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Walter Burley Griffin1919
- Attribution
- Walter Burley Griffin (American, 1876-1937) Marion Mahony Griffin (American, 1871-1961)
- Medium
- Ink on linen
- Physical dimensions
- 88 × 55.9 cm (34 5/8 × 22 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Marion Mahony Griffin through Eric Nicholls
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The Griffins created this unrealized project as part of a national competition for a club for military veterans who fought in World War I while they were living and working in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. This drawing sheet is characteristic of Marion Mahoney’s unique hybrid com- positions for architectural plans, combining floor plan, sections, and elevation in a highly decorative yet legible way. Throughout the drawing, lush vegetation weaves in and out of stonework, proposing a building fully engaged with the surrounding landscape of Toowoomba, a famous garden city. The gently curving building was organized around a central courtyard with a covered cloister for shaded walking and trellis to support flowering vines that gives access to the building’s rooms for dining and recreation.
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