Stories Indesign: Piers Taylor and the Glenn Murcutt Symposium

Piers Taylor joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons to discuss overlaps with Glenn Murcutt and Francis Kéré, his renowned ‘Studio in the Woods,’ and the sheer desire to make things with whatever might be at hand.

BY Timothy Alouani-Roby

September 19th, 2025

Tags: architecture, Australia, construction, design, europe, Francis Kéré, Glenn Murcutt, materials, Murcutt Pin, Murcutt Symposium, piers taylor, student, sydney, Timber, UK, university, vernacular

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Related: Murcutt Pin awarded to Francis Kéré

The award-winning British architect, BBC presenter and founder of Invisible Studio has been in Sydney to deliver a keynote speech at the inaugural Glenn Murcutt Symposium. Piers Taylor joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons to discuss the overlaps of his thought and practice with Murcutt’s and Francis Kéré’s, his renowned ‘Studio in the Woods’ and the sheer desire to make things with whatever might be at hand.

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