Philip Yeats Bisset LFRAIA 1921 – 2010

Philip Yeats Bisset died on the 21 September 2010 aged 89 years leaving at least $1.2 million to the Australian Institute of Architects to establish a scholarship to allow Queensland architecture students to study abroad.

Phil worked with Jack Donaghue, Sid Cusick and Phil Edwards and was a founding director of Edwards Bisset and Partners Pty Ltd. In a career spanning over 60 years with the practice he was involved with 63 hospitals including many State Government hospitals in rural Queensland, the Mater Hospitals in Townsville and Bundaberg, St Vincent’s Hospital in Toowoomba and many facilities for the Salvation Army and the federal government, as well as several churches and the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Darwin.

His retirement years were spent living on the Sunshine Coast at King’s Beach collecting Australian Art and being active in the local Anglican Church community.

The Bisset bequest is incredibly generous and is the largest single bequest the Institute has ever received. We plan to announce the gift in the near future, to acknowledge the generosity of the gift and the potential opportunities it will provide for future generations of architects in Queensland.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Kirk FRAIA
President, Queensland Chapter
Australian Institute of Architects