Experiments in Modern Living: Scientists' Houses in Canberra 1950-1970
Cameron, Milton
Experiments in Modern Living: Scientists' Houses in Canberra 1950-1970 - Canberra ANU Press 2012 - 1 electronic resource (213 p.)
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When a group of brilliant young scientists arrived in Australia’s national capital after World War II to take up leading roles in the establishment of national research institutions, they commissioned Australia’s leading architects to design their private houses. The houses that resulted from these unique collaborations rejected previous architectural styles and wholeheartedly embraced modernist ideologies and aesthetics. 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.
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English
OAPEN_459101
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Architecture
australia modern architecture history architecture domestic architecture buildings canberra Melbourne
Experiments in Modern Living: Scientists' Houses in Canberra 1950-1970 - Canberra ANU Press 2012 - 1 electronic resource (213 p.)
Open Access
When a group of brilliant young scientists arrived in Australia’s national capital after World War II to take up leading roles in the establishment of national research institutions, they commissioned Australia’s leading architects to design their private houses. The houses that resulted from these unique collaborations rejected previous architectural styles and wholeheartedly embraced modernist ideologies and aesthetics. 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.
All rights reserved
English
OAPEN_459101
10.26530/OAPEN_459101 doi
Architecture
australia modern architecture history architecture domestic architecture buildings canberra Melbourne