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what is authenticity?




AR: Your buildings are quiet but also have a kind of difference. In fact, you’ve been credited with creating a modern Australian architecture. How did your approach evolve?

Glenn Murcutt: The difference in my architecture grew out of circumstance. For the first 10 years, my practice did almost nothing but alterations and additions, but I learned that there were many ways to solve a problem. Those small projects built up a way of thinking and doing things that applies to all scales of work. I see myself as trying to create an architecture of its place, of its time, of its technology, of its culture.


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