DESIGNING Australia's Cities - Culture, Commerce and the City Beautiful, 1900-1930 (Hardcover, New)

Accessible and comprehensive, written by the current President of the International Planning History Society, this volume provides readers with a highly visual account of historical, contemporary and international projects. Looking at the ways in which the City Beautiful movement influenced the design and development of Australian cities, this pioneering national study surveys the ruling ideas, influences, outcomes and enduring legacies of the early artistic turn in Australian urban design. With the return of the American City Beautiful movement to the forefront of urban design, Designing Australia's Cities is a relevant account of the ways in which this movement influenced and shaped Australian city design, but more importantly sheds light on a planning culture that stretches far beyond Australia and is of increasing relevance worldwide today. Laying bare an important design and reform movement, whose under-appreciated legacy is clearly evident in urban landscapes today, this book is ideal for students of planning, architecture, urban design and the history of planning.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Robert Freestone
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	334
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-42421-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects
LSN:	0-415-42421-6
Barcode:	9780415424219

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