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

Cameron, Milton,

Experiments in modern living : scientists' houses in Canberra, 1950-1970 / Milton Cameron. - 1 online resource (xviii, 213 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.


English.

9781921862700 192186270X 1921862696 9781921862694

10.26530/OAPEN_459101 doi 459101

Menzies Library, The Australian National University Acton ACT 0200 22573/ctt236qt7 JSTOR


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.


Canberra (A.C.T.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Australian Capital Territory--Canberra.

australia. modern architecture. history. architecture. domestic architecture. buildings. canberra.


Electronic books.

NA682.M63

720.99471