Lawrence Nield

Lawrence Nield is a Principal of Bligh Voller Nield. He has had for many years a special interest in urban design architecture and sports events planning. He was deeply involved in planning and architecture of the Sydney Olympic Games and subsequently worked for the Athens Olympic Games, Buenos Aires and London bids for the Olympic Games. In 1996 he chaired the Premier and Lord Mayor's taskforce on city venues. In 1994 he was appointed to head the masterplanning team for the main Olympic site in Sydney. He has worked in Australia and New Zealand, Greece, China, Vietnam, Italy, France and Britain.

Many of his buildings have won major Institute of Architecture Awards including the Sydney International Tennis Centre. He was the Professor of Architecture at the University of Sydney from 1992-1996 and is now an Adjunct Professor at the University of NSW. He has lectured and published widely on architectural practice and theory. His is a contributing editor of the forthcoming 'Oxford Companion for Architecture'.

In 2002 St Vincent's Hospital, one of Sydney's seven major teaching hospitals, which he was the Design Director, was opened. In 1980, he designed the innovative and energy-efficient Mt Druitt Hospital.

From 1968 to 1975 he worked in London for Yorke Rosenberg Mardall on St Thomas' Hospital and the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Lawrence Nield is a graduate of the University of Sydney and the University of Cambridge. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology Sydney.

Lawrence Nield founded Lawrence Nield & Partners in 1976 which merged with Bligh Voller to form Bligh Voller Nield in 1998.