Woburn Temple

Woburn Temple was born in London and moved to New Zealand in c.1906. Although he established his own Auckland practice he was soon recruited by the Department of Labour as an architect to oversee the housing programme established by the Workers’ Dwelling Act of 1905. Temple’s work standardised and simplified the house plans that had initially been established by architectural design competitions.

 

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