Eleanor Cullis-Hill

Eleanor Cullis–Hill (4 November 1913 – 8 September 2001) was an Australian architect. Running a solo practice from her home between 1946 and 1981, she designed dozens of buildings and renovations, mostly residential, on Sydney's North Shore.

Early life and education Cullis–Hill was born Eleanor Beresford Grant in 1913 in Warrawee, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. Her father was Joseph Beresford Grant, a businessman in real estate. She attended Frensham School in Mittagong and went on to study architecture at the University of Sydney, Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning. She graduated in 1938.

Career Cullis–Hill began working as a professional architect after the Second World War. In a contract position with the New South Wales Housing Commission, she designed houses as part of Sydney's postwar reconstruction boom. In total, she designed more than 30 houses and around 50 residential alterations. She also designed church and school buildings:

Family In 1938 she married Grandison Cullis-Hill, a fellow architecture student at the University of Sydney who partnered with Rupert Minnert in architectural practice in Crows Nest. Her two eldest daughters, Caroline Martin and Josephine Roberts, also became architects.