William Le Lievre FDIA

William and Keera Le Lievre have enjoyed a successful business partnership in Interior Design and have actively supported the design industry and the arts for almost three decades.

Now retired, the couple formed the business partnership William Le Lievre of Melbourne after their marriage in 1956. The following year they added a retail showroom to their design studio which had opened in Armadale in 1955.

In 1969 they formed the company William Le Lievre Interiors Pty Ltd with an expanded studio and showroom. By 1972 they had moved to a larger premises and incorporated the Le Lievre Centre for Designers, Artist and Craftsmen. William and Keera closed the showroom in 1984 and worked from their home studio until they retired.

Commercial projects included companies such as CIVIL, Dunlop, Tioxide, Repco, Shell, Hungerfords and Pioneer Concrete. Both William and Keera were graduates of the first diploma of Interior Design at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology established by Frederick Stern in 1946.