Experiments in Modern Living: Scientists' Houses in Canberra 1950-1970

• Autor principal: Cameron, Milton (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Canberra ANU Press 2012
• Assuntos: Architecture; australia; modern architecture; history; architecture; domestic architecture; buildings; canberra; Melbourne
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Resumo

When a group of brilliant young scientists arrived in Australia's national capital after World War II to take up leading roles in the establishment of national research institutions, they commissioned Australia's leading architects to design their private houses. The houses that resulted from these unique collaborations rejected previous architectural styles and wholeheartedly embraced modernist ideologies and aesthetics. The story of how these progressive clients contributed to the innovative design of their houses brings fresh insights to mid-twentieth-century Australian domestic architecture and to Canberra's rich cultural history.

Descrição Física

1 electronic resource (213 p.)

ISBN

OAPEN_459101
9781921862700

Acesso

Open Access