Hudson and Wardrop

After forming an alliance in 1919, Hudson and Wardrop entered the competition for the National War Memorial in 1923 and won first prize.

[4] The design for the shrine was based on the Parthenon in Athens and the tomb of Mausolus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus and symbolizes both the democratic tradition for which the soldiers died and the eternity of their afterlife.

In 1929 Hudson and Wardrop partnered with architect and engineer Kingsley Ussher particularly to check calculations for the 'eye of light' at the shrine.

It stands out and dominates the surrounding country, and will be a landmark for all shipping navigating Port Phillip.In 1946 Robert F. Howden joined the firm as junior partner.

Hudson also began teaching architectural drafting with Harold Desbrowe-Annear and Haddon at the Working Mens College, now known as RMIT University.

In 1924 he won the most notable prize for the international competition for National War memorial - Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne in association with James Wardrop.

[7] In 1911 Wardrop won the RIVA silver medal for his design for the branch bank & Bronze for measured drawings.