Australian Architecture
A history
$46.07
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2022
Summary
From First Nations gunyahs and First Fleet huts to 21st century eco-pavilions and skyscrapers, Davina Jackson surveys the evolution of architecture in Australia.
Dr Jackson explores how early colonial building designers like James Bloodworth, Francis Greenway and John Lee Archer interpreted classical European styles using local stone and timber. She examines how medieval and Renaissance monuments influenced leading architects during the 19th century, until the fresh winds of modernism…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760878399 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760878391 |
| Author: | Davina Jackson |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 888g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 170mm x 230mm |
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Critics Review
‘Australian Architecture is not just a comprehensive architectural history. It is a social history of Australia and how our buildings shaped our lives.’ - Sydney Arts Guide
‘Davina’s book covers more than buildings, it examines who we are, who we have hoped to be and who we are now.’ - Daily Telegraph
‘It is over 50 years since the publication of Freeland’s ground breaking Architecture in Australia. Davina Jackson’s new Australian Architecture not only extends its scope, beginning with Aboriginal shelters to include the radically new urban present, it converts a hugely important many-faceted culturally complex story into a highly readable narrative that will long serve as a classic in its field.’ - Philip Drew, architectural historian
‘Australian Architecture is now the key reference text for architectural history in Australia.’ - Architecture Australia
‘An indispensable reference’ - Quadrant
‘Will enlighten and engage the reader, and best of all, it will open the door to our world of architecture - where we have been, how we have changed and what has been achieved.’ - Indesignlive
Davina Jackson
Dr Davina Jackson is an international writer of books, exhibitions, and websites on architecture, technology, and urban geography themes. She edited Architecture Australia from 1992 to 2000 and was a founder of annual city light festivals in Sydney and Singapore. After a multi-disciplinary design professorship at the University of New South Wales, she has guest-lectured at MIT, Cambridge, TU Munich, and other universities in America, Europe, and Asia. Her publications earned her a PhD from the University of Kent in 2019 and fellowships of the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Society of Arts, and the Royal Society of New South Wales.
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