This book tells the story of the architects and buildings that have
defined Australia's architectural culture since the founding of the
modern nation through Federation in 1901. That year marked the
beginning of a search for city forms and better buildings to
accommodate the realities of Australian life and to express an
emerging distinctive and, eventually, confident Australian
identity. While Sydney and Melbourne were the settings for many of
the major buildings, all states and territories developed
architectural traditions based on distinctive histories and
climates. This book covers the flowering of these many variants,
from the bid to create a model city in Canberra, through the
stylistic battles that opened a space for modernism, to the
idealism of postwar reconstruction and beyond to the new
millennium. It reveals a vibrant and influential culture, at its
best when it matches a civic idealism with the sensuality of a
country of stunning light and landscapes.
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