Influence: Edmond Corrigan / Peter Corrigan maps the dense cultural web spun by one of Australian architecture's most consequential figures — tracing Peter Corrigan's impact across built work, pedagogy, publishing, and theatre through the voices of those he shaped.
About This Book
Peter Corrigan (1941–2016) did not simply design buildings — he constructed an architectural culture. Through Edmond and Corrigan, the Melbourne practice he established with Maggie Edmond in the 1970s, and nearly four decades teaching at RMIT University, Corrigan left an imprint on both the city's fabric and successive generations of Australian architects. This volume, edited by Vivian Mitsogianni and Patrick Macasaet, grew from a 2017 event that gathered RMIT staff, students, and practitioners to reflect on that inheritance. Anchored by previously unpublished correspondence, drawings, and material from the RMIT Design Archives, it reaches well beyond the exuberant expressionism most associated with his name, revealing a far more layered architectural philosophy and its enduring legacy.
Key Features
- 202 pages of essays, personal accounts, archival correspondence, and previously unpublished drawings
- Edited by Vivian Mitsogianni and Patrick Macasaet; book design by Michael Bojkowski
- Contributors include Maggie Edmond, Phillip Goad, Kerstin Thompson, Leon van Schaik, Mark Raggatt, Conrad Hamann, Harriet Edquist, Nigel Bertram, and many others
- Draws on the RMIT Design Archives for historical primary material
- Published by Uro Publications, 2017
What You'll Discover
- How Corrigan's philosophy of "living a life through architecture" unified teaching, building, writing, exhibitions, and theatre into a single deliberate practice
- The social and institutional networks — centred on RMIT — through which his influence spread across multiple generations of Australian practitioners
- Unpublished primary documents from the RMIT Design Archives that reframe the historical record of Edmond and Corrigan's work
- Why Corrigan's cultural impact extends well beyond the expressive formal language most readily associated with Melbourne architecture of his era
About the Author
Vivian Mitsogianni is an architect and academic based at RMIT University, where she has been a central figure in the school's design culture. She edited this volume alongside Patrick Macasaet, bringing together the broad community of practitioners and scholars connected to Edmond and Corrigan's legacy.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 202
- Dimensions: 225 x 290mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780648435501
- Publisher: Uro Publications
- Publication Date: 2017
Perfect For: Australian architects, RMIT alumni, architectural historians, and anyone tracing the intellectual lineages of Melbourne's design culture.