At long last New South Wales has a female Government Architect. At the same time, the Government Architect’s role has gone from making buildings, like the GPO on Martin Place, to offering Ministerial advice.
As Government Architect, Abbie Galvin has promoted Design with Country, low-rise mixed-use development and is generating the much-debated NSW Pattern Book.
Abbie Galvin joins Elizabeth Farrelly on The Sydneyist podcast to talk about what it’s like and what she yearns to change.
