Murcutt tells students, "it's all about how much you put in to it"

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2006 / November 30

Internationally acclaimed Australian architect Glenn Murcutt only designs buildings in his own country - partly because he believes that you should understand a culture, climate and land (among many other factors) - to create a building that has a symbiotic relationship with its place. Yet he has shared his knowledge in universities across the world and currently holds professorships in Yale and Seattle and, since last week, the DIT Dublin School of Architecture at Bolton Street, in a three-year term sponsored by building materials group CRH. In his inaugural lecture at the RDS last week Murcutt raced through projects - speaking faster and faster - so much to teach, so little time, yet in one-to-one conversation he discusses issues more slowly in a gentle Aussie accent. But the same passion is there.

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