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Crocodile Murcutt

Friday 26 April 2002

Australian architect Glenn Murcutt will receive the Pritzker Architectural Prize in Rome next Monday. The jury chairman said

Glenn Murcutt occupies a unique place in today's ar­chi­tec­tural firmament. In an age obsessed with celebrity, the glitz of our ‘starchitects,’ backed by large staffs and copious pub­lic relations support, dominate the headlines. As a total contrast, our laureate works in a one-person office on the other side of the world from much of the ar­chi­tec­tural at­ten­tion, yet has a waiting list of clients, so intent is he to give each project his personal best. He is an innovative architectural technician who is capable of turning his sens­it­iv­ity to the environment and to locality into forth­right, totally honest, non-showy works of art. Bravo!

And from me too, bravo!

Yesterday's New York Times ran a story about him under the headline Glenn Murcutt: Crocodile Dundee With a T-Square. Yes, well…

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