If you had to think of an occupation that would enable you to leave your mark on the world, it would be hard to go past that of an architect. You could argue authors or composers, but I think buildings are probably a more tangible and readily accessible legacy than words or music. Richard Gailey's legacy is visible all over Brisbane more than eighty years after his death.
Let's look at some of his work.
The Regatta Hotel - Coronation Drive, Toowong
(Photo: State Library of Queensland and John Oxley Library; #12977)
Watson Bros (Plumbers) Building, Margaret St (now Wilson's Parking)
(Photos: Left - State library of Queensland and John Oxley Library #89333; Right - © 2009 the foto fanatic)
CML building, 62 Queen St
Old Myer Store (formerly Allan & Stark), Queen St
Irish Club, Elizabeth St
Metro Arts Building, Edward St
(Photos: © 2009 the foto fanatic)
Moorlands - Coronation Drive, Toowong
(Photo: State Library of Queensland and John Oxley Library; #199893)
The Baptist Tabernacle, Wickham Terrace
(Photos: Left - State Library of Queensland and John Oxley Library #146445; Right - © 2009 the foto fanatic)
The list continues: Brisbane Grammar School; Smellie & Co building, Edward & Alice Sts; and, given that he reportedly was a staunch Baptist, a curious mixture of numerous suburban Baptist churches and over thirty suburban hotels. Gailey also designed the refurbishment of and extensions to Fernberg (now Government House) at Paddington in 1888.
Gailey's son, Richard junior, also became an architect. He designed the still marvellous Brisbane Arcade for Dr James Mayne, which was built on the site of the original Mayne family home in Queen St.
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"If you had to think of an occupation that would enable you to leave your mark on the world, it would be hard to go past that of an architect. You could argue authors or composers, but I think buildings are probably a more tangible and readily accessible legacy than words or music"....
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