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Almost Full Circle
Biography of renowned Australian-based architect Harry Seidler (1923- ). Details the personal, political and artistic influences that shaped his life. Explores his introduction to architecture as a schoolboy in Vienna and Canada, his internment in Canada during the war, his studies at Harvard, his early work in architecture in New York and Brazil before migrating to Australia in 1948, and his often tendentious relationship with the critics. Foreword by former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Introduction by Edmund Capon, Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Includes photographs, endnotes and index.
The Budapest Job
The Budapest Job is a fast-paced thriller that builds to a dramatic revelation. A young Australian architect arrives in Budapest in 1989 on a project, the year Communism is collapsing. He becomes embroiled in a secret police operation amidst the political turmoil of the times as he tries to track down the person who murdered his father in 1953 during the Stalinist years. When he makes the shocking discovery of the perpetrator’s identity he must decide whether to take revenge or let let justice be delivered. “A thrilling and chilling book about how the past is never passed. Innocent eyes open at discovering betrayal and collaboration when a communist state collapses – a fine novel that is all too true to life.” Geoffrey Robertson QC (human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster) “Mysterious, thrilling and dramatic. The Budapest Job is an extraordinary book, a skilful and fast moving, sometimes frightening evocation of the agonies of Hungary under Stalinism and still today.” William Shawcross (writer, journalist, broadcaster, author of The Queen Mother, Allies, Queen and Country, Murdoch, The Shah's Last Ride, and many more)
A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture
1960, following as it did the last CIAM meeting, signalled a turning point for the Modern Movement. From then on, architecture was influenced by seminal texts by Aldo Rossi and Robert Venturi, and gave rise to the first revisionary movement following Modernism. Bringing together leading experts in the field, this book provides a comprehensive, critical overview of the developments in architecture from 1960 to 2010. It consists of two parts: the first section providing a presentation of major movements in architecture after 1960, and the second, a geographic survey that covers a wide range of territories around the world. This book not only reflects the different perspectives of its various authors, but also charts a middle course between the 'aesthetic' histories that examine architecture solely in terms of its formal aspects, and the more 'ideological' histories that subject it to a critique that often skirts the discussion of its formal aspects.
Douglas Snelling
Douglas Burrage Snelling (1916–85) was one of Britain’s significant emigré architects and designers. Born in Kent and educated in New Zealand, he became one of Australia’s leading mid-century architects, of luxury residences and commercial buildings, and a trend-setting designer of furniture, interiors and landscapes. This is the first comprehensive study of Snelling’s pan-Pacific life, works and trans-disciplinary significance. It provides a critical examination of this controversial modernist, revealing him to be a colourful and talented protagonist who led antipodean interpretations of American, especially Wrightian and southern Californian, architecture, design and lifestyle innovations.
The Rough Guide to Sydney
The Rough Guide to Sydney is the ultimate handbook to this vibrant city. Features include: - Full-colour section introducing Sydney's highlights. - Lively coverage of every attraction, from catching a wave at Bondi Beach or scaling the Harbour Bridge to watching a film under the stars. - Critical reviews of restaurants and accommodation for every price range, plus the lowdown on the best places to drink, dance, swim and shop. - Detailed accounts of city escapes including wine tasting in the Hunter Valley, bushwalking in the Blue Mountains and cruising on the Hawkesbury River. - Maps and plans covering the city and day-trips.
Dwell
At Dwell, we're staging a minor revolution. We think that it's possible to live in a house or apartment by a bold modern architect, to own furniture and products that are exceptionally well designed, and still be a regular human being. We think that good design is an integral part of real life. And that real life has been conspicuous by its absence in most design and architecture magazines.
Dwell
At Dwell, we're staging a minor revolution. We think that it's possible to live in a house or apartment by a bold modern architect, to own furniture and products that are exceptionally well designed, and still be a regular human being. We think that good design is an integral part of real life. And that real life has been conspicuous by its absence in most design and architecture magazines.
Félreértések és tévhitek
Mi a célja ennek a könyvnek? Életem legnagyobb részében érettségi után Németországban, nyugaton éltem. A rendszerváltást külföldről figyeltem. Csalódás volt, hogy 1990 után megbékélés helyett évtizedekig az ellenséges hangok törtek felszínre, barátokat, családokat megosztottak. A rendszerváltásról megfér békésen egymás mellett több nézőpont is. Jogos nézőpontok a múltbeli sérelmek, a „bűnös” emberek, vagy a jogi és gazdasági témák. Miklós, régi barátom területe a gazdaság és a jog, ezekről számos újságcikket írt. Egy új nézőpont és kérdés ebben a könyvben: lehet a sérelmek és bűnös emberek mellett a nem szándékos félreértéseket vizsgálni? Remélem, ez egy keskeny ösvény lehet a megbékéléshez.
Le Corbusier in the Antipodes
This book considers the architect Le Corbusier’s encounters with Australia and New Zealand as a two-way exchange, showing the impact of his ideas and projects on architects of the region whilst also revealing counterinfluences on Le Corbusier in his post-war career that were activated by his contacts. Compiled from detailed archival research undertaken at the Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris, and nationally based archives, Le Corbusier in the Antipodes brings together a set of episodes placing them in context with the history of modern art, architecture and urbanism in 20th century Australia and New Zealand. Key exchanges between Le Corbusier and others never before described are presented an...
