Australia : modern architectures in history / Harry Margalit
- Bib ID:
- 8132795
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Margalit, Harry, author
- Description:
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- London : Reaktion Books, 2019
- 364 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781789141245 (paperback)
- 1789141249 (paperback)
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9781789141627 (electronic book)
- Series:
- Modern architectures in history.
- Summary:
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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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 70 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Unpublished
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