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Designer Suburbs: Architects And Affordable Homes In Australia
Paperback Edition: 1
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. Today, the distance between the architectural profession and suburban housing has never been greater, with Australia's super-sized, energy-guzzling project homes the biggest in the world. With photographs by Max Dupain, David Moore, Wolfgang Sievers and Eric Sierins alongside original plans, Designer Suburbs explores the relationship between architects, builders and affordable housing since 1900 and the lessons we can learn from twentieth-century designer suburbs.
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Featured in the April 2013 Creative Enterprises newsletter.
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Pages : 208
Publisher : New South Wales University Pre
Publication date : 2012-11
Subjects: Non-fiction, Art/design/film