ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 411
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Jan 16 14:49:03 PST 2009
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GLENN MURCUTT GOLD MEDAL
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In locations from the far reaches of the Northern
Territory to suburban New South Wales, Australian
architect Glenn Murcutt has created modernist houses
remarkable for their supreme sensitivity to climate,
surroundings, and environment.
A true sole practitioner, Murcutt chooses mostly to
design single-family dwellings, and only in Australia.
The resulting structures attest to the depth of
attention he affords each project.
Murcutt's design work shows the influence of the rural
Australian shed vernacular, the Aboriginal people of
Western Australia, and Mies van der Rohe. He combines
metals, concrete, wood, masonry, stone, and glass.
Cladding of corrugated iron and straightforward, open
plans are common in his houses.
The American Institute of Architects has recognized
Murcutt's mastery - and his international influence -
in awarding him the 2009 AIA Gold Medal.
In his nomination of Murcutt for the award, Tom Howorth,
FAIA, wrote, "[T]here are few individuals who can claim
sole and original authorship of a convincing body of
significant architecture. Standing tallest among those
few is Glenn Murcutt."
"While some might characterize a single-continent
geographic range of work as 'regional,' the effect of
Mr. Murcutt's is amplified by impassioned and extensive
lectures and a commitment to teaching throughout the
world," added Howorth.
Murcutt's work also embodies a deeply, intrinsically
sustainable approach. "Recently our architectural field
experienced an 'ecological boom,'" writes Tadao Ando.
"However, without relation to such a trend of time,
Glenn Murcutt has always been focusing on the
geographical and regional conditions, from the very
beginning of his career."
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Pictou Landing Health Center
by Giancarlo La Giorgia
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The new medical clinic and community center in the
Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia recalls a
longhouse, the traditional winter lodge of the Mi'kmaq.
Sustainably harvested spruce poles, six to eight inches
(15 to 20 centimeters) in diameter, are bent and lashed
together at the tops. Like a giant wooden model of a
whale's ribcage, clad with rows of oversized spruce
shingles, the peaked frame is an adaptation of
traditional Native bent-wood construction.
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