Walter Burley Griffin b. 1876

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
In addition to his achievements as an architect and town planner in the USA and Australia, the Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin practice designed furniture for the Melbourne Cafe Australia and Newman College, University of Melbourne.

Citations

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’97/308/1 Light fitting and storage box, from the Capitol Theatre in Melbourne, wood / plaster / glass / metal, designed by Marion Mahony Griffin and Walter Burley Griffin, manufacturer unknown, Australia, 1921-24’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/158184

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’85/736 Bricks (7), 'Knitlock’, concrete, designed by Walter Burley Griffin, Australia, 1960-69’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/52598

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Light fitting designed by Walter Burley Griffin’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/141752

  • Harrison, Peter (1983), 'Griffin, Walter Burley (1876 – 1937)’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, pp 107-110.

  • Terence Lane. One Hundred Modern Chairs. Natl Gallery of Victoria, 1974

Initial data sources

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