James Birrell [SEP] place of birth
James Birrell
James Birrell (born 1928) is a retired architect responsible for the design of significant buildings in Queensland, Australia. James Birrell practiced from 1951 to 1986.
Personal life.
James Birrell was born in Melbourne 1928, the eldest child of Harry and Elizabeth Birrell. Growing up in North Essendon, Birrell attended North Essendon Primary School from 1934–40 and Essendon State High School from 1940–44.
In 1945 at the age of 17 James Birrell was accepted into the Melbourne Technical College as an architecture student. To
municipal public libraries following the introduction of the Libraries Act 1943 and the consequent establishment of a State Library Board.
The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage.
The library is a rare surviving and substantially intact example of the architecture and planning of James Birrell. Birrell is an architect of national stature and repute and the place is significant as evidence of Birrell's thought and practice. Birrell was Chief Architect of the Brisbane City Council in the period from 1955 to 1960. James Birrell was