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Author

Cameron, Milton.

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

Imprint

Canberra : ANU E Press, 2012.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (xviii, 213 pages) : illustrations
	text txt rdacontent
	computer c rdamedia
	online resource cr rdacarrier
	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Language	English.
Subject	Architecture, Modern.
	Scientists -- Homes and haunts -- Australia -- Canberra (A.C.T.)
	Architecture -- Australia -- Canberra (A.C.T.)
	Canberra (A.C.T.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
	Architecture -- Australie -- Canberra.
	Architecture.
	The arts.
	ARCHITECTURE -- History -- Contemporary (1945- )
	Architecture
	Architecture, Modern
	Buildings
	Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmP6BTMTWWrWJdDDTDDv3
Indexed Term	australia.
	modern architecture.
	history.
	architecture.
	domestic architecture.
	buildings.
	canberra.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: 192186270X
ISBN	9781921862700 (electronic bk.)
	192186270X (electronic bk.)
	1921862696
	9781921862694
Standard No.	10.26530/OAPEN_459101 doi
	459101
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