Australia: Modern Architectures in History

Publication Date : 1/12/19
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This book tells the story of the architects and buildings that have defined Australia’s architectural culture since the founding of the modern nation through Federation in 1901. That year marked the beginning of a search for city forms and better buildings to accommodate the realities of Australian life and to express an emerging distinctive and, eventually, confident Australian identity. While Sydney and Melbourne were the settings for many of the major buildings, all states and territories developed architectural traditions based on distinctive histories and climates.

This book covers the flowering of these many variants, from the bid to create a model city in Canberra, through the stylistic battles that opened a space for modernism, to the idealism of postwar reconstruction and beyond to the new millennium. It reveals a vibrant and influential culture, at its best when it matches a civic idealism with the sensuality of a country of stunning light and landscapes.

(9781789141245)

SKU 9781789141245
Barcode # 9781789141245
Brand Reaktion Books
Artist / Author Harry Margalit
Shipping Weight 0.2000kg
Shipping Width 0.020m
Shipping Height 0.220m
Shipping Length 0.171m
Unit Of Measure each
author Harry Margalit
Publication Date 1/12/19
Number of pages 320
format Paperback / softback

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