Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

The Australian 10 November 1982 Jury gives thumbs down in house award so MUCII fnr hollSIIII( clr– sil(IIS 111 l!lH:.!. In n11iv th1• seconrl Y<'ar ul thl' 11:1tional urc·hit.c•cLUro• awards. th,·rc• is no first. priil' i11 I.Ill' hn11si111( section. ruutng II rallwr tm1vr face on thr situation. thr prrsirlent of I.he Hoyal Australian Insti– tute of Architects, Professor R.N. Johnson. said the failure to givP an award was "not a sign of declining standards, or of slackening Interest. rather an indication that in housing there Is a state of fennent. in winch ideas are being con– r,•ived and developed". 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