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• Architecture | Walter Burley Griffin Society Incorporated

  Architecture ‘In these days of architectural renaissance…all the world over men are beginning to speak their minds in what is almost a new language in wood and stone, so that the force of new ideas an...

• Events | Walter Burley Griffin Society Incorporated

  Restoration Castlecrag – guided walk and open house Also on Sunday 13 August 2023 Special viewing of the Duncan House’s interiors and garden. Designed by Walter Burley Griffin and built in 1934 with a...

• Landscape Architecture | Walter Burley Griffin Society Incorporated

  Landscape Architecture ‘I want Castlecrag to be built so that each individual can feel the whole landscape is his.  No fences, no boundaries, no red roofs to spoil the Australian landscape: these are ...

• Major Works | Walter Burley Griffin Society Incorporated

  Major Works Walter Burley Griffin’s career, interconnected as it was with that of Marion Mahony Griffin, was rich in achievement and spanned three continents—the United States of America, Australia an...

• Philosophy | Walter Burley Griffin Society Incorporated

  Philosophy ‘The immediate source of inspiration for the Griffins was Louis Sullivan and his over-arching conception of democracy as the highest form of emancipation in all spheres of life.’ (Professor...

• Unbuilt Designs | Walter Burley Griffin Society Incorporated

  Most architects have many unbuilt projects, but Walter Burley Griffin had many for various reasons. Firstly, Griffin was a pioneer of modern design. He designed according to the environment of the sit...