A Short Introduction
Mr Poole was born in Ipswich in 1934 into a family of 3 children. His family was well known and were held in high esteem (Walker, 2003). As a boy he was a rebel of sorts, refusing to adapt to common ways. He has said that his life as a young boy he was stricken with pain, mainly coming from his father a doctor with little time for his sons. He didn't get much time to spend with him and was treated as a play thing; good for a bit of fun when he felt like it. Gabriel has said, “I suppose I always thought Dad as pretty much a joke because that’s the only way I ever saw him (Walker, 2003).” With no responsibility for guidance and discipline from his father, Gabriel had relied on his mother for everything. His mother was an extremely intelligent and creative woman, she had designed their home with the builder, when they moved to Cleveland. His mother had taught him the quality of gentleness and love and instilled in him the ability to perceive and appreciate beauty. She also taught him to persevere and to keep going when the going got tough (Walker, 2003). He became interested in architecture through his mothers influence and was taught outside of university by Robin Gibson, John Dalton and Don Winson (Staff members of Brisbane based Theo Thyne’s office). He continued to challenge what he learnt in school as they were not teaching for the Australian climate (Walker, 2003). Poole did not believe in the ways that were being taught.
He has now won many awards one being the RAIA Gold Medal for lifetime service to the profession (Architecture Media, 2011).
The following research is his most innovative house thus far; the Lake Weyba House 1996 (Walker, 2003).
