Current Work: Glenn Murcutt
Tuesday, Jan 17, 20177 PMEDT
| The Great Hall at The Cooper Union: 7 East 7th Street
New York, NY, USRelated
A conversation with Billie Tsien and Tod Williams on the design of the Australian Islamic Centre.
1.5 AIA and New York State CEUs
Glenn Murcutt will discuss the process of designing the Australian Islamic Centre in Newport, Victoria with architects Billie Tsien and Tod Williams as part of the spring 2017 Current Work series.
In 2004, the Newport Islamic Society awarded the design of its Australian Islamic Center to Glenn Murcutt in collaboration with architect Hakan Elevli of Melbourne-based practice Elevli Plus. Located in a Melbourne suburb, the building was commissioned when the group began to outgrow its previous temporary mosque located in an informal commercial building. The architects consulted with local Islamic architects, imams, and community leaders to gather input on how a new religious center could welcome visitors of all faiths. Their resulting design integrates what is considered to be one of the largest mosques in the country with a community center, library, restaurant, the imam’s residence, basketball courts, a women’s area, and administrative offices in a complex intended to serve multiple publics.
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