Kenneth Frank Charles Woolley, BArch, Hon DSc Arch Sydney LFRAIA, FTSE, was an Australian architect. In a career spanning 60 years, he is best known for his contributions to project housing with Pettit and Sevitt, four time Wilkinson Award-winning architect, including three times for his own house, the first being the 1962 Woolley House in Mosman, and his longstanding partnership with Sydney Ancher and Bryce Mortlock. He is regarded as being a prominent figure in the development of the Sydney School movement and Australian vernacular building.
DNA-inspired helical staircase, part of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research building designed by Ken Woolley
A Pettit and Sevitt project house designed by Ken Woolley.
An axonometric drawing detailing the sidestepping walls of the Woolley House in Mosman.
The Penthouses, New Beach Road, Darling Point, 1968.
The Wilkinson Award is an Australian architecture award presented by the New South Wales Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects and was first awarded in 1961. The award recognises excellence in residential buildings built in New South Wales, Australia, often for freestanding houses, but at times awarding multiresidential projects and alterations and additions.
2021 Wilkinson Award, Pearl Beach House by Polly Harbison