Jury citation
This outback “tower of song” sits among tall eucalypt trees, a rural Gothic folly of dark cladding and tall proportions. Within a structure that performs with smoke and dynamic levers emitting experimental music, sixteen old pianos garnered from the region have been granted a new lease on life. Jostled together on elevated balconies set around a three-storey void designed for hoisting the instruments into place, they resonate in the rich timbered interior. Part building, part musical instrument, part stage set and part mad invention, this intriguing project is its architect and his family’s gift to the music community of Australia.
For more coverage, read the article by Vanessa Tomlinson and Jocelyn Wolfe.
Credits
- Project
- The Piano Mill
- Architect
- Conrad Gargett
Australia
- Project Team
- Bruce Wolfe (design architect)
- Consultants
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Builder
Nutide Constructions
- Site Details
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Site type
Rural
- Project Details
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Status
Built
Type Installations
Source
Award
Published online: 2 Nov 2017
Words:
2017 National Architecture Awards Jury
Images:
Marc Treble
Issue
Architecture Australia, November 2017