El Croquis on Glenn Murcutt

A splendid new publication on on the life and works of Glenn Murcutt has been released by El Croquis as a double Issue 163/164 December 2012. It includes an extensive interview conversation with Murcutt by Sean Godsell and an essay, 'Feathers of Metal', by his good frined Finnish architect and writer Juhani Pallasmaa. There are, in all, 415 large format pages with thorough coverage of projects from his seminal Marie Short House 1974-75, many of his subsequent houses, the Bowali Visitor Centre done with Troppo Architects 1993-99 , the Boyd Education Centre 19987-99 done with Wendy Lewin and Reg Lark, his most recent house in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and two current projects, a Mosque  outside Melbourne currently under construction, and a proposed Opal Museum for outback Lightning Ridge. The publication includes many Glenn conceptual sketches, superb photography by Anthony Browell and facsimile copies of many of Glenn's working drawings. An exhibition of Murcutt's work is currently showing at CIVA in Brussels until 20 January 2013 and opens at the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki on 6 March until 26 May 2013. The annual Glenn Murcutt International Architecture Master Class takes place with Glenn Murcutt, Professor Brit Andresen, Richard Leplastrier and Peter Stutchbury at the Boyd Education Centre in 2013 from 22 September to 6 October. Images of Murcutt projects, and information on the Murcutt Exhibition and Master Class are on - www.ozetecture.org