‘Floats above the landscape’: the architect whose designs touch the earth lightly

Glenn Murcutt pioneered architecture that was sensitive to its environment, and accomodating to changing temperatures and wildlife. The house teaches you things, Lynne Eastaway says. Today, a choir of cicadas fill the scrub with a rhythm that rises and falls. On other days, there may be visits from birds, goannas, echidnas, wombats, wallabies and kangaroos.“The bush ends, and the house begins,” she says. “You’re not the centre; you’re just part of it. That’s the thing you learn. Continue reading...