Garnet Argyle Soilleux

After completing his architectural studies at the University of Melbourne in the early 1920s, he embarked on a successful career, initially forming a partnership with fellow architect and acoustic consultant Hugh Vivian Taylor in 1925.

Soilleux's designs emphasised functionality, simplicity, and the integration of new materials and construction techniques.

He also joined the Commonwealth Department of Works and, in the same year, was appointed to the prestigious United Nations Board of Design, tasked with overseeing the design and construction of the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Born at Yackan-dandah, he was educated at Geelong College and for several years he managed a station in the Western district of Victoria.

Then he entered the University of Melbourne and later in London be-came a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

ketch Ticonderoga, scratch boat in a 500 mile yacht race from Newport (Rhode Island) to Annapolis (Maryland) which finished today.