Maggie Edmond


Margaret Leonie Edmond is an Australian architect.

Education and formative years

As a child, Edmond's family lived in houses designed by notable Australian architects - the Bridgeford House in Black Rock, designed by Robin Boyd in 1953; and the Quamby apartments in South Yarra, designed by Roy Grounds. She has reflected on this upbringing, noting that "from a very early age I was aware that houses I had lived in differed from those of my friends".
Edmond studied architecture at University of Melbourne alongside her first husband, landscape architect Robin Edmond. She completed her Bachelor of Architecture in 1969.

Career

In 1974, she formed a partnership with her husband Peter Corrigan to create the Melbourne-based architectural firm Edmond and Corrigan. She remains a principal of the firm, and manages and presents much of the work.
She was described by Neil Clerehan as "probably the nation's foremost female architect".
The first published projects of Edmond and Corrigan - the Edinburgh Gardens Pavilion and Patford House in Fitzroy - were developed by Edmond alone.
Edmond became a member of the Deakin University Council in 1999, acting as Deputy Chancellor from 2004-07. She sits as chairperson of Deakin University's Campus Planning Committee.
In 2014, Edmond sat on the jury of the Houses Awards - an annual program to award Australia's best residential architecture projects.

Awards and honours

On 21 March 2015, Edmond was awarded an honorary Doctor of Architecture by the University of Melbourne.
In 2001, she was awarded a Life Fellowship by the RAIA.

Personal life

Edmond is the daughter of Melbourne fashion designer Linda Suchestow.