Phillip Gibbs
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Phillip Gibbs is an Australian architect
. In 1980 he was awarded the third place prize at the Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition for work on his Australian timber house.
He graduated with a degree in Architecture from Melbourne University in 1966 and an additional degree in Architecture and Planning from McGill University
in 1971.
In 1984, he was appointed Visiting Scholar in Architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University
. He practiced architecture in Perth
and Fremantle and worked with the Corringie Aboriginal
community, Leonora, Western Australia
, and the Swan River Valley
Noongar
(or Nyungah) community.
He is the author of 'Building a Malay House', Oxford University Press
1987, ISBN 0-19-588861-8.
Phillip Gibbs presented on 15 February 2006 in the Australian Map Circle
conference, a program titled "Mapping Facades: Paintings based on drawing and maps of Perth and Fremantle".
Phillip Gibbs is distinguished from other architects by a capacity for conducting research into methods of architectural form generation and has demonstrated that geometry is the basis of all form generation techniques. In general, this discipline is no longer practiced. In the early 21st Century, architecture is understood as comprising stylistic effects that are applied externally to a building structure that has been dictated by engineering and economic constraints. This approach established itself over the 20th Century. Before then the discipline of architecture concerned the generation of building form through artfully applied geometric principles, as well as accommodating the engineering and economic realities of their time. The form generation methods identified by Phillip Gibbs reveal the depth of cultural achievement of the Western architectural styles exhibited by 16th through 19th Century buildings.
A rare and widely recognised example of form generation though application of geometric principles is the Sydney Opera House
.
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
. In 1980 he was awarded the third place prize at the Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition for work on his Australian timber house.
He graduated with a degree in Architecture from Melbourne University in 1966 and an additional degree in Architecture and Planning from McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
in 1971.
In 1984, he was appointed Visiting Scholar in Architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. He practiced architecture in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
and Fremantle and worked with the Corringie Aboriginal
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
community, Leonora, Western Australia
Leonora, Western Australia
Leonora is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located northeast of the state capital, Perth, and north of the city of Kalgoorlie. At the 2006 census, Leonora had a population of 401, about a third of whom are of Aboriginal descent. The area is extremely arid, with a...
, and the Swan River Valley
Swan River (Western Australia)
The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth, in the south west of Western Australia. Its lower reaches are relatively wide and deep, with few constrictions, while the upper reaches are usually quite narrow and shallow....
Noongar
Noongar
The Noongar are an indigenous Australian people who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the south coast...
(or Nyungah) community.
He is the author of 'Building a Malay House', Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
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1987, ISBN 0-19-588861-8.
Phillip Gibbs presented on 15 February 2006 in the Australian Map Circle
Australian and New Zealand Map Society
The Australian and New Zealand Map Society , a society incorporated in Victoria, Australia, is a group of map producers, users and curators, which acts as a medium of communication for all those interested in maps...
conference, a program titled "Mapping Facades: Paintings based on drawing and maps of Perth and Fremantle".
Phillip Gibbs is distinguished from other architects by a capacity for conducting research into methods of architectural form generation and has demonstrated that geometry is the basis of all form generation techniques. In general, this discipline is no longer practiced. In the early 21st Century, architecture is understood as comprising stylistic effects that are applied externally to a building structure that has been dictated by engineering and economic constraints. This approach established itself over the 20th Century. Before then the discipline of architecture concerned the generation of building form through artfully applied geometric principles, as well as accommodating the engineering and economic realities of their time. The form generation methods identified by Phillip Gibbs reveal the depth of cultural achievement of the Western architectural styles exhibited by 16th through 19th Century buildings.
A rare and widely recognised example of form generation though application of geometric principles is the Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
.