Glenn Murcutt aggregated collection of architectural drawings and related papers, 1961-2017

fonds

1961-2017

Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Textual Records, Ephemera

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Glenn Murcutt (1936-) was born in London while his parents were travelling and spent his early childhood in the Upper Watut area of Papua New Guinea. The family returned to Australia, in 1941, at the outset of the war in the Pacific. 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 architectural education was gained 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.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

COLLECTION 01-04
Glenn Murcutt architectural drawings, sketches, plans and associated documentation

COLLECTION 05
Glenn Murcutt architectural plans and related manuscripts, for Bradley House, Hunters Hill; Oslen House, Norton Summit; Fletcher Page House, Kangaroo Valley; Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre 'Riversdale' Cambewarra, in association with Wendy Lewin & Reg Lark, 1992-1998

COLLECTION 06
Glenn Murcutt, Carter House, Kangaloon, 1996-2000

COLLECTION 07
Glenn Murcutt further architectural plans, correspondence and business papers, 1974-2002

COLLECTION 08
Glenn Murcutt architectural practice records, 1962, 1969-1983 and personal records, 1961-1979

COLLECTION 09
Glenn Murcutt further architectural plans, drawings and ephemera

COLLECTION 10
Glenn Murcutt further architectural drawings and correspondence, 1980-2008

COLLECTION 11
Glenn Murcutt further architectural drawings, 1963-2007

COLLECTION 12
Glenn Murcutt further architectural drawings, 1974-2011

COLLECTION 13

Glenn Murcutt architectural drawings and related papers; with Glenn Murcutt and Wendy Lewin joint architectural drawings, 2001-2017

Copyright restrictions may apply:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Selected published sources about Glenn Murcutt and his works and projects:¶¶Leaves of iron : Glenn Murcutt, pioneer of an Australian architectural form / Philip Drew. Sydney : Law Book Co., 1985¶¶Three houses, Glenn Murcutt / E.M. Farrelly London : Phaidon, 1993¶¶Glenn Murcutt : works and projects / Françoise Fromonot. London : Thames and Hudson, 1995¶¶Touch this earth lightly : Glenn Murcutt in his own words / Philip Drew. Potts Points, N.S.W. : Duffy & Snellgrove, 1999¶¶Glenn Murcutt : disegni per otto case / a cura di Nicola Flora, Paolo Giardiello, Gennaro Postiglione ; prefazione di Francesco Dal Co. Napoli [Italy] : CLEAN, c1999¶¶Glenn Murcutt : a singular architectural practice / edited by Haig Beck and Jackie Cooper. Mulgrave, Victoria : Images Publishing Group, 2002¶¶Glenn Murcutt : buildings + projects 1962-2003 / Françoise Fromonot ; [translated from the French by Charlotte Ellis]. London : Thames & Hudson, 2003¶¶Glenn Murcutt, architect / [published by] Michael Tommasi and Liisa Naar. Rozelle, NSW : 01 Editions Pty Ltd, 2006