GLENN MURCUTT

Glen Murcutt was born on the 25 July 1936 in London. He grew up in the highlands of New Guinea on the Upper Watut River, With five siblings his Australian Mum and Dad.

In 1922 his family had to escape from New Guinea because of the Pacific War, the invasion of the Japanese. His family then moved to Sydney.

Glenn didn’t know how to

speak English only pidgin

English which he learnt in

New Guinea. At the age

of 8 his family decided to

send him to school. At the

age of 15 he then

decided he wanted to

become an architect.

He got married to his wife

Helen .Glenn want to

experience Europe's

architecture so Helen and

Glenn went to Europe.

They had a son Nicholas

and his wife sister was

also brutally murder so

they decide to move back

to Australia.

In 1969 he designed a

house for his brother . That

house was followed

immediately by a house for

Laurie Short (his mum).

Both these buildings

received recognition. He

has won the Oscar, the big

Nobel Prize for

architecture,and also the

Pritzker Prize.

Brothers house

mothers house

His houses often featured corrugated iron with the ribs laid horizontally, creating a feeling to the landscape instead of competing with it. Few of his designs called for air-conditioning. The flow of air was controlled through the implementation of slatted roofs, screens, and blinds; wide eaves provided shelter from the sun.

Glen Murcutt is an

amazing architect. His

designs very

environmentally friendly

and his buildings made of

low-impact materials.

“Murcutt’s houses are

fine-tuned to the land and

weather”

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