TAYLOR ARCHITECTS

John won the prestigious E.G. Cohen Medal in 1983, and was a 'Timber in Architecture Award' winner in 1988 for his sensitive and highly lauded work at the Karri Valley Resort in Pemberton - deep in the Karri forests of Western Australia's south-west. John Taylor Architect built up a significant body of highly respected projects, including the 1996 MBA 'Housing Excellence Award' winning design for accommodation units in East Perth. John was awarded AIA Architecture Awards in the category of Heritage Conservation. These awards have included conservation works carried out at St Brigid's Convent, Northbridge and the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mullewa. The work at Mullewa was of such merit that it was recognised with the AIA national award for heritage (John was the first Western Australian winner of the Lachlan Macquarie Award), and an UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award of Distinction. The restoration of Cape Inscription Lighthouse Keepers' Quarters at Shark Bay won a WA Heritage..