Locating Giurgola
From Philadelphia School to Global Practice
This research focuses on the life and work of Italo-American architect Romaldo Giurgola, situating his work in its architectural, historical and biographical contexts across the second half of the twentieth century.
This life and works project is the first major systematic assessment of the architectural career of architect Romaldo Giurgola (1920-2016), the principal designer of Australian Parliament House. It will review all known archives relating to his life and works, including significant collections in North America and Australia, and it will survey the full range of his architectural projects.
The project expects to result in a new and complete assessment of Giurgola's architecture, figuring important Australian buildings into an international landscape of professional practice. The primary outcome of this project will be a large critical catalogue, presenting the full extent of his career for the first time and locating APH in that career in new terms.
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Associate Professor Cameron Logan presents an introduction to Locating Giurgola at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Associate ʰǴڱǰCameron Logan, University of Sydney
Catherine Lassen, University of Sydney
ʰǴڱǰAndrew Leach, University of Sydney
Professor Philip Goad, University of Melbourne
Dr AnnMarie Brennan, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Denise Costanzo, The Pennsylvania State University
Professor Paolo Tombesi, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland
William Whittaker, University of Pennsylvania
The project is funded through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project (DP) scheme under the number DP220101537.
Image: Photography by Neil Fenelon, 2011
