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In 1996 Lyon established architectural practice Lyons
Architects with his brother Carey Lyon. Cameron Lyon joined the practice in 1998 as a director and worked in the firm until his death in 2018. The firm currently has five directors which include Neil Appleton, Adrian Stanic and James Wilson. The
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Lyon is one of
Australia's leading collectors and patrons of contemporary art. Since 1990 he has developed the Lyon Collection with his wife Yueji. The collection comprises over 350 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, installation works, photography and video art. More than 50 Australian
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Between 2003 and 2005 he designed the Lyon
Housemuseum, a hybrid residence and art museum which opened to the public in 2009. The Housemuseum offers pre-booked public tours and school visits on designated days each year. The Housemuseum sponsors an annual series of lectures and talks on art,
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Australia and established architectural firm Lyon + Lyon with his brother Cameron. The firm designed institutional, commercial and government buildings including the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoological Gardens and a commemorative arch in Melbourne celebrating
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He lectures widely on architectural design and design practice and innovation and has given lectures and seminars at the Royal
Academy of Arts, London, the Otis School of Design in Los Angeles, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University and the Architectural League of New York.
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University of Melbourne as a visiting critic and lecturer since 1984. He is currently a professorial fellow at the university and is a visiting professor in design at the Melbourne School of Design in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning.
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in 1970 when his father became a partner. All three of his brothers, Cameron, Carey and Hamish, became practicing architects. In 2019 Lyon's two daughters Carlin and Jaqlin were studying architecture at the
University of Melbourne, heading up the fourth generation.
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During his studies he worked part-time in the
Philadelphia offices of architects Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates and following his graduation in 1980, he worked full time in the firm's New York office.
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architecture, art history and museology. The annual Lyon Housemuseum Lecture is published in the form of a small book.
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Victoria's 1984 sesquicentenary. The brothers' work was exhibited at the XIIe Biennale de Paris in 1982.
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