Lake Burley Griffin
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Lake Burley Griffin is an artificial lake in the centre of Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was created in 1963 by the damming of the Molonglo River, which formerly ran between the city centre a
Lake Burley Griffin viewed from Black Mountain Tower
Walter Burley Griffin, the architect who designed Canberra, and after whom the lake is named. With him is his wife and fellow architect Marion Mahony Griffin.
A model of Griffin's Parliamentary Triangle. The lakes shown represent the actual design, not Griffin's original.
Griffin's award-winning design
Walter Burley Griffin
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Walter Burley Griffin was an American architect and landscape architect. He designed Canberra, Australia's capital city, the New South Wales towns of Griffith and Leeton, and the Sydney suburb of Cast
Lake Burley Griffin
…created in 1963 by the damming of the Molonglo River, which formerly ran between the city centre and Parliamentary Triangle. The lake is named after Walter Burley Griffin, the architect who won the competition to design the city of Canberra. Griffin designed the lake with many geometric motifs, so that the axes of his…
Griffin in 1912
William H. Emery, Jr. House, 1903
Frederick Carter House 1910