The Australian Ugliness
$16.91
- Paperback
292 pages
- Release Date
25 April 2012
Summary
The Australian Ugliness: A Timeless Critique
Fifty years after its first publication, Robin Boyd’s bestselling The Australian Ugliness remains the definitive statement on how we live and think in the environments we create for ourselves. In it Boyd railed against Australia’s promotion of ornament, decorative approach to design and slavish imitation of all things American.
‘The basis of the Australian ugliness,’ he wrote, ‘is an unwillingness to be committed on the l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921922442 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1921922443 |
| Series: | Text Classics |
| Author: | Robin Boyd |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | Text Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 292 |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 198mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Robin Boyd
Robin Boyd (1919–71) is arguably Australia’s most influential architect. He was an idealist, a visionary, who believed that good design would improve the quality of people’s lives. A tireless public educator and outspoken social commentator, he designed more than two hundred buildings and wrote such classics as The Puzzle of Architecture and Australia’s Home.
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