Andrew Baxter Leven
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Andrew Baxter Leven {{post-nominals|country=AUS|FRAIA}} (2 February 1885 – 1966) was a Scottish-born architect in Australia. As chief architect in the Queensland Department of Public Works, he designed many of Queensland's public buildings, some of which are now heritage-listed.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50104272 |title=Left his mark in the State. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=3 February 1951 |accessdate=3 January 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Early life
Leven was born in Montrose, Angus in 1885.Who's Who in Australia, 1921-1950, p. 424{{Cite web|title = A post-war Grand Tour: Jim Leven and Graham Hamilton in North America and Europe 1948 – 1953|url = https://www.library.uq.edu.au/blog/2015/03/03/post-war-grand-tour-jim-leven-and-graham-hamilton-north-america-and-europe-1948-%25E2%2580%2593|website = www.library.uq.edu.au|accessdate = 3 January 2016}} Leven trained as an architect in Scotland and then immigrated to Queensland in 1910 on the recommendation of friends.
Architectural career
He became chief architect of the Queensland Department of Public Works (Queensland Government Architect) in 1927.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects and chairman of the Board of Architects of Queensland and a member of the Architecture Faculty of the University of Queensland.
Person life
Leven married Ethel Maud Richardson in 1919.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20262101|title=Family Notices|date=8 March 1919|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|accessdate=1 November 2019|issue=19,075|location=Queensland, Australia|page=4|via=National Library of Australia}} They had one son and one daughter. He retired in February 1951 and died in 1966 in Brisbane.
Notable works
- ANZAC Square, Brisbane
- Brisbane Dental Hospital and College
- Mackay Court House{{Cite web|title = Supreme Court of Queensland Library|url = http://legalheritage.sclqld.org.au/collections-and-research/history-of-the-regional-courthouses/mackay|website = legalheritage.sclqld.org.au|accessdate = 3 January 2016}}
- University of Queensland Mayne Medical School
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Category:Architects from Brisbane
Category:Academic staff of the University of Queensland
Category:People from Montrose, Angus