Australia's Home
Its Origins, Builders and Occupiers
$65.47
- Paperback
300 pages
- Release Date
30 June 1987
Summary
Architects and amateurs alike will delight in the informative detail and quiet humour which led to a fresh view of Australia’s streetscapes and suburbs.
Since its first publication, Australia’s Home has been in constant demand. The author summarises his story, from 1788 to 1960, as ‘a material triumph and an aesthetic calamity’. Readers have thoroughly enjoyed the combination of informative detail and quiet humour, and the architectural features of a house, a street, or a sub…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522843583 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522843581 |
| Author: | Robin Boyd |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Edition: | 5th |
| Release Date: | 30 June 1987 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 183mm x 119mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
Robin Boyd
Robin Boyd lived for architecture but he was also a gifted writer, teacher and social commentator. The sentiments he expressed in his writing made him one of Australia’s liveliest social critics. Boyd’s unexpected death at the age of fifty-two is still a matter of controversy and distress.
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