Winning design for new Powerhouse Museum revealed

The design by architectural team Moreau Kusunoki and Genton has been called ‘a monstrosity on stilts’ by its detractors.

If the Berejiklian Government was hoping the controversy around the relocation of the Powerhouse Museum to Parramatta would die down once plans for the new building were revealed, they’re probably shaking their heads today.

Shadow Arts Minister and Shadow Treasurer Walt Secord has slammed the winning design by architectural team Moreau Kusunoki and Genton, calling the proposed structure ‘a monstrosity on stilts’ and saying it was costly as well as ugly.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts