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Author Farrelly, E. M. (Elizabeth M.), author

Title H2o Architects to 2012
Published Collingwood, Vic. : H2o Architects ; Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing [distributor], 2012
Collingwood, Victoria : H2o Architects, 2012
South Yarra, Victoria : Macmillan Publishers, 2012
©2012

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Description 95 pages : colour illustrations, plans ; 27 cm
regular print
Contents Lakeside Stadium Albert Park -- Swinburne University of Technology Advanced Manufacturing Precint -- Genazzano FCJ College Madeleine Centre for the Performing Arts -- Avondale Heights Library and Learning Centre -- University of Adelaide Plant Accelerator -- Deakin University International Centre and Business Building -- Castlemaine Primary School -- Deakin University Central Precint -- Victorian State Emergency Service Headquarters -- RMIT University Buikding 512 Computer Barn -- Australia Post Shared Services -- RMIT University Building 513 Textiles, Clothes, Leather and Footwear Facility 35 projects
Summary The buildings of H2o architects, Tim Hairburgh and Mark O'Dwyer have been praised for their design commitment to sustainability, playfulness and their intelligent responses to a variety of sites and purposes. These architects practice what they call 'expensive modernism' in their design which are predominantly for schools, government buildings and universities. No two alike, the buildings can be brilliantly coloured like Avondale Heights Library and Learning Centre or rough and timbered like RMIT's Textile Faculty in South Brunswick. Swinburne and Deakin Universities have also benefited from H2o's unique designs, as has Victoria's State Emergency Service Headquarters. This is architecture with a difference - beautifully illustrated in the book
Analysis Australian
Notes Caption title
Text by Elizabeth Farrelly
Donated by Lisa Hurburgh
Subject Hairburgh, Tim, architect
O'Dwyer, Mark, architect
Hairburgh, Tim
O'Dwyer, Mark.
H2o Architects (Firm)
H2o Architects
Architectural firms -- Australia -- Victoria.
Architectural firms -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
Architecture -- Australia -- 21st century.
Architecture -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 21st century.
Architecture, Modern -- 21st century.
Architecture, Modern -- Australia -- Victoria -- 21st century.
Commercial buildings -- Australia -- Design and construction.
Public buildings -- Australia -- Design and construction.
Author Farrelly, E. M. (Elizabeth M.), author
H2o Architects, issuing body
ISBN 9781921394980 (paperback)
Other Titles H two o Architects to 2012