Yvonne von Hartel AM is a founding member of the Australian based award winning architecture, Interiors and urban planning firm peckvonhartel established in 1980.

Yvonne was the first woman to graduate with an Honours degree in Architecture from the University of Melbourne; she is a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects and was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 2007 for services to architecture. She has practised continuously for 55 years both in Australia and overseas, principally on major infrastructure projects; she has served as a non-executive director for both public and private companies, and currently serves as a design review panel member for Sydney Metro and as a Commissioner of the Victorian Building Authority.

Maggie Edmond is a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects and was awarded a Doctor of Architecture Honoris Causa from the University of Melbourne in 2015.

Together with the late Peter Corrigan, she practiced for 40 years in a city-based office as Edmond & Corrigan Architects. She now runs an architecture studio in Carlton North and is learning to play chess.

Peter Elliott is a Melbourne architect and recipient of the 2017 Gold Medal from the Australian Institute of Architects.

He is an Adjunct Professor of Practice at the Faculty of Art Design & Architecture at Monash University. He has a special interest in the design of the public realm, and has lectured and written extensively on contemporary architecture and urban design. In 2015 he authored a monograph book titled “Episodic Urbanism – RMIT Urban Spaces Project 1996 – 2015’

Peter practiced as an architect and planner from 1962 and established a firm in 1966.

The practice included work for institutions such as aged care, gallery/museum design and multi residential projects. Peter is now semi-retired and focus’ on painting and sculpting to satisfy creative urges.

Peter Williams AM is a highly regarded practitioner who successfully combines the responsibilities of heading a prominent architectural firm and membership of allied professional bodies and other organisations within the community.

Under his guidance WBa has been acknowledged by numerous design awards at both National and State levels. The firm received International recognition in the Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities program in 2003, and was most recently awarded The John George Knight Award for Heritage and The Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage for the Bendigo Former Mining Exchange project in the 2021 AIA Architecture Awards. In 2019, Peter was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to architecture.