Esmond Dorney Architect

Moving to Tasmania after World War II, he continued to practice in Melbourne with major projects such as Sandringham Hospital. An ex RAF fighter pilot, he loved flight and regularly commuted for work from Hobart to Melbourne by air through the 1950s and 60s. 

Esmond's unorthodox Modernism challenged the natural xenophobia of islanders, but his contribution and influence is now greatly celebrated in Tasmania.

His international reputation is growing, published in London and New York in the 1950s, he was largely ignored by the contemporary Australian architectural media and establishment in Australia, though celebrated in the popular media.