A number of themes consistently re-emerge and contribute to the richness of the architectural work of Bud Brannigan. Bud describes the manner in which these themes of; consideration of site, application of grids, structural clarity, linear planning and reflective forms, have influenced his rich body of architectural work. By developing these ideas, in his architecture, Bud has achieved a logical, modest style, that successfully addresses the landscape and creates a rich space for the inhabitants.
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Bud Brannigan has been a Brisbane based architect since 1993, operating quietly on the edge of the city, with four other staff. In 1994, he was awarded the RAIA National Robin Boyd Award for the Fifth Avenue house. His work is regionally derived, but blended with a concern for contemporary forms and materials. In all projects, site and structure play an important role in the design outcome, and this has become a recurrent theme for investigation. Place provides a lead to planning, and structure and material allow a means to articulate form and composition. An interest in Le Corbusier has persisted since university days, especially his small scale schemes and drawings, but more recent inspiration has also been found in the art of Colin McCahon.
His work has been published widely, he has been involved in architectural education since graduation in 1985, teaching full time at the University of Queensland and the Tasmanian Institute of Technology, and is currently a mentor with the Architecture Practice Academy in Brisbane.
As a student, he worked with Heisinger and Schauer, a small practice in Germany, which also operated as an art gallery, creating the perfect environment in which to learn about architecture. A number of recent art museum projects, as well as current houses for an art collector, and two artists, have re-established this desired connection.
