Professor John Denton, in one of his many and varied roles, currently holds the part time position of Victorian Government Architect advising the Premier and Cabinet on achieving better design outcomes for the State.
John Denton completed his architectural and post-graduate planning studies at the University of Melbourne.
In 1972 he founded Denton Corker Marshall with Bill Corker and Barrie Marshall in Melbourne. This firm has become one of the most significant and successful Australian-owned international design practices, with offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, Jakarta and London. The practice currently employs over 120 people.
Denton Corker Marshall is widely acclaimed both in Australia and internationally for the high calibre of its architecture and urban design which is the subject of several prestigious contemporary publications and attracts many prominent design awards.
John Denton's principal interests in both architectural and urban design have shaped a range of projects over many years: he was Director in Charge of the new Australian Embassies in Beijing and Tokyo and a member of the Australian Government Task Force charged with negotiations for redevelopment of the existing embassy site; he was Director in Charge of the Melbourne Museum project, Anzac Hall, the East Building and Gallery redevelopment and the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. He is currently Director in Charge of the new Civil Justice Centre Project in Manchester (UK) as well as directing a range of master planning and residential projects in China.
John Denton lectures on Denton Corker Marshall's work to schools of architecture, professional institutes in Australia and abroad, and as a keynote speaker. He has lectured at the Architecture League in New York and was a Visiting Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of the Arts. He has given the Lloyd Rees Memorial Lecture at the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney. He has lectured at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and at the Glasgow Festival of Architecture and Design.
In 1996 John Denton, Bill Corker and Barrie Marshall were made the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medallists for that year, the most prestigious award the RAIA bestows.