10.11.2011 to 13.02.2012
Glenn Murcutt. architecture for place
ARCHITEKTUR, ART
Glenn Murcutt. architecture for place
Date: Nov 10 to Feb 13 2012
Opening: Wed, Nov 9, 19:00
Venue: Architekturzentrum Wien, Alte Halle
Glenn Murcutt, awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2002 and Australia\'s most prominent architect, applies his creativity solely to smaller projects that enable him to work alone and to conserve the environmental framework with projects that blend into their setting. His buildings are all to be found in Australia. The exhibition presents a selection of his realised project - primarily private houses -and approaches his special method of working as \"thinking in drawings\". Drawings represent an essential instrument of discovery in his work: the hand that completes the drawing reaches solutions long before these have been worked out by the intellect. The photographs by Anthony Bowell provide a testimonial to the harmony between the buildings and nature. Long before the international trend towards sustainability Murcutt had long anticipated it in his own architectural principles.
Guided tours
Date: Wed Nov 16, Dec 14, Jan 11, Feb 8, 18:00
tour guide: Alexander Pirker, Az W, in German language
www.azw.at