Collection 14: Glenn Murcutt architectural drawings; with Glenn Murcutt and Wendy Lewin joint drawings, 1973-2019

ARCH 37

sub-fonds

1973, 1987-2019, predominant 2001-2019

Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings

9661414

1,602 architectural drawings (13 folders) - pen, ink & pencil on tracing paper, ink on film, ink & pencil on paper, photocopies, CAD drawings, prints

This collection comprises twelve projects including: Glenn Murcutt and Wendy Lewin’s designs for the Australian Opal Centre, Lightning Ridge, a subterranean museum located adjacent to an open-cut opal mine in outback New South Wales; and plans for their own house in Mosman, a Federation semi with modern additions from which Murcutt works. Also included are Glenn Murcutt’s designs for the MPavilion in Melbourne, one of Australia’s leading architecture commissions, as well as various residential works both in New South Wales and interstate, including designs for proposed guest accommodation at Lerida Estate Winery.

Glenn Murcutt architectural drawings:
Folder 1
Dunstan house, Anna Bay, Newcastle, 1992-1993, includes plans, elevation, section, perspective design sketches. 40 drawings

Lerida Estate Winery, guest accommodation, 2001-2003, includes plan, elevation, section, survey and engineering sketches. 21 drawings

Berlina house, Western Australia for Will Berlina and Ali Jobson, 2007-2008, includes plan, elevation, section, site study, survey, aerial view, costings and correspondence. 61 drawings

Folder 2
Hansen house, Springhill Rd, Meryla, New South Wales for Fergus Hansen and L. Power, 2013-2017, includes plans, elevation, sections, elevations, details, survey, construction set with annotations (preliminary) and site plan. 95 drawings

Folder 3
Artist in residence, Horsham, South Australia, 2013-2016, includes plans, elevations, sections, site analysis, survey and aerial view and misc. office copies of original notes. 162 drawings

Folder 4
Allen house, Robertson, Alterations and Additions, 2012-2015, includes plans, elevations, sections, working drawing, site studies and ephemera, office notes, tech. sheets. 115 drawings

Folder 5
Guest accommodation, Upper Brookfield, Brisbane, QLD for architect Stephen Kitching, 2008-2011, includes plans, site study, perspective, surveys and correspondence. 86 drawings

Folder 6
Nolan house, Mosman, 122 Awaba St., "Pre-Built" modular house project, 2005-2008, includes plans, elevations, section, site study, surveys, photograph, ephemera, office notes, tech. sheets. 133 drawings

Folder 7
MPavilion Victoria Gardens, Melbourne, with Naomi Milgram Foundation, 2017-Mar 2019, includes plan, elevation, CAD output, site plan, ephemera, office notes, tech. sheets and Fabric remnant from project, ID'ed as "Ceconite". 101 drawings

Glenn Murcutt and Wendy Lewin architectural drawings:
Folder 8
Ong residence, Cobcroft Winery, Western Australia for Christina & B.S. Ong, 2008, includes plans, elevations, perspective, site studies and survey. 112 drawings

Folder 9
Australian Opal Centre, Lightning Ridge, 2003-2005, includes plans, elevations, section, perspective, site plans and study, ephemera, office notes, tech. sheets. 137 drawings

Murcutt - Lewin house, Mosman, 1973, 1987, 1999, 2001-2003. 112 drawings:
Folder 10
Plans and perspectives

Folder 11
Elevations, sections, and site studies

Folder 12-13
Formal plans

POSTERS
Posters advertising Glenn Murcutt address at the University of Liechtenstein, 17 June 2013 and XXII Canova International Architect Encounter, 22 June 2013 have been catalogued separately at Call No.:
3 printed posters

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Glenn Murcutt and Wendy Lewin
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder