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‘MPavilion: Encounters With Design And Architecture’ Book

20 Aug 2020

Naomi Milgrom Foundation releases MPavilion: Encounters With Design And Architecture Book

Published by Thames & Hudson Australia in collaboration with the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, MPavilion: Encounters with Design and Architecture is the first publication on the MPavilion project and chronicles the first six remarkable years.

photo : Rory Gardiner

A celebration of what MPavilion has collectively achieved, this volume captures the groundbreaking contributions of each of the MPavilion architects from 2014 to 2019; Sean Godsell, Amanda Levete, Bijoy Jain, Rem Koolhaas, David Gianotten, Carme Pinós, and Glenn Murcutt, and celebrates the hundreds of collaborators who have made MPavilion a local and global design icon.

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Commenting on the MPavilion concept: ‘Even with the most modest of architecture projects, you are changing the world.’—Rem Koolhaas, Founder, OMA

photo : Rory Gardiner

‘Architecture is a service to society; it changes people’s lives and makes society possible. That’s why I liked Naomi Milgrom’s MPavilion project— it’s social, and it’s for the citizens to use. We need to find a new language and that time has come. It’s time for free and flexible architecture.’—Carme Pinós, Founder, Estudio Carme Pinós

The richly illustrated monograph designed by Australia’s award-winning creative agency Studio Ongarato comprises a series of seven essays by stellar contributors; Stephen Todd, Julia Peyton-Jones, Rory Hyde, Aric Chen, Ellie Stathaki, Caroline Roux and Françoise Fromonot.

photo : Richard Powers

Exploring how each architect addressed the design of MPavilion, the book reflects a growing and much needed broader conversation about design today, and investigates the critical use of pavilions, parks, and public spaces in creating healthier cities and communities.

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‘MPavilion is part of the general phenomenon around the world where people enjoy discussing contemporary ideas. It is part of the phenomenon of encouraging people to be participants rather than simply an audience.’—Sir Nicholas Serota CH, Chair, Arts Council England

photograph courtesy of Naomi Milgrom Foundation

Useful information

In stores and online: Thames & Hudson Australia.

Also available: Naomi Milgrom Foundation.

photo : Gavin Green

Publisher: Kirsten Abbott, Thames & Hudson Australia

Editors: Alexandra Zafiriou, Robert Buckingham

Design and art direction: Studio Ongarato

Founding MPavilion creative director: Robert Buckingham

Photography: Rory Gardiner, John Gollings AM, Richard Powers, Simon Terrill, Tom Ross and many more.

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Title: MPavilion: Encounters with Design and Architecture

ISBN: 9781760760564

Published by: Published by Thames & Hudson Australia in collaboration with the Naomi Milgrom Foundation.
Hardback

260 pages, 65 illustrations

photo courtesy of Naomi Milgrom Foundation

Location: Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

MPavilion 2019 by Glenn Murcutt Architect

Design: Glenn Murcutt

Location: Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

MPavilion 2019 Building Design Unveiled

Image of design – artist’s impression:

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GLENN MURCUTT MPAVILION 2019 DESIGN REVEALED

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has released the design for MPavilion 2019, the sixth MPavilion in an ongoing series, by Australia’s only Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate, Glenn Murcutt AO.

Naomi Milgrom, Glenn Murcutt:

photo : Timothy Burgess