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Sydney-based practice Johnson Pilton Walker designed the new National Portrait Gallery building.

Wheelchairs and walkers are available at no charge. Please ask our friendly staff at the Welcome Desk or book here online. Wheelchair access is available in our public spaces, with lift access from the underground to the public ground level.

MDPA judge Jeff Khan, Artistic Director, Performance Space, Sydney.

Finalist, MDPA 2013

Finalist, iD2012




According to an 1981 Australian Women’s Weekly profile of fast bowler Dennis Lillee, a moustache was a ‘compulsory’ accessory for sportsmen.



Marriage: a prolonged disaster

Natural light and human proportions – the design by Johnson Pilton Walker

Poetic trio

Press releases for media.

In 1976, without having been blooded on the Sydney or Melbourne pub circuit, The Saints recorded a single – ‘(I’m) Stranded’ – earning them the distinction of releasing a punk single before The Sex Pistols did.