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The Australian house : homes of the tropical north / Balwant Saini, text ; Ray Joyce, photography.
LIBRA NA7117.T74 S35 1982
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saini, Balwant Singh.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture, Domestic--Australia, Northern.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Architecture, Tropical--Australia, Northern.
- Architecture, Tropical.
- Northern Australia.
- Penn Provenance:
- Venturi, Robert; Brown, Denise Scott
- Physical Description:
- 128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney ; New York : Lansdowne Press, 1982.
- Summary:
- The traditional timber house of tropical northern Australia with photographs, architectural plans and accompanying text on the influences and development of these unique houses.
- Contents:
- Origins
- Structure
- Miners cottages
- Urban houses
- Matter of style
- Climate
- Verandahs
- House of stumps
- Interiors
- Fences
- Restoration and renovation. Exterior
- Under the house
- Raised floor
- Gardens and outbuildings
- Word on painting
- Some legal matters.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 122) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
- ISBN:
- 0701815736
- 9780701815738
- 9781863020985
- 1863020985
- OCLC:
- 11187329
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