“All of our work is underlain by humanist principles – we see architecture as a way of supporting and inspiring our individual and collective life experiences.”
Design philosophy
Corbett
Lyon
Founding Director
Corbett
Lyon
Founding Director
Corbett Lyon
Practice Executive, Directors
Corbett Lyon is one of the Founding Directors of Lyons and a lead Design Director of the studio. He is one of Australia’s most awarded design practitioners and brings over 30 years experience and expertise to the design of complex, high-stakes, major public buildings and public precincts.
Corbett has earned a reputation across the globe as a thought-leader in human-centred design in architecture, with a demonstrated ability to deliver public sector designs that optimise outcomes for project stakeholders and communities. His projects routinely interrogate traditional design and use space to deliver activated places that help people heal faster, learn better and more genuinely engage with one another.
Corbett’s outcomes are informed by an innovative, people-first approach in tandem with deep client and stakeholder engagement through Lyons’ facilitated client stakeholder workshops, pioneered by Corbett himself. The projects Corbett has led and co-led have won Lyons a plethora of awards—delivering a more than outstanding value-for-money solution for clients.
Within the studio Corbett shares his breadth of experience by providing design and stakeholder leadership across major projects in the cultural, health, institutional, research and urban design fields. Amongst future architects and his contemporaries, Corbett is a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne and in 2009 was appointed a Visiting Professor in Architectural Design in the University’s Melbourne School of Design. He is one of Australia’s leading collectors and commentators on contemporary Australian art and has participated in numerous forums on contemporary art and architecture in Australia and overseas. He is a Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria and a Life Member of the Australian Institute of Architects.
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Qualifications
Doctor of Architecture (HonorisCausa) – University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy – RMIT University
Master of Architecture – University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Architecture (First Class Honours) – University of MelbourneRegistrations
AIA
ARBV
ARB
APBSAMemberships
Life Member, Australian Institute of Architects
Trustee, National Gallery of Victoria
Member, National Gallery of Victoria Contemporary
Member, Heide Museum of Modern Art Foundation
Member, International Council of MuseumsHonours
Honorary Fellow, Monash University
Governor, National Gallery of Australia Foundation
Founding Patron and Chair, Lyon Foundation and Lyon Housemuseum
Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
“Our clients are the starting point for our projects. Our interactive Lyons Workshops engage the project stakeholders in all aspects of the briefing and design process.”
Working with you
“At Lyons you’re engaging with a team of creatives who are passionate about architecture and design, and committed to delivering innovative solutions for our clients.”
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