The multi-award-winning Australian architect Glenn Murcutt will be delivering the customary keynote lecture to mark the opening of the 33rd edition of Cersaie. Murcutt, who won the Pritzker Prize in 2002, will give the lecture at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Bologna on 29 September.
The hallmarks of his work are attention to ecological considerations and harmony with the climate and landscape, which he achieves through the use of simple materials and the type of architecture that he defines as "ecological functionalism".
Murcutt has also enjoyed a successful international academic career, and has received several honours for his work internationally, including the Alvar Aalto Medal in 1992, the Green Pin of Denmark for eco-friendly architecture in 1999 and the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects in 2009.
An honorary member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he has also been a member of the International Jury of the Pritzker Prize for architecture since 2010.
His most significant works include the Museum of Local History and Tourist Office in Kempsey, the Bowali Visitor Information Centre in the Kakadu National Park, and the Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Art Centre in Riversdale, all in Australia.