For a Texan, lessons from Australia’s outback resonate b y M e e t a Aw a s t h i M orr i so n
“We all have to do ordinary things but to do ordinary things in extraordinary ways.” I heard Glenn Murcutt’s inspired words on my first evening of his Master Class Riversdale, in West Cambewarra, New South Wales, Australia. In July 2003, I had the good fortune to be part of the Master Class taught by Glenn Murcutt. I had admired Murcutt’s work published in books and magazines over the years and read a little
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Photos courtesy Lindsay Johnston, Architecture Foundation Australia (www.ozetecture.org); Meeta Morrison
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Learning from Glenn Murcutt