205 pages : colour illustrations, plans, portraits ; 29 cm
Contents
Foreword / Jennifer Taylor -- A shadow of history / Col Madigan -- Photography portfolio -- Original plans -- Symbol and substance / Daryl Jackson -- The mission / Col Madigan -- Crystal clear: the architecture of the National Gallery of Australia / Robert Bell -- A complex of identities / Terence Measham -- Difficulties with Australian art / Daniel Thomas -- A search for order / Richard Goodwin -- NGA defies original vision / James Weirick -- The architecture of the garden / Roger Vidler -- Revisions to the gallery -- Irreconcilable opposites? / Laura Harding -- In the realm of consciousness / Angelo Candalepas -- Timeline/ Angelo Candalepas
Summary
The book includes eleven essays, original photography by Max Dupain, David Moore and Guy Madigan and a portfolio of Col Madigan's drawings, charting his continued engagement with his masterpiece; the principle author is Col Madigan, who for three decades fought for the gallery's legacy to be preserved and for the building to be completed
Analysis
Australian
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media commendations
