Experiments in modern living : scientists' houses in Canberra, 1950-1970 /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cameron, Milton
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra : ANU E Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Architecture, Modern.
Scientists > Homes and haunts > Australia > Canberra (A.C.T.)
Architecture > Australia > Canberra (A.C.T.)
Architecture > Australie > Canberra.
Architecture.
The arts.
ARCHITECTURE > History > Contemporary (1945- )
Architecture
Architecture, Modern
Buildings
Canberra (A.C.T.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Australian Capital Territory > Canberra
australia.
modern architecture.
history.
architecture.
domestic architecture.
buildings.
canberra.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Domestic Voyeurism
  • Age of the Masters: Establishing a scientific and intellectual community in Canberra, 1946-1968
  • Paradigm Shift: Boyd and the Fenner House
  • Promoting the New Paradigm: Seidler and the Zwar House
  • Form Follows Formula: Grounds, Boyd and the Philip House
  • Where Science Meets Art: Bischoff and the Gascoigne House
  • The Origins of Form: Grounds, Bischoff and the Frankel House
  • Afterword: Before and After Science.

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