Glenn Murcutt

Glenn Murcutt Is Australia'S best-known & internationally respected architect. His design method & philosophy are explored in depth through concept sketches, working drawings & the plans he makes to show his architectural ideas to his clients.

The Drawings of Glenn Murcutt

The Images Publishing Group

Jackie Cooper

Haig Beck

Glenn Murcutt is one of the world s most celebrated living architects, and is widely hailed as Australia s architect laureate. He was awarded the Pritzker Prize in May 2002, and is one of only seven recipients of the prestigious Alvar Aalto Medal. This a

A Singular Architectural Practice

Based on the acclaimed Australian architect's series of master studios for graduate architecture students at the University of Washington, this book combines examples of the students' studio work, Murcutt's public lectures, and essays setting the studios into the context of an inquiry about the local practice of a global architecture.

University of Washington Master Studios and Lectures

Kenneth Frampton

Malcolm Quantrill

Brian MacKay-Lyons

It's been our distinct pleasure over the past few years to publish monographs on a select group of young architects and firms whose work represents the best of contemporary design thinking while retaining a distinctive regional sensibility. The Nova-Scotian architect Brian MacKay-Lyons fits neatly into this distinguished list, which includes Marlon Blackwell in the Ozarks, Rick Joy in the Southwest, andMiller/Hull in the Northwest. Those familiar with Nova Scotia understand the austere beauty of this Canadian landscape, with its wide open skies and rugged terrain pushing up against the Atlantic. MacKay-Lyons's work responds to this unique topography and to the vernacular building traditions that define its communities. His houses, commercial buildings, and public projects combine regional forms with local materials, technologies, and building practices to create works that are linked to their environments right down to their DNA.Peaked gables, shed roofs, and sliding doors are inspired by local barn types; corrugated metal cladding comes from the buildings used by the areas fishing industry; structural wooden frames are based on local ship-building traditions. These elements communicate a sense of place that is sophisticated, accessible, and free of sentimentality. Novelist and historian Malcolm Quantrill weaves together an intimate portrait of MacKay-Lyons and his work, elucidating the "peculiar regionality" of his subject's architecture. A New Voices monograph published with The Graham Foundation.

The Architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons

Plain Modern

E. M. Farrelly

Murcutt's houses combine the minimalist Miesian pavilion with the primitive hut to produce a striking and peculiarly Australian synthesis. These three houses chart the development of Murcutt's unique style, demonstrating his alliance of refinement and primitiveness.

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