Sydney-based architect Glenn Murcutt has been named Australia’s first Praemium Imperiale laureate – an annual prize awarded by the Japan Art Association. Designed to honour “fields of achievement not covered by the Nobel Prizes”, the program selects winners in architecture, painting, music and sculpture, with each receiving five million yen ($61,000). As the 2021 architecture laureate, […]
A regional cultural tourism facility celebrating Australia’s national gemstone has announced the appointment of Root Partnerships as project manager for its new multi-million-dollar energyefficient, largely underground building. The new Australian Opal Centre (AOC) will be a world centre for opal-related education and training, certification, scientific research, art and culture. The long-anticipated off-grid building, designed by renowned Australian architects Wendy Lewin and […]
Revered Australian architect Glenn Murcutt’s design for the 2019 MPavilion has been revealed today, with the structure described by the Pritzker Prize winner as “a crisp white building that will be lit at night like a lantern”. The design, which consists of a steel-framed rectangular building with wing-like trusses covered in translucent fabric, was influenced by […]
Australian architect Glenn Murcutt, who is the only Australian to be awarded a Pritzker Prize, has picked up the gig of MPavilion architect 2019. Australia’s most recognised architect, Murcutt is internationally respected for his environmentally sensitive, distinctly Australian architecture. He has received the Alvar Aalto Medal, the Australian Institute of Architects and the American Institute of Architects […]