden Thread in Public Life – Parks & Libraries as Cornerstones' • 2025 — Tina Havelock Stevens: 'Regenerative Spaces? Public Art and Engagement in Urban Placemaking'
Legacy
The Denis Winston Memorial Lecture, Henry Halloran Trust, is held annually at the University of Sydney.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Freestone, Robert. Arthur Denis Winston (1908–1980). adb.anu.edu.au. 2002.
- 2.R. Freestone, Denis Winston, an Annotated Bibliography, 1949-1976 (Syd, 1983)
- 3.Prof Denis WINSTON, The Order of the British Empire, Commander (Civil). Australian Honours Search Facility. 31 December 1978.
- 4.Denis Winston Memorial Lecture 2024. Festival of Urbanism. 15 October 2024.
- 5.Cherry, Gordon. The 1986 Denis Winston Memorial Lecture, A Changing Profession in a Changing World. Australian Planner. 24. 4. 13–18. 1986.
- 6.Stokes, Robert. How planning premises from the past shape the cities of tomorrow. Docomomo Australia. 18 September 2023.
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