Mark Burry

Mark Cameron Burry (born 24 February 1957) is a New Zealand architect,^[1] who is the Professor of Innovation and Director of the Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory and founding Director of the Design Research Institute at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.^[2] He is also executive architect and researcher at the Temple Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.^[3]

Early life and family

Born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1957, Burry is the son of All Black Hugh Burry.^[4] He studied architecture at the University of Cambridge, receiving a BA in architecture in 1979, a Diploma in Architecture in 1982 and an MA in architecture in 1989.

Research, collaboration and teaching

Previously, Burry has been a visiting professor at University of Liverpool,^[5] the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Victoria University of Wellington. He has collaborated with Gehry Partners LLP, dECOi Paris,^[6] Foster and Partners and Arup and was a member of the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council in 2005 as part of the working group examining the role of creativity in the innovation economy.^[7]

Awards

Federation Fellowship, Australian Research Council, 2006^[8]
Award for Innovative Research, ACADIA, 2006^[9]
Achiever Award (Creative Melbourne), Committee for Melbourne, 2004^[10]
Diploma I la insignia a l’acadèmic corresponent, Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, 2003^[11]

Bibliography

Burry has published widely on the Sagrada Família, digital architecture and design computing. He is a member of the Architectural Design editorial board.^[12]

Books

The Innovation Imperative: Architecture of Vitality (with Pia Ednie-Brown and Andrew Burrow), Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 9781119978657
Scripting Cultures: Architectural Design and Programming, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2011, ISBN 9780470746417
Sagrada Familia sXXI: Gaud ara-ahora-now (with Jordi Coll Grifoll and Josep Gomez Serrano), Ediciones UPC: Barcelona, 2010, ISBN 9788498803990
The New Mathematics of Architecture (with Jane Burry), London: Thames & Hudson, 2010, ISBN 9780500342640
Gaudi Unseen: Completing the Sagrada Familia (ed.), JOVIS Verlag: Berlin, 3008, ISBN 9783939633785
La Sagrada Família: de Gaudí al CAD (with Jordi Coll, Josep Gomez, Juan Melero), Ediciones UPC: Barcelona, 1996, 9788483011485
The Expiatory Church of the Sagrada Família, London: Phaidon Press, 1993, ISBN 9780714828497

References

↑ McIntyre, Janet. "Gaudi's Legacy". Foreign Correspondent. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
↑ "Professor Mark Burry". Design Research Institute. RMIT University. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
↑ Crittenden, Stephen (2012-02-11). "Gaudi from The Grave". The Global Mail. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
↑ Barton, Chris (15 January 2011). "A Kiwi completes Spain's grand design". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
↑ "Staff directory". School of Architecture. University of Liverpool. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
↑ "Team". dECOi Architects. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
↑ "The Role of Creativity in the Innovation Economy". The Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. Australian Government. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
↑ "Federation Fellowships Selection Report for Funding commencing in 2006". Australian Research Council. Australian Government. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
↑ "Awards". ACADIA. Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
↑ "The Melbourne Achiever Awards". Committee for Melbourne. Committee for Melbourne. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
↑ "Burry, Mark Cameron". Curriculums of the Academicians. Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
↑ "The Editorial Board". Architectural Design Magazine. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Retrieved 4 August 2012.