HAMILTON BLAIR WILSON (1961– )

Blair and Beth’s second son, Hamilton joined the firm in 1986 following his graduation. Hamilton was born in Brisbane and educated at the Brisbane Grammar Schools. In addition, he studied art with Mervyn Moriarty’s innovative Flying Art School. In 1980 Hamilton enrolled in the part-time course in Architecture at the QIT while employed with the architects Lund Hutton Ryan Morton. He was also a member of the alternative arts and theatre group, the Fluba Troupe, and participated in the group’s exhibitions and performances, culminating in a tour to the Adelaide Fringe Festival. For the final two years of his architectural education, Hamilton transferred to the full-time course at the University of Queensland.

Hamilton Wilson graduated from University in 1985 with first class honours, and won the A.E. Brooks Prize, which took him to London where he worked from 1987 to 1989 as design architect with a multi-disciplinary practice, DEGW. Co-founded in 1973 by architect Frank Duffy, the firm pioneered understanding of the impacts of changing technology and working practices on spatial design. It was a fortuitous choice of employment and influenced later directions in the Wilson practice. Projects with which Hamilton was associated at DEGW included design briefs for developments in the London Docklands and Kings Cross, and extensions to the Prudential Assurance Company’s head office at Holborn.

Hamilton returned to his family firm in 1989, and was appointed Managing Director of Wilson Architects in 1995. In 2001 he was elected a Fellow of the RAIA.