Peter Vernon Architects has offices in Ballarat and Docklands (Melbourne) and provides a full service of Design, Documentation, Construction and Architectural Services for Residential, Healthcare, Commercial and Institutional projects up to $10 million in value.

Principal Peter Vernon is the third generation of architects in the Vernon family to practice in Ballarat.

He is custodian of one of the most significant private collections of architectural drawings in Australia, The Vernon Collection, which includes many of Ballarat’s historic buildings dating back to the gold rush.

He has a degree in Architecture with Honours from the University of Melbourne, a Bachelor of Arts from Deakin University majoring in art history subjects and a Master of Architecture from the University of Melbourne. His research thesis American Know-How and the Myer Emporium is an architectural history of Australia’s largest department store. Parts of this thesis have been presented and published in Fabrications, the peer reviewed journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand.

An examiner for the Architects Accreditation Council at Australia and active in the profession, he is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects and a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

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