Title Experiments in modern living : scientists' houses in Canberra, 1950-1970 / Milton Cameron

Published Canberra : ANU E Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 213 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction: Domestic Voyeurism -- Age of the Masters: Establishing a scientific and intellectual community in Canberra, 1946-1968 -- Paradigm Shift: Boyd and the Fenner House -- Promoting the New Paradigm: Seidler and the Zwar House -- Form Follows Formula: Grounds, Boyd and the Philip House -- Where Science Meets Art: Bischoff and the Gascoigne House -- The Origins of Form: Grounds, Bischoff and the Frankel House -- Afterword: Before and After Science Summary The story of how these progressive clients contributed to the innovative design of their houses brings fresh insights to mid-twentieth-century Australian domestic architecture and to Canberra's rich cultural history Analysis australia modern architecture history architecture domestic architecture buildings canberra Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Architecture, Modern. Scientists -- Homes and haunts -- Australia -- Canberra (A.C.T.) Architecture -- Australia -- Canberra (A.C.T.) Architecture. The arts. ARCHITECTURE -- History -- Contemporary (1945- ) Architecture Architecture, Modern Buildings SUBJECT Canberra (A.C.T.) -- Buildings, structures, etc Subject Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra Form Electronic book ISBN 9781921862700 192186270X 1921862696 9781921862694

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