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1. Monte John Latham URBAN LAND ROOM IDENTITY COAST
A R C H I T E C T
P A R T I C I P A N T I N A R C H I T E C T U R E S
C O N C E P T S D E T A I L H E R I T A G E I N T E R I O R S I T E S R E P O R T S B R I E F S C H A R A C T E R - O F - P L A C E U R B A N P L A N N I N G
W O R K S H O P S P R E P L A N N I N G M A S T E R P L A N N I N G
Sorell, Tasmania, Australia 7172 0447 651 420 debox@bigblue.net.au
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RECENT
Debox_Geographic Architectures - MJ Latham Architect(Tas), Accredited Practitioner(Tas,Vic)
 Sullivans Cove Railyards Proposal
 Sorell Council Chambers submission,
 ( Previous years: Devonport urban proposals, Bellerive urban proposals, State of the
Environment Committee - Settlements, Tasmania Together Workshops, Rottnest
Urban Design conference, Adelaide Urban Design Conference, Melbourne Urban
Design Conference, State Heritage Planning Proposal, Sullivans Cover Urban Design
Competition, Hollybank Forest submissions)
 Australian Institute of Architects
Heritage Committee, Sustainability Committee, City Hall Heritage evaluation,
Building Control Board classifications submission workshop, CPD seminars,
BCA seminars.
 3 Visitor Accommodation Units: Huonville
 House Proposal: Moola Dr, Sandford
 Legalisation of farm shed & dwelling & conversion to visitor accommodation:
Huonville
 House Proposal: 42 Malachi Dr, Kingston
 Rear dwelling proposal: 307 Nelson Road
 24 dwelling unit site proposal Montagu St, Mt Stuart

2.  Conversion of Chapel to Dwelling: Dover
 House Extension: Venetat Pt, Bruny
 Visitor Accommodation & legalisation; Jetty Rd, Cygnet
 Warehouse conversion to sport training: Farley St
 Dental Practice relocation: Clarence
 Shops, Signage & Arcade Floor: Huon Arcade, Huonville
 Shop & 3 town houses site proposal Stowell&Hampden, Battery Pt.
 Picnic Island Tourist Project, Coles Bay – camp huts, bird watching,
boardwalks, jetties, heritage.
 Crossover steps: 24 Willowdene
 Steep site drive access, garage, garden: 125a Forest Rd
 Rear Unit: 2 Campbell St, Kingston
 Peter Mackay Garage: Kingston
 Deck: 343 Cambridge Rd
 House BA: 22 Beach Rd, Middleton
 Shop Building Designer confirmations: 2 Cooper St, Glenorchy
 Shop fitout Building Designer confirmations: Eastlands
 Proposed Halfway House, Caretaker Unit & Site (Part 5 conservation &
bushfire compromise): Baskerville
 Griffiths House: Eaglehawk Neck
 Tan House & Outbuilding: Eaglehawk Neck
 House legalisation & auxillary dwelling DA BA: Risby Rd, Middleton
 Visitor Accommodation legalisation: Orford
 3 Shops, building design confirmation: Main Street, Huonville
 Renovation & Deck: Bananya st, Mornington
 Conversion to warehousing tenancies: Farley St
 Industrial workshops tiltup aesthetic design: Runway Rd, Cambridge
 Rear dwellings proposal: 207 209 Campbell St, Hobart
 Margate Marina Development Construction Drawings
To 2011
Debox_Degrid Architectures - MJ Latham Architect(Tas), Accredited Practitioner(Tas,Vic)
 Free Spirit Animal Sanctuary DA with Town&Country Planning
 St Helens 3 shops prelim scheme, Myuana Rd underhouse renovation BA,
Bundalla Rd Warehouse use conversion BA, Richmond Pharmacy BA,
207/209 Campbell St DA, 42 New Town Rd Surgery addition BA, Richardson
Avenue 3 flats BA.

3.  TOOL workshop addition & renovation -Mornington, Chapel front addition,
Orford units DA, Davenport house, warehouse tilt slab rendition proposal,
New Town surgery expansion, appeal management for two units Campbell
Street (withdrawn), Waterfront house/property Dennes Pt DA, contracts for
Dellas & Town & Country Planning.
Out-of-hours – not enough of them
 Via Town & Country Planning - Chemist expansion sketch Richmond;
residential schematics, renovation & additions; Woodbridge health centre DA;
warehouse strata; appeal witness; 20 unit subdivisions; Huonville arcade
redevelopment; Redwood Drive village centre proposal; change of use
applications; scoping plan Kingston Surf Club; Melbourne:- shoptop
redevelopment proposal; heritage house rooftop additions BA, units.
Out-of-hours – not enough of them
 Residential schematics, renovation & additions, St Georges grounds Sorell
Rose Garden masterplan, Blue Lagoon camp toilet conversion.
 Marketing self-authored 350p paperback - Hows the House
Currently available in bookshops in Hobart & Wellington (Get your copy today!)
 Entrant - Hobart Waterfront International Design Competition.
 Who’s Planning Tasmania Anyway – conference attendance.
2006
Crown Lands Office
 One-year contract with Shack-sites Project (Title rationalisation from
shack-licensees to freehold or unencumbered Crown incl Aboriginal &
European heritage, wastewater and bushfire management, access, political
protocol, public/shackowner meetings, dispute resolution – shackies, local
councils, bureaucracy, government, ombudsman, wastewater and road
engineer, aboriginal heritage consultant, heritage council).
Out-of-hours – family. NZ, surfing, painting,
lobbying state planning.
2001 - 2005
Debox_Degrid Architecture - MJ Latham Architect, registered Architect and
Accredited Building Practitioner – Tasmania
 Small scale work (primarily low end residential).
 Autocad.
 Submissions:-
East Devonport Urban Framework for local Community and Council (short-listed);
Wedgetail’s Eden, Forestry Tasmania Hollybank Tourism Proposal (short-listed);
DPIWE, State of the Environment Settlements Committee sittings,
Devonport Plaza Submission,
Voluntary Proposal, Settlement Museum (Hobart Town Hall),
State Housing Competition,

4. Sorell Townscape Committee,
Devonport Heritage Study Submission.
 Now accredited.
 Ongoing professional development attendance to sustain solo practice.
Out-of-hours –
family. NZ, surfing,
‘How’s the House’ embellishment and publisher search,
Mont Paints international marketing and local shows,
research and sketch Hobart cbd and Cove precolonial landscapes series,
Tasmanian Souvenir enterprise begun and abandoned, lobbying state planning.
1999 - 2000
M.J.Latham - Architect
 Tasmania Together Future Search Workshops, participant.
 Promotion of voluntary proposal, A Special State’s Special Towns -
speculation for urban masterplanning.
 Bellerive Village Townscape competition – winner.
 DPIWE, State of the Environment Settlements Committee sittings
 Book manuscript.
 Miscellaneous.
Out-of-hours –
family, web sites,
design & laying sandstone paving,
painting, crafted desk top, renovation.
1999
Development Services Division, City of Hobart
 South Hobart Main Road Streetscape Plan – initial site documentation, in-
principle brief.
 City of Hobart Streetworks Masterplan - initiation and detail brief.
1994 – 98
Tecton Consulting, City of Hobart
Municipal architecture, townscape projects, community cultural development,
public art coordination, streetscape design - all including: -
 CBD Revitalisation –research and schematics, some initial mall studies; mall
roof initial schematics and location; some design committee involvement.
 New Selfs Point Wastewater Laboratory Building – location review, design
and contract observation.
 Argyle Street multistorey Carpark revamp and Wellington Court
Redevelopment – basic spatial designs (landform, removal of vehicular
ramp, pedestrian movement), cladding and colour discussions.
 National urban design conferences.
 Development control consultation.

5.  North Hobart Grandstand rooms refit designs.
 Civic Square Site design discussions and schemes.
 Wapping, Lower Collins Street, art wall and defunct entrance sculpture
dispute discussions, artist selection committee and liaison.
 Bicheno Townscape Manual, St Helens Township Plan; project coordinator,
team management, community workshops, committee liaisons, urban
architecture, site assessment, report manager.
 Context friendly pump houses at Long Beach, Queenborough and Selfs Point
 Town Hall Site Development, initial design brief – incl original cove landform
interpretation, use options, multiple building accommodation connections,
integration with Franklin square.
 Lord Mayors Secretarial Office – gut 1970’s refit and reinstate heritage
quality.
Out-of-hours –
daughter born, cottage building.
1988 - 94
Planning and Development Division, City of Hobart
Urban architecture and planning, varied, interesting work in the midst of
professionals and workers of many disciplines - including coordinations, briefs,
schematics, detail, documentation, contract administration, reports, committees,
multidisciplined specialists, aldermanic consultation, public relations and ‘crows
nest’ view of many development applications.
 Statutory Urban Design and heritage development appraisals - planning
appeals, Council reports, letter writing.
 Public Art Policy – self initiated proposal to Council.
 Town Hall and Council buildings renovation, interiors, kitchen and work on
Town Hall Conservation Plan, heritage interiors and stone restoration detail.
 North Hobart Oval - various schematics
 North Hobart Oval Spectator Roof .
 Salamanca Public Toilets – location proposals, design, detail, contract
management.
 Urban detail - signs and interpretation panels, bus shelters and street
furniture, public spaces, small pool shade, monument design, Dutch Fountain
location and negotiation, St Davids Park Lion Sculpture placement.
 North Hobart Townscape Project (award) – community-based multi-discipline
placemaking project, project brief and coordination, video direction,
community committee work, Community Art Pavement.
 St Marys Townscape Project – role as HCC coordinator.
 Cove Tramway Committee member.

6. M J Latham - Architect
 St Marys Townscape Project - Urban Architect and Manager for St Marys
Association for Community Development.
 House designs.
 Forestry Tasmania Hollybank Forest Centre competition - entrant.
 Registration - Architect.
1985 - 88
University of Tasmania
 Semesters 1-6 Architecture, graduation, thesis - Value Architecture; incl
Sorell Regional Library Plans.
1987
Blythe, Yeung and Menzies - Architects, Hobart
 Government Executive Building - Interior layout, fitout and furniture.
Housing Department of Tasmania
 Design, drafting, unit planning.
Out-of-hours – 4th
son, studies, country life.
1986 - 87
Jeremy Olphert and Associates, Wellington, New Zealand
 Corporate office interiors and small building design - flat out documentation.
Out-of-hours – studies, seaside life, NZ trains, Maoris
1985
Department of Construction, Architecture Unit, Tasmania
 Ulverstone Hospital - presentation sketch, renovation plans, bedside service
details, site assessment.
 School renovation drafting.
 Gymnasium signs and logo piece.
Out-of-hours –entrant Roma Railway Expo Urban Renewal Competition, studies
1980 - 84
Tasmanian State Institute of Technology
 Final semester and graduation Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design,
Major Study - Dream House; the Complete Romance and Handbook.
Self employment
 House designs, handyman; agencies and labour.
 Tasmanian Art Outlet, local art hire - establishment and running own
business.
Out-of-hours 2
nd
and 3
rd
sons,
studies, country life, camping, cottage building,
local newspaper editor, two art exhibitions.
1976 - 79

7. Itinerant
 Contract drafting, small building and renovation design, exploration of
painting and graphic design, handyman, café, market garden, farm hand.
Out-of-hours – , marriage, 1st
son, country life, killing sheep, camping, contemplation,
surfing, writing, painting NZ, Qld, NSW.
1972 -76
Lawrence H Howroyd and Associates - Architects and Town Planners
 Cadet architect working in Hobart and Perth on job winning presentations
and designs for transportable buildings and town planning for Rosebery
mining village, Shay Gap and Laverton remote mining villages, minor
buildings and renovations, squash courts, school gymnasium, tavern,
caravan park ablution modules and kit houses, Port Arthur Model Prison
Chapel heritage interior reconstruction, surgery - involving drafting, model-
making, various, sketch design and presentation.
 L Howroyd wins Duke of Edinborough Award
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education
 Semesters4 – 5 Environmental Design
Out-of-hours – studies, painting, surfing, writing.
IN THE BEGINNINGS
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education
 Semesters3-4 Environmental Design
School of Architecture, Hobart Technical College
 On scholarship
 Semesters1-2 Architecture.
Jobs and in between
 Retail Storeman, Bank Clerk
 Pursuit of ongoing artist expressionism through painting and writing.
Out-of-hours – studies, painting, surfing, writing..
Hobart Matriculation College
Out-of-hours – casual pursuits in art, writing and surfing.
Born in Hobart, Tasmania; second eldest of five children, son of a successful
electrical contractor and builder of boats and several unique houses - probably the
first Seidleresque house in Tasmania.

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Monte John Latham URBAN LAND ROOM IDENTITY COAST
P A R T I C I P A N T I N A R C H I T E C T U R E S
HEARTBEAT
Architecture, townscape, land-use and community-cultural
development, as they exist in reality amid the mixed results of our
sullied human nature, are my link to true actualisation and the ideal of
‘paradise’. In this real world I work gregariously to extend the
culturally supportive environment in order to enhance our individual
and collective delight.
People living in a paradise will actualise and construct … to joyfully
fulfil themselves, their family and fellows. Any threat to that paradise
will modify that actualisation by the development of solemn purpose.
My own individual impulse in a paradise would be to actualise both
ethereally and functionally in art and in building - focused on identity,
home, cultural communication in daily life and the natural untouched
beauty and potentials of locale. This would address any aesthetical
intervention in the environment and the politics of it. This focus would
be in finishing works and events that support appeal to the spectrum of
delights. In this way land-use planning is an architecture capable of
fostering delight. Functional constructions carry delight.
One of the collective delights is achievement by others of appropriate
individual expression in the environment as part of the cultural
accumulation – a celebration of individuality. This delight can arise

9. from the ethereal thumbprint on a jewellery piece, a manner of speech,
unique placement of an industrial item, an inspiring land-use program
or simply an aesthetic aspect of an otherwise pragmatic building. All
interface in physicality and culture.
Another collective delight is the home locale. This is under severe
threat in today’s world. It is invaluable to remind people of the fullness
of their individual address, their original landscape, their rights and
potentials in the public realm and their shared ownership of
development. It is invaluable to refresh the delicately sensitive links to
the paradise portion of our world - and consequently to foster individual
actualisation and delight …… unique development, industry and
enjoyment.
Art is real. It is the difference between building and architecture … and
planning and cultural landscape. Architecture is art. Art may be
economic or otherwise. Packaging may be pragmatic or communicative.
A building is much more than an artful package.
Excellence more often than not is low in profile.
Thankyou

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