Basic Biographical Details

Name: Hobbs, Winning & Leighton
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Born: 1939
Died: After 1953
Bio Notes: Joseph John Talbot Hobbs (generally known as J Talbot Hobbs) was born in 1864 in London. He worked as a draughtsman for a builder, John Hurst, with whom he emigrated to Perth in 1887. There, he set up practice as an architect. Hobbs became a member of the Western Australian Institute of Architects in 1896, and later served as president from 1909 to 1911. In 1905, he became senior partner of Hobbs, Smith & Forbes.

The practice title changed to Hobbs, Forbes & Partners in 1930, when Alexander Barr Winning was made a junior partner. Winning had been born in Kharkoff, South Russia of Scottish parents on 29 September 1892. His family had left Russia when he was three years old, returning to Glasgow, and it was there that he was educated. In 1909 he had begun an articled apprenticeship to James Austen Laird, studying building construction for a year each at Queens Park School, Shawlands Academy and the Royal Technical College and achieving first prize in all three classes. He had emigrated to Western Australia in 1912 and had worked for four years as assistant to Hobbs, Smith & Forbes before being enlisted into the Australian Imperial Forces in 1916. On being discharged in 1919 he had spent two years in Laird's office in Glasgow as chief assistant and had taken a further course of study at the Royal Technical College under Charles Gourlay before returning to Hobbs, Smith & Forbes as chief assistant in 1921. He had applied for admittance as LRIBA in late 1930, his proposers being J Talbot Hobbs, Edgar Le B Henderson and W G Bennett, and was taken into partnership by the time of the acceptance of his application in the middle of the following year.

Hobbs was active in the armed forces. He died while on his way to Europe from Australia late in the week ending 23 April 1938. The following year Winning became a full partner, the practice name then changing to Hobbs, Winning & Leighton.

Winning was a Councillor of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects from 1944 to 1949 having been a member of its Western Australia Chapter since 1940. He was still with the same firm when he was elected FRIBA in 1953.

Private and Business Addresses

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 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 1Western Australia Trustees Buildings/104, Perth, AustraliaBusiness1939After 1953 

Employment and Training

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Item 1 of 1Alexander Barr Winning1939After 1960(?)Partner 

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