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Crick, Guy, 1901-1964
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1901-1964
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Guy Crick was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1901. He served his articles with Edwin J. Ruck in Melbourne before returning to work as an architect in Tasmania. In 1924 Crick moved to Sydney, New South Wales and commenced work with cinema specialist Henry Eli White. In 1932, Crick formed his own architectural practice, Crick & Associates. In 1935, he formed a partnership with Bruce Furse, Crick & Furse. The partnership lasted until 1944 and is best known for its daring designs of cinemas, largely in New South Wales. Crick's brother was Stan Crick, head of Fox, film-makers and distributors. It was through this contact that the partnership gained most of its commissions. During World War II, Crick served in the Australian Imperial Force from 1942 to 1944. In 1946 he went into partnership with S.C. van Breda, operating as Crick & van Breda and designing or remodeling about 120 theatres. The firm became Crick & Associates, and later Guy Crick, Lewis & Williams. Notable designs by the latter include the Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith Memorial (1958) and Festival Hall (1959), both in Brisbane, Queensland. He died on 21 July 1964 in Brisbane.
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Revised, KM, 4-Feb-2025.
Revised, Linda Justo, 18-Nov-2020.
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'Guy Crick' Design & Art Australia online, accessed online 18 November 2020.
'Guy Crick' Digital Archive of Queensland Architecture, accessed online 4-Feb-2025.
Higham, Annie and Goad, Philip (2012). 'Crick and Furse', in The Encylopedia of Australian Architecture, ed. Phillip Goad and Julie Willis. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, p 179-180.