government architect statutory roles history NSW Government Architect The NSW Government Architect & General Manager of the Government Architect’s Office performs two primary roles. The first, as Government Architect, is an advocacy and advisory role to government and its agencies. The second is as General Manager of the Government Architect’s Office (GAO), a multi-disciplinary consultancy operating on full commercial principles. This latter role is unique in Australia. The advisory role is achieved through direct advice to Ministers and senior government staff and also through statutory positions on committees and boards such as Heritage Council and NSW Architects Registration Board as well as numerous design review panels. As General Manger the Government Architect provides overall leadership of the Government Architect’s Office and is responsible for a professional consulting service, providing design and pre-construction advice in the areas of architecture, building engineering, urban and landscape design, heritage design and quantity surveying. The Government Architect is accountable for establishing the strategic direction and positioning of the Office to ensure the effective, efficient and commercial viability of the business. Both roles have existed since Francis Greenway worked as the first Civil Architect for Governor Macquarie in 1816 but it is only since the office was put on a commercial basis in the early 1990s that the roles have reported separately. Peter Mould is the current NSW Government Architect, the 22nd Government Architect since Francis Greenway was appointed in 1816.

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