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. 

Murcutt is respected in the profession for his one-man practice that has amassed a large portfolio of small, yet deeply influential, works over the course of his decades-long career. Notable projects include a modernist wool shed in NSW (the Marie Short house); the Magney House, which is often considered his most famous residence; the Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre; and the recent Australian Islamic Center. 

Known for his environmentally sensitive and responsible designs, the site at Queen Victoria Gardens promises much inspiration for the Australian architect. In a statement, Murcutt said: "MPavilion is such an interesting, assiduous project and I’m honored to be commissioned.”