Edmund Wright (architect)
Edmund William Wright was a London-born architect in the colony of South Australia. He was mayor of Adelaide for 10 months in 1859. He designed many civic, commercial, ecclesiastical, and residential buildings in Adelaide city centre and its suburbs, in styles influenced by French and Italian Renaissance, as well as Neoclassical architecture. He collaborated with other notable architects E. J. Woods, Isidor Beaver, and Edward Hamilton in designing some of the most notable buildings.
Headquarters for the old Bank of South Australia, now Edmund Wright House
Adelaide Town Hall, designed with E. J. Woods
Paringa Hall, now part of Sacred Heart College, in 1933
Brougham Place Uniting Church, North Adelaide (1859-1861), designed with Edward Hamilton
Edward John Woods F.R.I.B.A. was a prominent architect in the early days of South Australia.
Image: Edward John Woods