Clive Lucas
Clive Leslie Lucas (born 14 November 1943) is an Australian restoration architect. In 1970 Lucas and John Fisher founded the Sydney based heritage planning and architectural firm specialising in conservation, adaptation, and restoration of historic buildings and conservation planning known as Fisher Lucas. The firm is now known as Lucas Stapleton Johnson & Partners Pty Ltd.
Also recorded as Clive Leslie Lucas
Clive Lucas
- Name
- Clive Lucas
- Born
- 14 November 1943
- Birthplace
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Education
- University of Sydney
- Awards
- Over 50 AIA Awards including 7 Greenway Awards & 9 Lachlan Macquarie Awards
- Nationality
- Australia
- Occupation
- architect
- Honours
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Languages
- English
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Clive Leslie Lucas (born 14 November 1943) is an Australian restoration architect. In 1970 Lucas and John Fisher founded the Sydney based heritage planning and architectural firm specialising in conservation, adaptation, and restoration of historic buildings and conservation planning known as Fisher Lucas. The firm is now known as Lucas Stapleton Johnson & Partners Pty Ltd.
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Clive Lucas (born 1943) is an architect, of Australian nationality.
Languages used include English. Honours include Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Since 1975, the firm has received over 50 Australian Institute of Architects awards, including 24 Merit Awards, 8 Architecture Awards and 2 Commendation Awards. The firm is the recipient of 7 Greenway Awards for restoration and 9 Lachlan Macquarie Awards for the best conservation project nationally. In addition, the firm has won numerous awards from the National Trust of Australia (NSW) and local councils. The firm has been involved with some of the most significant sites in Sydney and NSW including the adaptation of the Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf, the Sydney GPO, NSW Parliament House, Hyde Park Barracks, The Mint and the University of Sydney amongst many others. Lucas is a former president of the National Trust of Australia (NSW) and former chairman of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW (now Museums of History NSW). The degree of Doctor of Science in architecture (honoris causa) was conferred upon Lucas by his alma mater in 2011. Lucas is described as "Sydney's most prominent heritage architect" by the Sydney Morning Herald.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Clive Lucas • Born — 14 November 1943 • Birthplace — Sydney, New South Wales • Education — University of Sydney • Practice — Lucas Stapleton Johnson & Partners Pty Ltd. • Awards — Over 50 AIA Awards including 7 Greenway Awards & 9 Lachlan Macquarie Awards
Early life
Early life
Lucas was born in Sydney and educated at Homebush Public School, Macquarie Boys’ High School and the University of Sydney where he received a B.Arch in 1966.
Selected restoration and design works
Selected restoration and design works
• Illustration — Kirribilli House, Sydney. • Illustration — InterContinental Hotel, Sydney. • The officers' Houses – Port Arthur, Tasmania • Treasury Buildings (now InterContinental Hotel) – Macquarie Street, Sydney • Kirribilli House – Prime Minister of Australia's residence, Sydney • Lyndhurst – Glebe, New South Wales • Old Government House – Parramatta, Museum of the National Trust of Australia (NSW) • Hyde Park Barracks – Sydney, Museum of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales • The Mint – Sydney, Headquarters of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales • Treaty House – New Zealand • Liner House – Bridge Street, Sydney • Albert Wing, St. Paul's College – University of Sydney
Publications
• Australian Colonial Architecture (1978) • Colour Schemes for Old Australian Houses (1984) jointly • Australian Country Houses (1987)
Awards
• Officer, Order of the British Empire (1977) • Lucas Stapleton Johnson & Partners has won 50 awards from the Australian Institute of Architects. • 2012 Australian Institute of Architects Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage for the Restoration of Swifts, Darling Point
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- 1.Who's Who in Australia (Herald and Weekly Times Melb, 1988) pp 559: Lucas, Clive Leslie (1943 – )
- 2.Lucas Stapleton Johnson & Partners Pty Ltd Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- 3.Profile: award-winning restoration architect Clive Lucas appointed to board of National Trust Australia Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- 4.National Trust of NSW Board Members Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- 5.University of Sydney Doctor of Science in Architecture (honoris causa) Retrieved 30 September 2001.
- 6.Square route doesn't add up for Windsor Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- 7.Alumni Sidneienses
- 8.Lansdowne Editions. Australian colonial architecture / [by] Philip Cox [and] Clive Lucas; selected photographs by Wesley Stacey. 1978.
- 9.Flannel Flower Press. Colour schemes for old Australian houses / Ian Evans, Clive Lucas, Ian Stapleton.
- 10.Lansdowne Press. Australian country houses : homesteads, farmsteads and rural retreats / Clive Lucas; Ray Joyce, photography; compiled by Elaine Rushbrooke. 1987.
- 11.It's an Honour
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