Winner of the 2009 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal
Glenn Murcutt is an internationally acclaimed Australian architect who
for five years taught a series of master studios for graduate
architecture students at the University of Washington. This book
combines examples of the students' studio work with edited transcripts
of Murcutt's public lectures and sessions with students, professionals,
and Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa to produce a multifaceted
portrait of Glenn Murcutt as a teacher. Essays set the studios in the
context of an inquiry into the local practice of a global architecture.
The studio work shows an application, in the Northwest environment, of
Murcutt's fundamental principles. These projects often present
architecture that has a precise engagement with local conditions and the
natural environment. The collected studio work shows a full progression
from site sketches through detail development, in drawings and models.