The Marika-Alderton house is an undisputed masterpiece within Glenn Murcutt’s work. The compositional, formal and constructive solutions used by the Australian architect make it the ideal case study for a broader analysis of the relationships between tectonics and architectural design. The Marika-Alderton house offers an opportunity to grasp the validity and resistance in time of the compositional and constructive principles indicated by Marc-Antoine Laugier in his An Essay on Architecture and proves the ongoing success of the archetype of the primitive hut removed from any space-time factors.

Alberto Bologna
The resistance of Laugier. The classicism of Murcutt
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isbn 9788862423793
book series Alleli | Research
number 39
current edition 6 / 2019
first edition 6 / 2019
language Italian/English
size 14.8x21cm
pages 144
print color
binding paperback
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the author

Alberto Bologna is assistant professor of architecture and urban design at DAD-Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino.



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