Australian architect Glenn Murcutt to design 2019 MPavilion, now in its sixth year

2019-02-19T14:10:00-05:00

The Pritzker Prize-winning Australian architect Glenn Murcutt will design this year's MPavilion, a temporary structure erected each spring in Melbourne's historic Queen Victoria Gardens.

Now in its sixth iteration, the annual commission—an initiative of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation—is Australia's answer to the UK's widely popular Serpentine Pavilion. Others to have designed the months-long installation include Spanish architect Carme Pinós, Rem Koolhaas & David Gianotten of OMA, and Bijoy Jain, among others.

Mr. Murcutt, 82, is only the second Australian architect to be commissioned for the project, following Sean Godsell, who designed the inaugural pavilion in 2014. Murcutt is widely considered as one of the country's most profound architects, and is recognized for his designs that carry a distinctive Australian character. He doesn’t build outside Australia.

Magney House, Bingie Point (1982–84). Photo by Anthony Browell.

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Australian architect Glenn Murcutt to design 2019 MPavilion, now in its sixth year