Talk:National Museum of Australia

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I have removed the following image from the article as there where too many for the size of article. Please feel free to re-add it if the article length warrants it. --Martyman-(talk) 07:07, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Architecture controversies

The section on the achitecture of the building avoids mention of the controversies associated with the braille panels as per Miranda Devine[1] and the references to the holocaust as per Windschuttle[2] plus the accusations of plagiarism[3]. Any other views before I start adding these in?--A Y Arktos\^talk 10:56, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

I think the much greater need is to work up the facts of what the museum design is, before adding more about how it might be interpreted or controversies in its reception. Basic facts. E.g. the correct spelling of the architect's name; that the 'architect' was a firm (ARM) not just one person; that the 'Garden of Australian Dreams' (with the 'blue poles')is the design of eminently name-able landscape architects. Etc. R Jones 08:48, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, if you have sources for this information, add it to the article, rather than talking about it here. I'd do it, but I don't know anything about the architects involved. --Myk 10:19, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I was not intending to carp, just wanted to say that facts about the project should be a higher priority than chasing 'controversies' - whether genuine or just media beat-ups. I know enough about the project to tell that there are gaps in the article but I too would need to do some research before editing to be sure things are right. A handy starting point for any Australian architecture project is always the project gallery on the RAIA web site - http://www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=3940. And its likely that Ashton Raggatt Macdougall and Room 4.1.3 have info about it on their own web sites. R Jones 03:52, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Need to add difficulties with deciphering meaning, for example in Garden of Australian Dreams[4] and deciphering post-modernist meaning[5]--A Y Arktos\^talk 13:08, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

More on post-modernism and the museum[6] plus Museum board claimed they didn't know of Libiskind reference.[7]--A Y Arktos\^talk 13:30, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

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• Further, to the comments above, R Jones suggested the architect's name was spelt incorrectly. Not according to any source I have found. I have clarified he was the design architect - to me that is what is important; that he had members of his firm putting together the detail is not important to me even if the detail is of course what holds the building together - we haven't put down details of the engineers or builders either. Can be added by any interested editor - footnote one links to the details. If someone thinks the landscape architecture of the garden is notable and wants to add more detail including the designer - go for it. Fixing gaps in the article is what the wiki is about.--Golden Wattle ^talk 19:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)