Career
Born in Albany, Western Australia but educated in England, Joseph Fowell arrived back in Australia in 1919 where he worked with Professor Leslie Wilkinson at Sydney University. In 1926 Fowell became an assistant to Henry Budden. Fowell created a number of Architectural partnerships including: Fowell and McConnel: 1928-1939, with Kenneth McConnel Fowell and Mansfield: 1939-1946 with J. L. South. Mansfield Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan: 1946-1962 with Doctorate. C. B. Maclurcan Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis & Maclurcan: 1962-1970 with O. R. Jarvi Fowell was primarily responsible for the design of over forty churches in New South Wales and Victoria, including Catholic churches at North Sydney (1937), Parkes (1939) and Neutral Bay (1941).
1930 British Medical Association (British Medical Association) House, 135-137 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW Fowell and McConnel Subject of a design competition in 1928 1935 Saint Anne"s Church, Blair & Mitchell Streets, North Bondi, NSW Fowell and McConnel Later remodelled in 1964.
Fowell and McConnel 1937-1939 Street Marys, North Sydney 1938-1939 Street Canisus College, Pymble 1941 Street Josephs, Neutral Bay 1943 Orient Lincolnshire Building, 2-6 Spring Street, Sydney NSW Fowell and McConnel 1956 Street Augustine"s Church, Yass Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan 1962 P&O, 565 Hunter Street, Sydney NSW Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan Since remodelled. 1965 Gladesville Bridge 1967 Church of Street Rose, Rose Street, Collaroy Plateau, Sydney NSW Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis & Maclurcan 1933 Royal Institute of British Architects Street Medal and Diploma - British Medical Association House, Macquarie Street, Sydney.