tag: marion mahoney
Design 29: creating a capital
posted 03.13 in events.
Design 29: creating a capital offers a once in a century opportunity to view up close the original designs of the 1911 Federal Capital City Design Competition finalists. On display are the internationally acclaimed designs by Walter Burley and...
Grand Visions - Centenary of the Capital Plan
posted 05.12 in events.
An exhibition celebrating 100 years since the plan for Australia’s National Capital was announced. The plans and renderings produced by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin are internationally recognised as among the great...
An Ideal City - The 1912 Competition to Design Canberra
posted 08.09 in resources.
A fascinating look at all of the 46 shortlisted entries for the 1912 competition to design Canberra, provided by the National Archives. Entries by Eliel Saarinen and Berrnard Maybeck are included.
Visions Splendid
posted 06.09 in resources.
“Christopher Vernon examines four newly acquired architectural drawings by Marion Mahony Griffin, which highlight the evolution of her distinctive graphic technique.”
Griffin Society
posted 06.09 in resources.
“Established in 1988 in Sydney, Australia, the Society commemorates the lives and works of Walter Burley Griffin (1876–1937) and Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961) and promotes the environmental ideals and community life they fostered in...
Wright and women architects
posted 06.09 in news.
Beverly Willis launched her new short film, “A Girl Is A Fellow Here”: 100 Women Architects in the Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright, at the Guggenheim in New York on Wednesday. Marion Mahoney (1871–1961) gets a mention in this Metropolis article...
Walter Burley Griffin & Marion Mahoney
posted 02.08 in resources.
Amercian architects who did much important work in Australia, most notably the planning of Canberra, and the designs for Capitol Theatre and Newman College (both in Melbourne), and the Castle Crag community in Sydney.
Marion Mahoney
posted 01.08 in news.
The Americans are starting to discover who Marion Mahoney Griffin was. About time. This New York Times article reveals to its readership how to pronounce “Mahoney” before attributing a good chunk of Frank Lloyd Wright’s early fame...
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