George Hardie-Burt

George Hardie-Burt was an architect who was active from the 1930 to the early 1960s. He worked as a draughtsman for Mitchell & Mitchell in the 1930s, and also as an insurance agent. His best known work is in Karori, particularly the four houses he designed for the Monaghan family in the late 1930s. Two of these were designed in a Moderne/Art Deco style, while the remainder of his work was typically English Domestic Revival.

 

Sources:

Mew, Geoff & Adrian Humphris. “Raupo to Deco: Wellington Styles and Architects 1840 – 1940” (Wellington: Steel Roberts Aotearoa, 2014)