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9781789141245
1789141249
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Margalit, Harry
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Australia : modern architectures in history / Harry Margalit.
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London : Reaktion Books, 2019.
Description
364 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Modern architectures in history
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
One.From Federation To Metropolis, 1901-29 -- Two.Harsh Lessons And Their Effects, 1930-45 -- Three.Post-war Optimism: Everyone Becomes a Modernist, 1946-61 -- Four.The Very Good Times, 1962-80 -- Five.The Fragmentation of Identity, 1981-99 -- Six.The Neoliberal Environment, 2000-.
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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.
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Architects
Architecture
Architecture -- Australia -- History
Architects -- Australia
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Modern architectures in history
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2019.502
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