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	Walter Burley Griffin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Griffin is best known for his role in designing Canberra, Australia's capital city, however he has also been credited with the development of the L-shaped floor plan, the carport, and the first use of reinforced concrete.
		Griffin was born in Maywood, in Chicago, Illinois, he was the eldest of the four children of George Walter Griffin, an insurance agent, and Estelle Griffin.
		Griffin's employers worked in the distinctive Prairie School style; the school's style is marked by horizontal lines, flat roofs with broad overhanging eaves, solid construction, craftsmanship, and discipline in the use of ornament.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Burley_Griffin (2447 words)

	Lake Burley Griffin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lake Burley Griffin is a lake in the centre of Canberra, Australia's federal capital city.
		It is named after Walter Burley Griffin, the architect who won the design competition for the city of Canberra.
		Construction of Lake Burley Griffin was begun in 1960 and progressed well due to drought having greatly reduced the water flow of the Molonglo River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Burley_Griffin (2246 words)

	Photographs by Mati Maldre / Walter Burley Griffin in America
		Walter Burley Griffin in America combines the richly detailed photographs of Mati Maldre and extensive research of Paul Kruty to provide the first complete visual record ever published of Griffin's surviving American work.
		The volume, accessible to the general reader and indispensable to historians of architecture, includes nearly 200 photographs of structures and landscapes designed by Griffin; Maldre's photographs are complemented by his introduction, an autobiographical essay in which he discusses his objectives and photographic techniques.
		Kruty reveals that Griffin's early work in the United States, rather than serving merely as a prelude to his Australian work, was more extensive and of greater significance than is commonly thought.
	www.press.uillinois.edu /s96/maldre.html (452 words)

	The National Capital Authority > Understanding the Capital > The Griffin Legacy > Snapshot > A Strategic ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		To appraise the Griffin Plan and its relevance to the planning and development of Canberra, the nation's capital, in the 21st century.
		The Griffin Legacy plan meets the challenges of sustainability in the 21st century with strategic proposals to guide city revitalisation and improve links to public attractions and open spaces.
		A key objective of the new plan is to reinstate Griffin's connection of the city with Lake Burley Griffin and the National Triangle.
	www.nationalcapital.gov.au /understanding/griffin_legacy/index.asp (1146 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Commonwealth Recordkeeping - Preservation Papers - Walter Burley Griffin design ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Marion‘s was a strong and idiosyncratic personality and she and Walter had interests extending to such areas as theosophy, anthroposophy and, if some recent commentators are correct, arcane and hermetic wisdom.
		Griffin has expressed the opinion that the designs should not have been considered as plans, but as paintings, and treated as such, and states that they should never have been removed from the frames.
		Because the edges of the Griffin drawings consist mainly of unadorned cloth, it was thought that the area of exposed wood at the edges of the strainer may tend to be visible through both the cloth covering and the drawing itself and result in a dark area around the edge.
	www.naa.gov.au /recordkeeping/preservation/papers/burley_griffin.html (5740 words)

	Walter Burley Griffin - Great Buildings Online
		Ralph Griffin House, at Edwardsville, Illinois, 1909 —
		Walter Burley Griffin was born in Maywood, Illinois in 1876.
		Griffin showed a talent for planning suburban neighborhoods and cities in relation to the landscape.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Walter_Burley_Griffin.html (301 words)

	Maldre / Walter Burley Griffin in America
		This beautiful volume features nearly 200 photographs of Walter Burley Griffin's structures and landscapes, as well as a chronological catalog of standing buildings, a list of demolished works, a location guide, and a selected bibliography.
		But in WALTER BURLEY GRIFFIN IN AMERICA, Frank Lloyd Wright's forgotten top architect is pulled from the shadows and given his due.
		Griffin was a remarkable architect and powerful figure in Frank Lloyd Wright's trail-blazing Oak Park practice.
	www.press.uillinois.edu /s01/maldre.html (438 words)

	The Cinema as Secular Temple by Graham Pont in the Nexus Network Journal vol. 5 no. 2 (Autumn 2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This masterpiece of Walter Burley and Marion Mahony Griffin only narrowly escaped demolition in the 1960s but the magnificent auditorium has been acquired by RMIT University, Melbourne, and is being restored to something of its former glory.
		Griffin's plans for the universities at Canberra and Sydney reveal that he was fully aware of the old analogy between the hierarchy of academic studies and the form of the buildings which housed them.
		The Griffin authorship is confirmed by the American spellings and the inclusion of a longer version of the text in [Griffin 1940-49, II: 28-37].
	www.nexusjournal.com /Pont.html (10438 words)

	WALTER BURLEY GRIFFINS NEW PLAN LAUNCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		That plan was the Griffin Plan - a vision that has stood the test of time - a plan that has endured the economic hardships of two world wars, a depression and wavering public faith.
		The strategic vision of Griffin Legacy project is central to the role of the National Capital Authority, and indeed to the city's development in the 21st century.
		The eight central propositions of the Griffin Legacy accommodate the aspirations of the ACT Government and the ACT community for a sustainable and cosmopolitan city.
	www.ministers.dotars.gov.au /jl/speeches/2004/LS04_2004.htm (866 words)

	Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney
		Viewing the site and the relationship of building to site to be as important as the building itself, Griffin took his Prairie ideals beyond floorplans and facades to concern himself with development, town planning, and landscape design.
		Griffin’s landscaping and Mahoney’s decorative detailing also added greatly to the distinctiveness of their style.
		In neighborhood planning and in the domestic designs, Griffin stressed freedom and informality by maximizing views, keeping structural profiles low, and exhibiting great variety in the plans.
	infosys.pls.uni.edu /BltEned/prarie/index.html.three_gm_ep.html (816 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Walter Burley Griffin
		Ultimately, Griffin resigned from the Canberra design project in 1920, when he discovered that several of these bureaucrats had been appointed to an agency that would oversee Canberra's construction.
		Extant major buildings that are characteristic of Burley Griffin's style include the Willoughby Incinerator in the Sydney suburb of Willoughby, the old Capitol Theatre in Swanston St, Melbourne, and Newman College at the University of Melbourne.
		The latter group of buildings, which comprise a refectory, chapel and dormitory, are considered by many to be Burley Griffin's finest.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Walter_Burley_Griffin (526 words)

	W.B.GRIFFIN, CANBERRA PLAN
		Griffin read, annotated, and corrected the thesis draft, and the following passage can be regarded as a statement from him on the subject as he recalled events in his life four decades earlier.
		Griffin also served as Wright's secretaryoffice manager, writing to clients on behalf of Wright in a clear and direct prose style that is quite at variance with the several murky passages in his explanation of the plan of Canberra that he submitted in the competition of 191112.
		Despite his interest in the subject, Griffin at the time of the Canberra competition was not identified with the vigorously growing American city planning movement.
	www.library.cornell.edu /Reps/DOCS/griffin.htm (5364 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 95 - Walter Burley Griffin and the design of Canberra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A typed transcript of evidence given by Burley Griffin to the Committee hearings on Grading and Survey of Canberra Streets (which is annotated, probably in his hand) is held by the Archives as series AA1964/71.
		Burley Griffin's position as Director of Design and Construction was challenged by his critics.
		Burley Griffin's contract was due to expire in December 1919, however it was extended monthly until December 1920.
	www.naa.gov.au /fsheets/fs95.html (737 words)

	Walter Burley Griffin -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Surveyed in 1916 and designed by the U.S. architect Walter Burley Griffin, it was proclaimed a town in 1918 and named after Arthur Griffith, then state minister for public works.
		In Sydney, Australia, “Beyond Architecture: Marion Mahoney and Walter Burley Griffin” explored the remarkable career of the married couple who began in the office of Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago and went on to design the city of Canberra, capital of Australia.
		German born U.S. orchestra conductor Bruno Walter was known for his interpretations of the works of composers of the Viennese school, especially Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9038109 (656 words)

	Walter Burley Griffin
		Walter Burley Griffin was born in 1876 in Maywood, IL.
		Griffin and Mahoney remained in Australia for over 20 years practicing architecture before moving to India to design the University of Lucknow library building.
		It was in India that Griffin died of peritonitis developed from a ruptured gall bladder.
	www.oprf.com /oprfhist/griffinwb.htm (267 words)

	USC Events Calendar - Building for Nature
		It is said that after Griffin won an international design competition for Canberra, he and Wright never spoke again to each other and that Wright referred to his former associate as “a draftsman who went to Australia.” But that draftsman established an enviable career in architectural design.
		Griffin is now credited with developing the L-shaped floor plan (for which Wright took credit), the carport (which did not see common use until the 1950s) and the first use of reinforced concrete.
		He is co-author of “Walter Burley Griffin in America” and “Two American Architects in India: Walter B. Griffin and Marion M. Griffin 1935-1937,” available through the USC Pertusati Bookstore.
	www.usc.edu /calendar/events/23109.html (494 words)

	Beyong architecture: Marion Mahony and Walter Burley Griffin
		Photograph of Walter Burley Griffin in the Roy Lippincott house, Melbourne, 1921, in a 'couch chair' which was originally designed for Newman College, University of Melbourne (circa.
		In locating the Griffins’ architecture within the immediate context of their aesthetic and ideological beliefs, the exhibition presented fresh insights into their contribution and enhances the experience of visitors without an architectural background.
		It is to be hoped that the important place of the Griffins in Australia’s architectural and social history, revealed through the exhibition and its accompanying Powerhouse publication, will encourage the preservation of the Griffin legacy in the future.
	www.phm.gov.au /previous/griffin.asp (563 words)

	Beyond Architecture, Marion Mahony and Walter Burley Griffin: America, Australia and India
		Walter Burley Griffin is best known in Australia for his connection with the design of the national capital, Canberra.
		Beyond Architecture reveals the place of Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony, both as a couple and as individuals, in architectural and design history.
		During the forty or so years of their architectural practice, the Griffins embarked on over 350 building, landscape and urban-design projects as well as designing interior schemes, furniture, lighting, floor coverings and tableware.
	www.lundhumphries.com /pages/single/2095.html (161 words)

	Repeat- Writings on Architecture: Marion Mahony Griffen - in Australia and Beyond
		Rediscovering Marion Mahony Griffin - her life and work with Walter Burley Griffin, her Forest Portraits of Tasmania landscape, her return to America, and the renewed appreciation for the importance of her legacy.
		In the compilation Beyond Architecture: Marion Mahony and Walter Burley Griffin, Paul Sprague poses the question “Marion Mahony as Originator of Griffin's Mature Style: Fact or Myth.” He comes down on the side of “myth.” The very title of Elizabeth Birmingham's dissertation, Erasing a Woman: The Canon, Absence, and Gender proposes a contrasting viewpoint.
		She made it the goal of the last decades of her long life to "honor Walter's memory by perpetuating his genius in books." The result was the eight volumes of the The Magic of America, a combination of tribute, memoir, and brief for her embraced philosophy of Anthroposophy.
	www.lynnbecker.com /repeat/Mahony/mahonyaussie.htm (1530 words)

	Walter Burley Griffin
		He received his degree in architecture from the University of Illinois in 1899 and then returned to Chicago, joining the group of architects already assembled at the Steinway Piano Company building, which was referred to as Steinway Hall.
		Walter practiced architecture for 21 years in Australia before leaving for Lucknow, India to design the University of Lucknow library building.
		While in India Walter died in 1937 from peritonitis developed from a ruptured gall bladder that occurred while he was in Australia.
	www.prairiestyles.com /griffin.htm (260 words)

	City of Elmhurst - Elmhurst Historical Museum - Museum Collections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Walter Burley Griffin, born in 1876, moved to Elmhurst with his family when he was seventeen.
		Griffin attended the University of Illinois and got a degree in architecture in 1899.
		Griffin was a pioneer in the Prairie style of architecture.
	www.elmhurst.org /elmhurst/museum/historicarchives.asp (8972 words)

	Preservation Online: Today's News Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The society formed to protect buildings designed by Prairie School architect Walter Burley Griffin (1876-1937) has reluctantly given up its fight to save one of his houses.
		The Walter Burley Griffin Society, led by the architect’s great nephew, Peter Griffin, agreed late last month not to intervene after a survey earlier that month suggested that the house was "too far gone" after several major alterations.
		In 1914 Griffin moved to Australia after winning a competition to design the new capital city of Canberra.
	www.nationaltrust.org /Magazine/archives/arc_news/052902.htm (473 words)

	Articles - Walter Burley Griffin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Following the completion of his studies Griffin relocated to Chicago and was employed as a draftsman for two years in the offices of progressive architects Dwight H. Perkins, Robert C. Spencer, Jr., and H. Webster Tomlinson in Steinway Hall.
		After their marriage, Mahony went to work in Griffin's practice.[1] A Walter Burley Griffin/Marion Mahony designed development with several homes, Rock Crest Rock Glen in Mason City, Iowa, is seen as their most dramatic American design development of the decade and remains the largest collection of Prairie Style homes surrounding a natural setting.
		Griffin was offered membership, but declined and withdrew from further activity in Canberra.[4]
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Walter_Burley_Griffin (2301 words)

	Symposium sheds new light on the work of Walter Burley Griffin
		A group of international experts on the life and work of Walter Burley Griffin gathered at the University of Melbourne recently for the second international symposium to come out of the Griffin exchange program between the University of Melbourne and the University of Illinios, Urbana-Champaign.
		'The Legacy of the Griffins: America, Australia and India' presented the latest research on the work of Walter Burley Griffin and his wife and colleague Marion Griffin (nee Mahoney) in light of their impact on the cultural development of each continent.
		The collaboration is a natural alliance given the beginning of GriffinÕs career as a graduate from the University of Illinios and his later move to Australia to work on the foundations of Canberra.
	www.unimelb.edu.au /ExtRels/Media/UN/archive/1998/335/workofwalterburleygriffin.html (354 words)

	Repeat- Writings on Architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright's Right-Hand Woman - Rediscovering Marion Mahony Griffin
		An exhibition at the Block Museum brings the work and career of Marion Mahony, the first woman to be licensed as an architect, out of the shadow of her collaborators Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Burley Griffin.
		Still, it's Mahony's association with her husband, Walter Burley Griffin, that is probably best remembered today.
		Shortly after, Mahony urged Walter to enter a recently-announced competition to design a new Australian capitol in Canberra.
	www.lynnbecker.com /repeat/Mahony/mahony.htm (1256 words)

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