Philip Cox
{{short description|Australian architect }}
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{{Infobox architect
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| name = Philip Cox
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| birth_name = Philip Sutton Cox
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| birth_place = New South Wales, Australia
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| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|University of Sydney|University of New South Wales}}
| spouse = Louise Cox {{small|(sep. 1988)}}
| partner = Janet Hawley
| children = 2
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| practice = Cox Architecture {{small|(1963–2015)}}
| significant_buildings = {{unbulleted list|Australian National Maritime Museum|Sydney Football Stadium|Rod Laver Arena|Singapore Expo|Brisbane Magistrates Court}}
| significant_projects = Sydney Olympic Park
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| website = {{URL|https://www.coxarchitecture.com.au|coxarchitecture.com.au}}
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Philip Sutton Cox {{post-nominal|country=AUS|AO|FAHA}} is an Australian architect. He is the founding partner of Cox Architecture, one of the largest architectural practices in Australia. His work has won him multiple awards, the first being in 1963, one year after graduating from the University of Sydney.
Early years and education
Philip Sutton Cox{{cn|date=January 2025}} grew up in Killara on the North Shore in Sydney.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
Cox attended Gordon Public School and then the Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) in North Sydney. In his first years at Shore, art was taught by John Lipscombe, who had helped plan the new art block which had been praised by the architect Harry Seidler, who had lectured in the building in July 1952. Cox decided at quite an early age that he wanted to be an architect, though this was not clear until it was nearly time to leave school. He won a Commonwealth scholarship which was to pay his fees.{{cite book |title=Philip Cox. Portrait of an Australian Architect |author=Towndrow, Jennifer |publisher=Penguin Books|year=1991 }}
Cox studied at the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning between 1957 and 1962, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture, then at the University of New South Wales between 1970 and 1975, where he was awarded a Doctorate of Science.
Career
Cox commenced his first practice with Ian McKay in 1962, and in 1967 he founded his own practice, Philip Cox and Associates.
Shortly after he had graduated in 1980, Michael Rayner joined Philip Cox & Partners, working closely with Cox for the next ten years. Rayner was responsible for designing noted public buildings, including Australian National Maritime Museum and the Sydney Exhibition Centre (now demolished) in Darling Harbour.{{cite web |last1=Wheeldon |first1=David |title=Construction & Architecture News |url=https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/cox-rayner-architects-designs-national-maritime-mu |website=Architecture & Design |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Qld architects to design Chinese museum - 9News |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/qld-architects-to-design-chinese-museum/29c07b04-4dc7-45e9-9d81-edaa91532269 |website=www.9news.com.au |date=11 April 2013 |access-date=2 June 2021}} In 1990 Rayner moved to Brisbane and established Cox Rayner Architects.{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Amy |title=Interview: Michael Rayner – Brisbane bridge builder and rebuilder |url=https://thefifthestate.com.au/articles/interview-michael-rayner-%E2%80%93-brisbane-bridge-builder-and-rebuilder/ |website=The Fifth Estate |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=en-AU |date=2012-02-05}}
The firm grew, becoming become Cox Architecture, with offices across Australia as well as in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.{{cite web | title=Cox Architecture Sydney | website=ArchitectureAU | date=16 August 2017 | url=https://architectureau.com/organisations/cox-richardson-architects/ | access-date=2 October 2020 | archive-date=31 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331121225/http://architectureau.com/organisations/cox-richardson-architects/ | url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.coxarchitecture.com.au/|title=Cox Architecture official website|access-date=15 April 2011|archive-date=30 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030064528/http://www.coxarchitecture.com.au/|url-status=live}}
Involved in much of concept design for each project over 50 years, Cox stepped back from the business in 2015. Cox Architecture is responsible for projects throughout Australia and also in Southeast Asia, China, the Middle East, South Africa, and Europe.
Cox has been described as "epitomising the Sydney School of Architecture" in earlier projects.{{cite web |url=http://www.indesignlive.com/articles/people/philip-cox-a-half-century/ |title=Philip Cox: A half century |work=In design live |author=Lynch, Owen |date=10 September 2013 |access-date=20 August 2016 |archive-date=21 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521222018/http://www.indesignlive.com/articles/people/philip-cox-a-half-century |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultimatehides.com/architect_designer-12-PhilipCox.htm|title=ULTIMATEHIDES website|access-date=15 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219123649/http://www.ultimatehides.com/architect_designer-12-PhilipCox.htm|archive-date=19 February 2011|url-status=dead}}
Awards and honours
Cox has won many architectural awards, the first being in 1963, one year after graduating from the University of Sydney.{{cite news |author=Bleby, Michael |url=http://www.afr.com/leadership/entrepreneur/profiles/architect-philip-cox-delivers-upfront-on-architectures-deficiencies-20160810-gqpgrv |title=Architect Philip Cox delivers upfront on architecture's deficiencies |work=Australian Financial Review |location=Australia |date=20 August 2016 |access-date=20 August 2016 |archive-date=20 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820174135/http://www.afr.com/leadership/entrepreneur/profiles/architect-philip-cox-delivers-upfront-on-architectures-deficiencies-20160810-gqpgrv |url-status=live }}
Cox has received the Sir Zelman Cowen Award, the RAIA Gold Medal in 1984, Life Fellowship to the RAIA in 1987 and Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects in the same year.{{cn|date=January 2025}}
In 1988 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of service to architecture.{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid=869645 |date=26 January 1988 |recipient=COX, Philip Sutton |award=Officer of the Order of Australia |postnominal=AO |access-date=21 August 2016 }}
In 1993 he received the inaugural award for Sport and Architecture from the International Olympic Committee, and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in the same year.{{Cite web |title=Fellow Profile: Philip Cox |url=https://humanities.org.au/fellows/fellow-profile/?fellow_id=111 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Australian Academy of the Humanities |language=en-AU}}
Other roles
Cox has held a range of voluntary positions during his professional career including Vice President, Environment Board, RAIA, NSW Chapter; a Member, Historic Buildings Committee, Cancer Patients Assistance Society of NSW; Vice President, Cancer Patients Assistance Society of NSW; Vice Chairman, Architecture and Design Panel, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council; and Chairman of Education Board of the RAIA, Federal Chapter.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
Major works
Cox was the architect responsible for initially implementing the American Radburn design for public housing in New South Wales.
Cox and his firm have designed many iconic public buildings in Australia and throughout South East Asia, including a number of the buildings used for the Sydney Olympics. The following list provides a summary of some of the major architectural design works of Cox and his firm, ordered from earliest to most recent, where Cox has either worked individually or as part of consortia:
Personal life
Cox is separated from wife Louise Cox AO, a fellow architect.{{cite news |author=Bleby, Michael |url=http://www.afr.com/leadership/entrepreneur/profiles/architect-philip-cox-delivers-upfront-on-architectures-deficiencies-20160810-gqpgrv |title=Architect Philip Cox delivers upfront on architecture's deficiencies |work=Australian Financial Review |location=Australia |date=20 August 2016 |access-date=20 August 2016 |archive-date=20 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820174135/http://www.afr.com/leadership/entrepreneur/profiles/architect-philip-cox-delivers-upfront-on-architectures-deficiencies-20160810-gqpgrv |url-status=live }} They married in Sydney in April 1972 and have two daughters.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |author=Cox, Philip Sutton |title=Cox Architects : selected and current works |date=1997 }}
- {{cite book |author1=Cox, Philip Sutton |author2=Harrison, Stuart |author3=Kaji-O'Grady, Sandra |author3-link=Sandra Kaji-O'Grady |author4=Johnson, Anna |title=Cox Architects & Planners |date=2008 }}
- {{cite book |title=Australian Architects: Philip Cox |date=1984 |publisher=Royal Australian Institute of Architects |location=Canberra }}
- {{cite book |title=Australian Architects: Philip Cox, Richardson & Taylor |date=1988 |publisher=Royal Australian Institute of Architects |location=Canberra }}
- {{cite web |author=Pickett, Charles (Curator) |url=https://maas.museum/inside-the-collection/2013/11/04/casinos-and-stadiums-philip-cox/ |title=Casinos and stadiums: Philip Cox |work=Inside the collection |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |date=4 November 2013 |access-date=21 August 2016 }}
- Patrick Bingham-Hall (2020). Philip Cox: An Australian Architecture. Pesaro Publishing.
External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.coxarchitecture.com.au/people-detail/philip-cox/ |title=Profile: Philip Cox AO |publisher=Cox Architecture}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.archdaily.com/office/cox-rayner-architects |title=Search projects: Cox Rayner Architects |work=ArchDaily |date=2016 }}
- {{cite interview |subject=Cox, Philip |title=Phillip Cox and The Spirit of Place |url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/1999/42559.htm |date=9 August 1999 |interviewer=Phillip Adams |work=Late Night Live |via=Radio National |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/search_tags.php?tag=philip+cox|title=Search of Collection: Philip Cox|date=12 February 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.travel-australia.org/sydney/philip_cox.html |title=Philip Cox |work=Travel Australia |publisher=travel-australia.org |date=2011 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080510024456/http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2179727.htm Philip Cox unleashed] - ABC radio
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110211073945/http://www.australiandesignreview.com/response/20406-A-decade-in-review-Philip-Cox "A decade in review"], by Philip Cox, Australian Design Review, 20 December 2010
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