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Hurst went into partnership with architect Neil Harris in 1980. They collaborated on a number of homes, schools, libraries and churches on the
Sunshine Coast. As a member of the Noosa Surf Lifesaving Association, he also designed the iconic lifeguard tower at the beach at Noosa. Due to Hurst's
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Hurst worked as the conceptual drawer on the speculative proposal for a new town after
British precedents, made at the end of a building boom which started with the lifting of war-time building restrictions and ended with credit squeeze at the end of 1960.
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during the 1950s, the firm in which he worked designed many churches of which these are examples – the first often illustrated in
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in 1953. Hurst was employed with various commercial architectural firms and practices in London. He completed his
British military service from 1953-1955, being posted to Egypt where he worked on the
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Roe House, Brookfield, 1963, this low set brick house on a concrete slab was set into the side of a hill. It was designed to make the house complement the natural environment.
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