Barry Patten
Also recorded as Barry Beauchamp Patten
Barry Patten
- Name
- Barry Patten
- Birth Name
- Barry Beauchamp Patten
- Born
- 11 July 1927
- Birthplace
- McKinnon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Died
- 12 March 2003
- Education
- * Melbourne Technical College
- Full name
- Barry Beauchamp Patten.
- Nationality
- Australia.
- Occupation
- architect and alpine skier.
- Languages
- English.
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Barry Patten (1927–2003) was an Australian alpine skier and architect. Born Barry Beauchamp Patten in McKinnon, the alpine skier died in Melbourne.
Barry Patten studied at University of Melbourne. The alpine skier worked for Yuncken Freeman. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Barry Patten • Birth Name — Barry Beauchamp Patten • Born — 11 July 1927 • Birthplace — McKinnon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • Died — 12 March 2003 • Education — * Melbourne Technical College • University of Melbourne • Children — 4 Samuel Patten Sophie Patten Toby Patten Victoria McCaffrey • Practice — Yuncken Freeman and Griffiths and Simpson • Significant Buildings — * Sidney Myer Music Bowl (1957–9) • State Government Offices (1966–9) • BHP House (1972)
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• Olympic Teams — * Australia: 1952 Winter Olympics • Alpine skiing: Barry Beauchamp Patten (11 July 1927 – 13 March 2003) was an Australian Olympic alpine skier and architect who designed Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
Background and early career
Background and early career
Patten was born in McKinnon, Melbourne, Victoria. He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School and he studied architecture first at Melbourne Technical College before completing his degree at the University of Melbourne in 1951. At age 24, he competed for Australia at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo as an alpine skier, although he did not progress to the medal rounds. Patten was the father of Samuel Patten, a former world champion and Olympic rower, who was part of the first incarnation of the Oarsome Foursome coxless four.
Architectural career
Architectural career
Patten joined the architecture firm of Yuncken Freeman Brothers, Griffiths and Simpson. In 1957, he submitted a design for the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne. His design was chosen for the bowl and he worked as the project architect. Patten designed three buildings in Victoria which are now on the Victorian Heritage Register: • the Myer Music Bowl; • the former BHP House (now called 140 William Street); • the Victoria State Government Offices.
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Origins and background
Origins and background
The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1927 at McKinnon. Patten died in 2003 at Melbourne. Institutional cataloguing adds that barry Patten is recorded at birth as Barry Beauchamp Patten.
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- 1.Sports Reference LLC. Barry Patten. SR/Olympic Sports.
- 2.Clerehan, Neil. Obituary: Barry Patten. Architecture Australia. 92. 4. 1 July 2003.
- 3.Sports Reference LLC. Samuel Patten. SR/Olympic Sports.
- 4.Australian Institute of Architects. State Government Offices. Nationally Significant 20th-Century Architecture. 22 April 2011.
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