Talk:Peter Maddison

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Who is Andrew Perkins?[edit]

The "Personal life" section says Maddison "currently lives in Brighton and has a holiday house on Phillip Island. Andrew Perkins also lives in Brighton." Who is Andrew Perkins? What is his relevance to Peter Maddison? I can't find the source linked to, so I'll delete the mention of Andrew Perkins for now. Sadiemonster (talk) 09:34, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted, looks like it was mischieviously added last month. Sionk (talk) 22:02, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Factual Error?[edit]

According to the article Maddison started practicing architecture at age 7 and founded his own practice at age 17. This seems highly improbably!!! While the link below appears to support the professional timeline I remain skeptical given it would appear illegal. I'd wonder if it a matter of primary school work experience or holiday jobs being conflated with professional practice but the second link seems to preclude that.

https://www.lifestyle.com.au/cast/peter-maddison/ http://alumnimagazine.rmit.edu.au/spring-2014/the-unexpected-architect/

Could the birth date simply be wrong? This article: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/lunch-with-peter-maddison-grand-designs-australia-host-20120425-1xm44.html says that he was 57 in 2012 whilst the Wikipedia date would make him about 41. Significant difference!!!

人族 (talk) 11:31, 27 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the date of birth, 15 Feb 1971, is very wrong. If he got his first degree in 1983 then he must have been born at least 1962. I would be inclined to removed the date of birth completely. If we add the fact he graduated in 1983 people can 'do the math' for themselves. Sionk (talk) 11:42, 27 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]