Jeffrey Howlett

Jeffrey Howlett
Born(1928-01-11)11 January 1928
Hyderabad, India
Died20 December 2005(2005-12-20) (aged 77)
Perth, Australia
OccupationArchitect
SpouseKatherine Howlett
ChildrenDeborah Howlett, Greg Howlett, Mark Howlett
PracticeHowlett & Bailey
BuildingsPerth Council House
Perth Concert Hall
Reserve Bank of Australia Building, Canberra


Jeffrey William Hamilton Howlett (1928–2005) was a Western Australian modernist architect. Howlett was born in India, but later traveled to London for his studies and then moved to Perth, Australia for training to become an architect. Throughout his life, he won various competitions with his partner Donald Bailey. Howlett acknowledged the reality of late-twentieth-century cities and, through his architecture, suggested a way of making sense of the disorder. He was a founding partner of Howlett & Bailey, along with Bailey, which designed a number of Australian landmarks such as Council House and the Perth Concert Hall.