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Richard Johnson Lecture

Each year the Royal Australian Institute of Architects hosts the annual Walter Burley Griffin Memorial Lecture.  This year’s lecture was given on 18 October by Richard Johnson, the Director of Johnson Pilton Walker; architects of the new National Portrait Gallery. In this lecture he addresses the concepts of place and light in the development of the architecture of the new National Portrait Gallery building. Click the picture of Richard Johnson to read the transcript of his lecture.


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The Hon John Howard MP, Prime Minister of Australia unveiled a plaque on 9 August 2006 to mark the start of the construction of the purpose-built building for the NPG in Canberra.

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