(LACHLAN MACQUARIE AWARD)
THE GLASS HOUSE CRACKNELL AND LONERGAN ARCHITECTS
(COUNTRY) Cammeraygal
(LOCATION) Castlecrag, New South Wales
(JURY CITATION)
The Glass House is a legendary building with a significant place in social and disciplinary histories of architecture – particularly in Sydney but also beyond – presenting a vivid response to the Australian landscape which reaches far beyond its beautiful Castlecrag site.
There is a lucidity and rigour to the original Bill and Ruth Lucas design, which is as elegant as it is enduring. Standing on a breathtakingly fine structure over a rocky gully site, it offers the most minimal envelope imaginable as a place
