Australia Modern: Architecture, Landscape & Design 1925–1975

Author:   Hannah Lewi ,  Philip Goad
Publisher:   Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
ISBN:  

9781760760151


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   29 July 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Hannah Lewi ,  Philip Goad
Publisher:   Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
Imprint:   Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 24.10cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 30.50cm
Weight:   2.300kg
ISBN:  

9781760760151


ISBN 10:   1760760153
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   29 July 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Australian Idiom by Barry Bergdoll • Timeline 1925–75 • Australia Modern Health & Children • Education • Houses & Housing • City & Suburb • Work & War • Émigrés & Exchange • Interiors • A Nation at Play

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From private homes to civic institutions, Australia Modern documents the buildings that have helped inform and shape the Australian experience. A must for every designer coffee table! * The Design Files * An important historical record of homegrown Modernism * Belle * This book constitutes an admirable retelling of the story of Australian modernism. * Houses * If you're a clean-cut modernism fan - think Seidler, Burley Griffin and Boyd - this is a must-have guide to our most interesting houses. * Inside Out *


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Hannah Lewi is a professor of architecture at the University of Melbourne. Her research interests include modern and Australian architecture, new and old media for history and heritage, and heritage and conservation theory. She is a co-director of the Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage and current deputy chair of DOCOMOMO Australia. Philip Goad is Chair of Architecture, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and co-director of Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage. He is co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture (2012) and co-author of An Unfinished Experiment in Living: Australian Houses 1950-65 (2017).

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