Glenn Murcutt (born 25 July 1936) is a Britishborn Australian architect and winner of the 2002 Pritzker Prize and 2009AIA Gold Medal and a lecturer at UNSW. Murcutt's motto, 'touch the earth lightly', convinces him to design his works to fit into the Australian landscape features with a minimal impact to the surrounding environment. His works are highly economical and multi-functional. Murcutt pays close attention to the environment including factors such as wind direction, water movement, temperature and light surrounding his sites before he designs the building itself which is linked strongly to my current project and its hypothesis. As stated in the Pritzer Prize announcement, Murcutt is, “an innovative architectural technician who is capable of turning his sensitivity to the environment and to locality into forthright, totally honest, non-showy works of art."
Architecture Foundation Australia, Available: http://www.ozetecture.org/
Steve Dow, Journalist, Available: Stevedow.com.au
Design Futures Council Senior Fellows, Available: http://www.di.net/about/senior_fellows/
Examples of ecologically sustainable integrations into buildings:
The above building designed by Glenn Murcutt is very similar to the East Brighton House
by Zen Architects which I have based my work on.
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