Three Houses: New South Wales 1974-84 Glenn Murcutt (Architecture in Detail)
By E. M. Farrelly.
Description
Murcutt's houses bring together the minimalist Miesian pavilion with the primitive hut to produce a new, striking and peculiarly Australian synthesis. The three houses covered in this volume chart the development of his unique style. The Marie Short House, with its shed-like appearance, inaugurated the architect's primitive treatment of form. Despite its tough exterior, the timber-lined interior of the building is a masterpiece of delicacy and warmth. The Ball-Eastaway House, designed for two artists as a dual gallery and dwelling place, takes the primitive aesthetic further and i...
ISBN(s)
0714828750, 9780714828756
