Experiments in Modern Living
Scientists’ Houses in Canberra 1950–1970
Authored by: Milton CameronPlease read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
Description
When a group of brilliant young scientists arrived in Australia’s national capital after World War II to take up leading roles in the establishment of national research institutions, they commissioned Australia’s leading architects to design their private houses. The houses that resulted from these unique collaborations rejected previous architectural styles and wholeheartedly embraced modernist ideologies and aesthetics. The story of how these progressive clients contributed to the innovative design of their houses brings fresh insights to mid-twentieth-century Australian domestic architecture and to Canberra’s rich cultural history.
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781921862694
- ISBN (online):
- 9781921862700
- Publication date:
- May 2012
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/EML.05.2012
- Disciplines:
- Arts & Humanities: Cultural Studies, History, Other
- Countries:
- Australia
PDF Chapters
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- Preliminary (PDF, 148KB)
- Acknowledgments (PDF, 69KB)
- Illustrations (PDF, 90KB)
- Abbreviations (PDF, 43KB)
- Map of Canberra (PDF, 195KB)
- Select Inventory (PDF, 94KB)
- Introduction: Domestic Voyeurism (PDF, 234KB)
- Age of the Masters: Establishing a scientific and intellectual community in Canberra, 1946–1968 (PDF, 1.8MB)
- Paradigm Shift: Boyd and the Fenner House (PDF, 1.6MB)
- Promoting the New Paradigm: Seidler and the Zwar House (PDF, 848KB)
- Form Follows Formula: Grounds, Boyd and the Philip House (PDF, 811KB)
- Where Science Meets Art: Bischoff and the Gascoigne House (PDF, 2.2MB)
- The Origins of Form: Grounds, Bischoff and the Frankel House (PDF, 674KB)
Reviews
‘… an intriguing study of houses commissioned by the ‘highly educated, cultured and well-travelled intelligentsia’ who comprised Canberra’s mid-century scientific community.’
—Australian Garden History, Volume 24(4), 2013.
‘Far removed from a dry academic thesis or architectural history focusing on buildings rather than their inhabitants, [this] book is alive with insights into the amazing generation of postwar scientists who came to Canberra.’
—Gia Metherell, The Canberra Times (Panorama section), 23 June 2012.
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