Title Designer suburbs : architects and affordable homes in Australia / Judith O'Callaghan and Charles Pickett

Published Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth Publishing, 2012 Sydney : NewSouth Publishing; University of New South Wales Press Ltd, [2012] ©2012

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WATERFT ART&ARCH	728.0994 Oca/Dsa		AVAILABLE
WATERFT ART&ARCH	728.0994 Oca/Dsa		AVAILABLE
WATERFT ART&ARCH	728.0994 Oca/Dsa		AVAILABLE

Description 209 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 26 cm regular print Series Content ; 6 Content (Sydney, N.S.W.) ; 5. 1322-1507 Contents Cheap, liveable and appealing: from bungalow to project home -- Homes for the people: designing the fifties house -- 'Houses off the hook': the rise of the project builder -- The boom years: the 1960s and th 1970s in Sydney -- The boom years: the 1960s and 1970s in Melbourne -- Suburbia on steriods: a land of giants Summary In the 1950s, '60s and '70s architects like Harry Seidler, Robin Boyd, Ken Woolley, Michael Dysart and Graeme Gunn applied their talents to project homes, bringing high-end design to the suburbs. Backed by Pettit & Sevitt, Merchant Builders and other project builders, architects created small, deceptively simple houses which transformed the look of suburbia Analysis Australian Notes "NewSouth, UNSW Built Environment in association with the Powerhouse Museum" -- t.p Content 6. Content is an occasional publication -- first page Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience General Postgraduate Tertiary/Undergraduate Subject Architects -- Australia -- History -- 20th century. Architects -- Australia -- 20th century. Architecture and society -- Australia -- History. Architecture -- Australia -- History -- 20th century. Architecture -- Australia -- History. Architecture, Domestic -- Australia -- History -- 20th century. Suburban homes -- Australia -- History -- 20th century. Suburban homes -- Australia -- 20th century. Suburbs -- Australia. Author Pickett, Charles, 1950- author Powerhouse Museum. ISBN 1742233465 9781742233468 (paperback)

Other Titles Architects and affordable homes in Australia

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