Mark Burry Explained

Mark Cameron Burry (born 24 February 1957) is a New Zealand architect.^[1] He is the Foundation Director of Swinburne University of Technology’s Smart Cities Research Institute.^[2]

Previous to that, he was 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.^[3] He is also executive architect and researcher at the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.^{[4] [5]}

Early life and family

Born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1957, Burry is the son of All Black Hugh Burry.^[6] 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,^[7] the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Victoria University of Wellington. He has collaborated with Gehry Partners LLP, dECOi Paris,^[8] 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.^[9]

Awards

• Officer of the Order of Australia, 2018^[10]
• Federation Fellowship, Australian Research Council, 2006^[11]
• Award for Innovative Research, ACADIA, 2006^[12]
• Achiever Award (Creative Melbourne), Committee for Melbourne, 2004^[13]
• Diploma I la insignia a l’acadèmic correspondent, Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, 2003^[14]

Bibliography

Burry has published widely on the Sagrada Família, digital architecture and design computing. He is a member of the Architectural Design editorial board.^[15]

Books

• The Innovation Imperative: Architecture of Vitality (with Pia Ednie-Brown and Andrew Burrow), Chichester: John Wiley & Sons,
• Scripting Cultures: Architectural Design and Programming, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2011,
• Sagrada Familia sXXI: Gaud ara-ahora-now (with Jordi Coll Grifoll and Josep Gomez Serrano), Ediciones UPC: Barcelona, 2010,
• The New Mathematics of Architecture (with Jane Burry), London: Thames & Hudson, 2010,
• Gaudi Unseen: Completing the Sagrada Familia (ed.), JOVIS Verlag: Berlin, 3008,
• 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,

External links

• Design Research Institute
• Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory
• La Sagrada Familia
• Curriculum vitae
• Interview on "George Negus Tonight", ABC TV, 19/04/2004
• "In Gaudi's shadow", The Age newspaper, 02/07/2002

Notes and References

1. Web site: McIntyre. Janet. Gaudi's Legacy. Foreign Correspondent. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 August 2012.
2. News: Professor Mark Burry to lead Swinburne's Smart Cities Research Institute. 2018-09-14. en-AU.
3. Web site: Professor Mark Burry. Design Research Institute. RMIT University. 3 August 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20121127181956/http://www.designresearch.rmit.edu.au/contact/researcher-directory/mark-burry. 27 November 2012. dmy-all.
4. News: Fitzpatrick . Lisa . The Gaudí code . 13 February 2019 . Barcelona Metropolitan . 28 September 2011.
5. News: Crittenden. Stephen. Gaudi from The Grave. 3 August 2012. The Global Mail. 2012-02-11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120618131919/http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/gaudi-from-the-grave/48/. 18 June 2012. dmy-all.
6. News: A Kiwi completes Spain's grand design . 15 January 2011 . New Zealand Herald . 6 August 2013 . Chris . Barton .
7. Web site: Staff directory. School of Architecture. University of Liverpool. 3 August 2012.
8. Web site: Team. dECOi Architects. 3 August 2012.
9. Web site: The Role of Creativity in the Innovation Economy. The Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. Australian Government. 3 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319041558/http://www.innovation.gov.au/Science/PMSEIC/Documents/TheRoleOfCreativityInTheInnovationEconomy.pdf. 19 March 2012. dmy-all.
10. Web site: BURRY, Mark Cameron. It's an Honour. Australian Government. 26 January 2018.
11. Web site: Federation Fellowships Selection Report for Funding commencing in 2006. Australian Research Council. Australian Government. 3 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120707132731/http://arc.gov.au/ncgp/fedfellows/FF06_Selection_Report.htm. 7 July 2012. dmy-all.
12. Web site: Awards. ACADIA. Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture. 4 August 2012.
13. Web site: The Melbourne Achiever Awards . Committee for Melbourne . Committee for Melbourne . 4 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120530173614/http://www.melbourne.org.au/cms-programs/melbourne-achiever-awards . 30 May 2012 .
14. Web site: Burry, Mark Cameron. Curriculums of the Academicians. Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. 4 August 2012.
15. Web site: The Editorial Board. Architectural Design Magazine. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 4 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111113011318/http://www.architectural-design-magazine.com/view/0/editorial.html. 13 November 2011. dmy-all.