| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 213 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Architecture, Modern.
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Scientists -- Homes and haunts -- Australia -- Canberra (A.C.T.)
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Architecture -- Australia -- Canberra (A.C.T.)
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Canberra (A.C.T.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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ARCHITECTURE -- History -- Contemporary (1945- )
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| ISBN |
9781921862700 (electronic bk.) |
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192186270X (electronic bk.) |
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192186270X |
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9781921862694 (paperback) |
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