Murcutt Foundation

Glenn Murcutt International Masterclass

For more than 20 years, the Murcutt Masterclass has welcomed architects from around the world to learn from 4 recipients of the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Architecture; Glenn Murcutt AO, Richard Leplastrier AO, Brit Andresen and Peter Stutchbury. In this episode, Prof Lindsay Johnston explains the origin story - involving a Belfast-born flute player and an ambitious idea that has produced more than 700 alumni in around 80 countries. Hear from Glenn Murcutt and Brit Andresen, and 3 recent participants in the 2024 Murcutt Masterclass as we look forward to welcoming a new cohort of architects and graduates from around the world in July 2026. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

2025 Murcutt Symposium - Glenn Murcutt in closing

The inaugural Murcutt Symposium was held in Sydney, with house tours, talks and social events spanning three days 11-13 September. The climax of the Symposium was an unscheduled, and very personal moment when Glenn Murcutt chose to acknowledge the distances travelled by so many and the passing of dear friends in recent weeks, and the support given to him by all those who attended this first ever Murcutt Symposium. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

2025 Murcutt Symposium - Catherine Hunter on Glenn Murcutt

The inaugural Murcutt Symposium was held this week in Sydney, with house tours, talks and social events spanning three days 11-13 September. Celebrated Australian documentary film maker, Catherine Hunter, has filmed Glenn Murcutt and his work for around 30 years. Two short films by Catherine on Murcutt's life and work have been aired to acclaim worldwide: Spirit of Place and the Cobar Sound Chapel. But Catherine's footage extends beyond these films at a time when funding for arts and cultural works is dwindling. At the close of Catherine Hunter's presentation, the Foundation announced a crowd funding campaign, to be matched by funding from the Foundation, to complete the work of 30 years and produce the definitive documentary on Glenn Murcutt: his life and works. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

2025 Murcutt Symposium - Carol Marra

The inaugural Murcutt Symposium was held in Sydney, with house tours, talks and social events spanning three days 11-13 September. Sydney-based architect Carol Marra's work on the publication 'Design for Climate/ design for change' synthesises precedents drawn from vernacular architecture that has developed in response to specific place-based climatic, cultural and other conditions. Those precedents are explored and explained, and applied in case studies under conditions that are changing along with our climate. These include design for bushfire, heat, flood and wind - elements that are increasingly a feature of natural disaster. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

2025 Murcutt Symposium - Healthy Buildings Breathe

The inaugural Murcutt Symposium was held in Sydney, with house tours, talks and social events spanning three days 11-13 September. A highly interactive afternoon session led by 2010 Gold Medal winning architects Lindsay and Kerry Clare, Ché Wall and former Environment Commissioner, Rod Simpson, questioned whether our current planning and building regulatory settings are really achieving gains in the race to decarbonise our buildings. Limits to natural ventilation and drive towards airtightness can lead to buildings that overheat in Australian conditions unless reliant on mechanical ventilation to avoid the unintended consequences like poorer indoor air quality and mould. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.