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    Vale Geoffrey Pie AM 28 March 1938 — 31 December 2018

    Nov 08, 2019 4 minutes
    Words by Don Watson

    Few Queensland architects have risked their livelihood by opposing the government. Geoffrey Pie was an exception, bravely taking a stand over the threatened and subsequent demolition of Brisbane’s Bellevue Hotel. But above all, he was one of Queensland’s leading architects, maintaining his practice for fifty years.

    The son of prominent businessman and politician Bruce Pie and graphic artist Jean Wright, Hill decided at an early age to become an architect, drawing inspiration from Ravenscraig (1942), the family’s house at Aspley, designed by Brisbane architect Mervyn Rylance. While boarding at Toowoomba Prep and the Southport School, he spent holidays

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