Kerry Hill


Kerry Hill AO was an Australian architect who specialised in hotel design in tropical Asia.
He studied at Perth Technical College and the University of Western Australia graduating in 1968. He worked for Howlett & Bailey in Perth from 1969 to 1971. He worked in Hong Kong for Bali- and Hong Kong-based architects and engineers, Palmer & Turner from 1972 until 1974. From 1974 to 1978 he managed the Palmer & Turner office in Jakarta. Hill established Kerry Hill Architects in Singapore in 1979. Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, whom he had a personal friendship with, influenced his early works "by understanding and embracing the architectural traditions of the East".
In 1995 he was awarded the Kenneth F Brown Asia Pacific Culture and Architecture Design Award, in 2003 the RAIA Robyn Boyd Award for the Ogilvie House, and in 2006 the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal. His work has been published in A+U ; Architectural Digest ; Architectural Review, Wallpaper, World Architecture, Architecture Australia, Monument ; Indian Architect & Builder, Singapore Architect, and Space.
Hill lectured at the National University of Singapore, the University of Hawaii, the University of Western Australia and the University of Queensland. His work has been exhibited in Perth.

Selected projects