Romaldo Giurgola, architect of Australia's parliament, was a giant who never forgot the 'human scale'

Submitted by Paul Daley on Tue, 17/05/2016 - 2:01pm

The Italian-born architect who died on Monday aged 95 never lost sight of the fact that successful buildings have to serve both humanity and landscape

The old man stood before the expansive windows with his arm extended.

He shut one eye and, with a hand remarkably steady for that of a 91-year-old, traced with his finger the northern bank of Lake Burley Griffin, glittering down there in the autumn sunshine.

In Canberra, he said, it was easier to attain 'measure' between lifestyle, natural, beauty and human ambition