History & Design of the Australian House, The

Robert Irving, Richard Apperly, et al

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This impressive array of contributions from leading figures in Australian architecture, landscape design, building preservation and renovation gives an authoritative account of the Australian house in all its forms and fashions. The full range of home building types is examined int ext, modern and historic photographs, analytical drawings, site plans, floor plans, and section drawings. pp. 328 illusts (name on fep) #0120

Architecture / Buildings / Residential

Architecture / General
Architecture / Regional

Influence interior Italianate John kitchen land landscape loggia London materials Melbourne metres millimetres motifs nineteenth century op.cit oven painted Palladian panels pattern Philip Cox Picturesque plaster prefabricated Queen Anne Queensland Queensland houses Regency Revival Robin Boyd roof rooms settlers Shingle style shingles side single-storey slabs South Australia South Wales space stone storeys stove street stucco stud style suburbs Sydney Tasmania terrace houses texture tiles timber frame tower town traditional two-storeyed verandah Victoria Villa walls Watkin Tench Western Australia

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AuthorRobert Irving, Richard Apperly, et al
PublisherOxford University Press
Year Published1985
Book Condition

Near Fine

Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

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