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Peter Kollar

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Latitude
47.4925
Longitude
19.051389
Start Date
1926-01-01
End Date
2000-01-01

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tb904e

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Birth Place
Budapest, Hungary
Biography
Peter Kollar (1926-2000) was an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of NSW. Born in Hungary, he arrived in Australia in 19XX and taught at the university from the 1950s. In 1957, he won fourth place in the Sydney Opera House design competition (the highest-placed Australian entrant) and protested against Jørn Utzon’s departure from the project. Kollar was known for fierce debates with design tutor Neville Gruzman. He wrote prolifically on architecture, the world’s great spiritual traditions and the principles and theory of design In a rare honour, the University of New South Wales was formally congratulated by theinternational assessors of his doctoral thesis for a body of work which they proclaimed as 'thegreatest work of its kind’. His students witnessed a profoundly spiritual yet solidlyfounded approach to architecture. Sources—Obituary in UNSW Faculty of the Built Environment newsletter, Writers: Davina Jackson Date written: 2015 Last updated: 2015
Born
b. 1926
Summary
Dr Peter Kollar (1926-2000) was an associate professor of architecture at the University of New South Wales from 1957 to the 1970s. Domestic architecture by Kollar is known as well as an entry in the Sydney Opera House competition in partnership with Balthazar Korab.
Gender
Male
Died
1-Jan-00
Age at death
74