Born: 1936 in London, England
Residence: Sydney, Australia
Education: Architecture at UNSW - 1956 to 1961
Awards: Glenn Murcutt has won many important awards, including:
- 1992: Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal
- 2002: Pritzker Prize
- 2009: American Institute of Architects Gold Medal
"...Glen Murcutt's powerful architectural poetic most tellingly conveyed by the building lodged in the landscape; the building as line, holding the horizon and calibrating infinity; the building in submission - not subjugating the land; the building as an expression of ideology and rationalism; the building as embodiment of an existential contract of human freedom and responsibility, confronting the unavoidable destruction that accompanies human occupation."
Haig Beck and Jackie Cooper
Glenn Murcutt was born in London 1936. The family moved to Australia, in 1941, at the outset of the war. Due to his father's influence Murcutt, at a very early age, became acquainted with the work of architects such as Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright. His education was acheived at the Sydney Technical College, from which he graduated in 1961. Some of his early work experience was with Neville Gruzman, Allen & Jack, and Ancher, Mortlock and Woolley. Murcutt began his Sydney practice in 1969. A specific response to nature has made Murcutt famous for being able to express a specifically Australian form, focused on light, space, movement, ventilation and sun control. In 1992 Glenn Murcutt was presented with the Alvar Aalto Award in Finland, adding to an impressive list of Australian awards, which includes the Gold Medal from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in 1992. The Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to Murcutt in 2002.
He has before him a large experience pool in green energy buildings influenced by the climate, culture and enviroment of Australia. Murcutt chooses materials that are economical and easy to obtain including glass, brick, timber and more notably corrugated iron.
Marika-Alderton House
Partly inspired from Aboriginal culture the house is raised by stilts to trap cooler air underneath and exhaust hot air through outlets above. As with most Murcutt's buildings they are strategically positioned to utilize the wind currents and sun's position.
The Magney House
The large sweeping roof is the only non-rectilinear element of the structure, and is Murcutt’s defining gesture of the Magney house. It consists of two convex arcs spreading out in opposite directions from the middle of the building.
In deciding on the appropriate material, Murcutt considers not only its immediate environmental impact, but he weighs the total energy consumption needed.
References:
Marika-Alderton House - http://architecture.about.com/od/houses/ss/marikaalderton.htm Retrieved 19 - 08 - 2010
Waterloo Architecture - http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/ Retrieved 14 - 09 - 2010
Portrait Pic Glenn Murcutt - http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/collection_info.php?searchtype=advanced&searchstring=:::::1\:&irn=1175 Retrieved 19 - 08 - 2010
State Library NSW - http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemdetailpaged.aspx?itemid=874625 Retrieved 14 - 09 - 2010
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