Frank Gibson Costello

Frank Gibson Costello (1903–1987) was an Australian architect. A number of his works are now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

Early life Frank Costello was born in Sydney on 1 February 1903, the son of Richard and Isabella Costello. He attended North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney Technical College. In this role he designed a range of utilitarian structures such as electricity substations, public toilets and bomb shelters (during World War II). He also used his town planning skills to improve the Brisbane central business district by removing markets and wharves and introducing parks and gardens. He tried to introduce a green belt around Brisbane to maintain a separation from its satellite suburbs such as Sandgate, Wynnum, but there was opposition from those who would profit by the sale of the land for houses as well as fears that it would drive up prices within the green belt to unaffordable levels; following a successful legal challenge, the green belt proposal did not proceed. In 1952, the election victory of the Australian Labor Party in the Brisbane City Council resulted in many sackings of senior council staff including Costello. Howard Smith Wharves in Brisbane central business district Mt Coot-tha Lookout & Kiosk