William Thomas Leighton (1905–1990) was a Western Australian architect, well known for his Art Deco and Inter-War Functionalist style of civic, commercial and domestic buildings. Leighton was born in Fremantle on 15 July 1905 and after an apprenticeship at the architectural offices of Allen & Nicholas in Fremantle, was one of the first group of architects to be registered as part of the WA Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Leighton then worked in the architectural offices of Eales and Cohen before joining Bohringer, Taylor and Johnson, who sent him on interstate and overseas commissions. Leighton joined the firm Baxter Cox in 1936 and was later to become a partner until the firm was dissolved in the mid-1940s. Leighton joined the Public Works Department for a short t
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| - ويليام تي لايتون (ar)
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| - ويليام تي لايتون (بالإنجليزية: William T. Leighton) هو مهندس معماري أسترالي، ولد في 15 يوليو 1905 في فريمانتل في أستراليا، وتوفي في 11 مارس 1990 في برث في أستراليا. (ar)
- William Thomas Leighton (1905–1990) was a Western Australian architect, well known for his Art Deco and Inter-War Functionalist style of civic, commercial and domestic buildings. Leighton was born in Fremantle on 15 July 1905 and after an apprenticeship at the architectural offices of Allen & Nicholas in Fremantle, was one of the first group of architects to be registered as part of the WA Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Leighton then worked in the architectural offices of Eales and Cohen before joining Bohringer, Taylor and Johnson, who sent him on interstate and overseas commissions. Leighton joined the firm Baxter Cox in 1936 and was later to become a partner until the firm was dissolved in the mid-1940s. Leighton joined the Public Works Department for a short t (en)
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| - Auckland, New Zealand
- Auckland Civic Theatre
- Perth, Western Australia
- Como, Western Australia
- Melbourne
- Grand Theatre, Perth
- Mount Lawley, Western Australia
- The West Australian
- State Theatre (Melbourne)
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- Architects from Western Australia
- People from Perth, Western Australia
- Bunbury, Western Australia
- Windsor Cinema
- Princess Theatre, Fremantle
- Cygnet Cinema
- Dalkeith, Western Australia
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Royal Australian Institute of Architects
- 20th-century Australian architects
- Australian architectural styles
- Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade
- Plaza Theatre, Perth
- Nedlands, Western Australia
- Astor Cinema
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| - ويليام تي لايتون (بالإنجليزية: William T. Leighton) هو مهندس معماري أسترالي، ولد في 15 يوليو 1905 في فريمانتل في أستراليا، وتوفي في 11 مارس 1990 في برث في أستراليا. (ar)
- William Thomas Leighton (1905–1990) was a Western Australian architect, well known for his Art Deco and Inter-War Functionalist style of civic, commercial and domestic buildings. Leighton was born in Fremantle on 15 July 1905 and after an apprenticeship at the architectural offices of Allen & Nicholas in Fremantle, was one of the first group of architects to be registered as part of the WA Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Leighton then worked in the architectural offices of Eales and Cohen before joining Bohringer, Taylor and Johnson, who sent him on interstate and overseas commissions. Leighton joined the firm Baxter Cox in 1936 and was later to become a partner until the firm was dissolved in the mid-1940s. Leighton joined the Public Works Department for a short time after World War II, before being offered a partnership with Hobbs, Winning and Leighton. Leighton was president of RAIA (WA) between 1951 and 1952 Leighton retired in 1975. William Leighton worked on a number of Western Australian cinemas including the Windsor Cinema in Nedlands, the Cygnet Cinema in South Perth, the Princess in Fremantle, and the Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade, Theatre Royal, Metro, Grand and Plaza Theatres in Perth, and the Lyric in Bunbury., Leighton died on 11 March 1990 at his Dalkeith residence. (en)
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