TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tombesi, P
Y2  - 2014/05/21
Y1  - 2003/01/01
SN  - 1359-1355
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11343/25149
AB  - <jats:p>Until the launch of Federation Square in Melbourne, in 1997, Australia's contribution to the history of international architectural competitions consisted essentially of two buildings: the Sydney Opera House, won by Jørn Utzon in 1957, and the Federal Parliament House in Canberra, won by Mitchell/Giurgola and Thorp (MGT) in 1980. While Utzon's building is widely acknowledged as a daring piece of innovative design and one of the architectural icons of this century, MGT's winning scheme for Parliament House drew heavy criticism from the moment the proposal was unveiled: neo-Classicist lines, a Beaux-Arts <jats:italic>parti</jats:italic>, and the building's occupation of Capital Hill – at the top of the Griffins' 1912 scheme for Canberra – were seen by many as displaying a lack of sensibility towards Australian landscape, culture, and ingenuity, and as the result of a conservative approach to contemporary urban design.</jats:p>
N1  - application/pdf
LA  - en
PB  - Cambridge University Press (CUP)
KW  - Architecture ; Other
T1  - Back to the future: The pragmatic classicism of Australia's Parliament House
DO  - 10.1017/S1359135503002100
IS  - Architectural Research Quarterly
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
SP  - 140-154
ER  -