Cause of death Lung cancer Role Architect Name Nick Murcutt | Occupation Architect Nationality Australian | |
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Full Name Nicholas Phillip Murcutt Died March 2011, Sydney, Australia | ||
Nicholas Phillip "Nick" Murcutt (5 June 1964 – 18 March 2011) was an Australian architect.
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Career
Murcutt received his Architecture degree from the University of Sydney in 1989 and became a registered architect in 1990. He worked in several architectural firms including Terry Dorrough, Sydney 1984–1987 and after graduating Forward Consultants, Tasmania 1990–1991. In 1994 he then began work as an architectural tutor at the University of NSW, the University of Technology, Sydney, and the University of Sydney.
In 1994, Murcutt worked collaboratively with Neil Durbach and Camilla Block of Durbach Block Architects to form Durbach Block Murcutt, in which they received positive reviews for their amenities blocks for the Sydney Olympics.
In 2004, Murcutt along with his partner of 16 years Rachel Neeson began Neeson Murcutt Architects, also known as NMA; a combination of their individual practices. This practise is based in Sydney, Australia and most of their work is located in the state of New South Wales. In 2009, Murcutt and Neeson won the Wilkinson Award; an award for residential architecture presented by the Australian Institute of Architects, for the second time with the Whale Beach House.
Personal life
Nick Murcutt was born on 5 June 1964 in London, England. He is the son of Helen Murcutt and famous Australian architect Glenn Murcutt; the founding president of the Australian Architecture Association and six time winner of the Wilkinson Award.
Murcutt and Rachel Neeson had two children together, Alice and Otto. Murcutt and Neeson married on 17 March 2011. Nick had a brother Daniel.
Murcutt died on 18 March 2011, aged 46, at his family home, after a nine-month battle with lung cancer.