Jennifer Taylor (architect)
| Jennifer Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jennifer Evelyn Bogle 12 April 1935 Manly, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 7 December 2015 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse(s) | Tom Taylor (m. 1957–97) |
| Partner(s) | James Conner |
Jennifer Evelyn Taylor (née Bogle; 12 April 1935 – 7 December 2015) was an Australian architect, professor, critic and author who made a significant contribution to writing on contemporary Australian, Japanese and South Pacific architecture.
Australian by birth, Taylor began studying architecture at the School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University after taking a course in nursing. She then completed a B.Arch (1967) and M.Arch (1969) at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her Master of Architecture (History) was in part by thesis entitled, An Inquiry into Some Aspects of Recent Unorthodox Trends in Architecture.
Taylor spent much of her working life in Europe, America and Asia, and taught in architectural schools throughout the world. She was appointed as an academic to the Architecture department of the University of Sydney from 1970 to 1998, and later taught at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. She was awarded the inaugural Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Education Prize in 2000.
Taylor was a founding member of International Council on Monuments and Sites Australia, DOCOMOMO (Australian Working Party for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement) Australia, and the Australian Architectural Association.
Taylor credited the Japanese modernist architect, Fumihiko Maki—whom she first met during a Japan Foundation Professional Fellowship in 1975—as playing a major role in her career. Maki was appointed Taylor’s mentor and after initially looking at contemporary Japanese gardens, she realised, "I became very interested in contemporary architecture in Japan. I loved it. I just kept going back. I started writing on Japan. I have been influenced, unquestionably, by Japanese work."
Taylor was also the first Australian architect to establish a contemporary architectural dialogue with Asia—bringing leading Japanese and Chinese figures to lecture at Sydney University, and travelling to the region and lecturing there herself.
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