Homes in the sky : apartment living in Australia / Caroline Butler-Bowdon and Charles Pickett ; photography by Max Dupain and Eric Sierins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler-Bowdon, Caroline.

Contributor:

Pickett, Charles, 1950-

Dupain, Max, 1911-1992.

Sierins, Eric.

Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.

Series:

Miegunyah volumes, second numbered series ; no. 89.

Miegunyah volumes, second numbered series ; no. 89

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apartments--Australia.

Apartments.

Apartments--Australia--Designs.

Apartments--Australia--History.

Apartment houses--Australia.

Apartment houses.

Apartment houses--Australia--Designs and plans.

City and town life.

History.

Australia.

City and town life--Australia.

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Physical Description:

x, 227 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Other Title:

Apartment living in Australia

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah Press ; Sydney : Published in association with Historic Houses Trust, 2007.

Summary:

Focusing on apartment buildings in Australia, this comprehensive study includes essays by prominent Australian architects discussing how apartment buildings, from public housing to luxury high-rises, have transformed&cities' social structure, urban environment, and architectural character. This&in-depth look at the history of apartment buildings in Australia&reports on how cities are being remade by an unprecedented apartment-building boom, &shows the American influences evident in Australian architecture, and includes photographs and line drawings of many well-known and sought-after apartment buildings by architects whose work has reached iconic status.

Notes:

"Produced to coincide with the exhibition Homes in the Sky held at the Museum of Sydney from 12 May to 26 August 2007"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780522853162

0522853161

OCLC:

157025949

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