Shedding the Shed

Stead, NJ

Shedding the Shed

Stead, NJ

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Publisher:: The University of Canberra
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: UnAustralia: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia, 2006, pp. 1 - 8
Issue Date:: 2006-01

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dc.contributor.author	Stead, NJ	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Magee, P	en_US
dc.date	2006-12-06	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	UnAustralia: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia, 2006, pp. 1 - 8	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/1389
dc.description.abstract	The vast geographic size and climatic diversity of Australia, not to mention the heterogenous character of its population, makes a mockery of any singular idea of a national architectural identity. But that has not stopped many from wishing and looking for one. In this respect, the way that the architect Glenn Murcutt s work has been received, both locally and internationally, is instructive. As the most highlyawarded architect in Australia s history, Murcutt s influence looms large over the local scene. Australian architecture in general, and Murcutt s work in particular, is often framed as a direct, unfussy and authentic response to specific qualities of landscape, climate, local traditions and materials. We might call this the tradition of refined sheds. But it is also interesting to examine what is excluded by this tradition, what it passes over, what might be its dialectical opposite what might be, in short, an unAustralian architecture, a shedding of the shed.	en_US
dc.publisher	The University of Canberra	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	UnAustralia: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	UnAustralia	en_US
dc.title	Shedding the Shed	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Canberra, Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Canberra, Australia	en_US
utslib.for	1201 Architecture	en_US
dc.location.activity	Canberra, Australia	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Architecture
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pubs.place-of-publication	Canberra, Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

The vast geographic size and climatic diversity of Australia, not to mention the heterogenous character of its population, makes a mockery of any singular idea of a national architectural identity. But that has not stopped many from wishing and looking for one. In this respect, the way that the architect Glenn Murcutt s work has been received, both locally and internationally, is instructive. As the most highlyawarded architect in Australia s history, Murcutt s influence looms large over the local scene. Australian architecture in general, and Murcutt s work in particular, is often framed as a direct, unfussy and authentic response to specific qualities of landscape, climate, local traditions and materials. We might call this the tradition of refined sheds. But it is also interesting to examine what is excluded by this tradition, what it passes over, what might be its dialectical opposite what might be, in short, an unAustralian architecture, a shedding of the shed.

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