Designing Australia's cities : culture, commerce and the city beautiful, 1900-1930
Freestone, Robert2007
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This chronicles the ideas, influences, outcomes and enduring legacies of this significant, though often under-appreciated, artistic turn in Australian urban design, which set Australian urban planning and development within a new international context.
Main title:
Designing Australia's cities : culture, commerce and the city beautiful, 1900-1930 / by Robert Freestone
Author:
Imprint:
Sydney NSW : UNSW Press, 2007
Collation:
325 pages : illustrations
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. America and the world -- 3. The Australian scene -- 4. The federal capital -- 5. City plans -- 6. Civic centres -- 7. Public spaces -- 8. The campus beautiful -- 9. Parks, parkways and the street beautiful -- 10. The everday landscape -- 11. New themes, old traditions
ISBN:
9780868408118 (pbk)
Dewey class:
307.12
Language:
English
BRN:
58898
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | Tech Book | 307.12 DES | Available |