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Megan Baynes

Urban Designer, Office of the Tasmanian State Architect

Bachelor of Architecture (Honours)

Megan is a graduate of the University of Tasmania with a First Class Honours degree in Architecture. Her design work is now recognised internationally; she was the recipient of the World Congress of Architecture UIA DBU Award and winner of the Pilkington Glasshouse Competition (Northern European Category). These prizes took Megan to Sydney where she worked on the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, then onto Berlin to the office of Sauerbruch Hutton Architects where she worked on the Brandhorst Museum.

As part of her degree Megan studied at Lund University in Sweden and since graduating has taught at RMIT and the University of Tasmania.

Megan lived at the Dorney House at Fort Nelson for two years while she designed and built her own home in collaboration with Thomas Bailey of Room 11. Megan has since commenced her Doctorate and is based in Tasmania working as an Urban Designer with the Tasmanian State Architect.

Hugh Maguire

Project architect, Morrison and Breytenbach Architects, Hobart

Bachelor of Architecture

"I graduated from UTAS in 2003 and spent five months volunteering with the United Nations in India. For the rest of 2004 I lived in Edinburgh and worked as a graduate architect for RMJM - a worldwide multidisciplinary practice.

Back in Tasmania I worked for a small firm in Burnie for 18 months and gained a lot of design experience before relocating to Hobart. In the three years with JAWSARCHITECTS I worked on a range of projects and gained experience with taking projects from concept to completion. This gave me the experience and knowledge to sit my exams for registration in May this year.

I am now working with Morrison and Breytenbach Architects in Hobart as a project architect on a variety of projects including residential and educational." - Hugh Maguire

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Andrew Maynard

Director, Andrew Maynard Architects, Melbourne

Bachelor of Environmental Design - University of Tasmania
Bachelor of Architecture with Honours - University of Tasmania

In 1996 Andrew Maynard received a Bachelor degree in Environmental Design from the University of Tasmania and in 1998 he graduated with honours in a Bachelor of Architecture from the same University.

Between semesters in 1997 and 1998 Andrew worked for Allom Lovell Architects in Brisbane where he was involved in numerous innovative heritage projects. Following his graduation in 1998 he travelled throughout the United States and Europe. Upon return to Australia Andrew joined Woods Bagot in Melbourne where he was involved in the design of numerous, very large projects throughout Australia and South East Asia. In 2000 he joined Six Degrees Architects undertaking residential, hospitality and institutional projects.

In 2001 Andrew travelled throughout the United States, Europe and parts of Thailand. While in London he joined Charter Architects to work in the Richard Rogers Partnership on a collaborative urban design project.

Upon return to Melbourne in 2002 Andrew went into private practice undertaking commercial and residential projects as well as numerous large international design competitions.

Andrew Maynard Architects has been published in journals such as the Architectural Record, Architectural Review (London), Monument, Houses, A+T (Spain), Architecture Australia, Wallpaper (London) and Pol Oxygen.
Andrew’s conceptual and built work has been exhibited in New York, Budapest, Melbourne, Sydney, Osaka, Milan, Sao Paulo, Tokyo and more.

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Jad Silvester

Director, Silvester Fuller, Sydney

Bachelor of Environmental Design (Architecture) - University of Tasmania
Bachelor of Architecture with First Class Honours - University of Technology, Sydney

Jad first studied at the University of Tasmania, graduating with a Bachelor of Environmental Design, before completing his architectural education at the University of Technology Sydney. Studying at UTAS led Jad to a position in Sydney with Renzo Piano, working on the Lend Lease developed Aurora Place project. This early experience presented the opportunity to join the Italy studio where Jad worked in the design team on two museum projects, which have since been constructed in San Francisco and Atlanta.

2004 marked an important shift, taking up a position as Project Architect with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland. During this time Jad led project teams on the concept and schematic design for a number of significant international projects. His role necessitated global travel and consequently, understanding and adapting quickly to local conditions whilst retaining a "fresh eyes" approach to each location. It was at Herzog & de Meuron that Jad reaffirmed his design sensibilities, having first developed a sense for process based architecture at UTAS.

In 2008 Jad returned to Sydney and established his own practice with partner Penny Fuller. Since this time the studio has developed a number of concepts for a wide range of project types and is currently in the process of realising these concepts. In parallel to active practice Jad teaches architectural design at the University of Sydney.

Jad recalls his time at UTAS with particular note to the diversity of teaching methods, which at an early time his architectural career informed a specific approach to design. An approach that explores options and multiple solutions upon which a process of testing and experimentation deliver progressive, rich, efficient and unique projects.

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Josh Upston

Graduate Architect, Freeformdesigns, Launceston

Bachelor of Environmental Design (Architecture) and Master of Architecture

"I graduated from UTAS in 2008. Back in 2005 I did some work experience with Steven Varady Architecture in Sydney and then came back to Tasmania and starting working at Freeformdesigns in Launceston. I am currently still working there and undertaking residential and commercial work. Working in a smaller firm has allowed me to get designs built and has let me learn about all parts of working in an architectural practice. I would suggest getting out there early -  there's nothing better than getting an idea of what happens in the real world." - Josh Upston

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