Harold Desbrowe-Annear

Harold Desbrowe-Annear
Author: Harriet Edquist
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Harold Desbrowe-Annear was an enigma: an architect who counted among his clients some of Melbourne's wealthiest families and among his friends a wide range of bohemian artists and writers. This biography explores both the multifaceted work and unconventional life of this intriguing man.

Transition

Transition
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1998
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

A Place Across the River

A Place Across the River
Author: Vicki Fairfax
Publisher: Macmillan Education AU
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781876832131

Vicki Fairfax's account of the struggle to build an Arts Centre for all Victorians located in the heart of Melbourne makes for very exciting reading. Set against problems ranging from identifying and securing a site to seeing it completed and in operating mode many years later, the story provides insights into the generosity, creativity and vision of the many people involved. This book, with its hundreds of historic photos, plans and drawings will interest arts academics and architectural enthusiasts alike.

Architects' Homes

Architects' Homes
Author: The Images Publishing Group
Publisher: Images Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2017-01-31
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1864706082

This stunning book takes a rare glimpse into the intriguing and unique homes of some of the world’s best-known architects. How do these architects design their own private domains? How do the changing needs of their families influence the structural integrity of the spaces? How do these individuals express their interior design flair in their own haven? The book starts by introducing the relationship between the architect and their professional work, by showing how that marries with their own private tastes, and how they interpret current trends and enable their own philosophies to transfer to their personal, private environments. Combining rich photography and spectacular imagery with insight into the private architectural world of these industry professionals, this book provides a rich source for those keen to delve into the design aesthetics, concepts and innovations of leaders in their very own field.

Shifting Views

Shifting Views
Author: Andrew Leach
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780702236600

"Shifting Views draws together a selection of writing from across twenty-five years of these conferences to provide a fascinating view into the region's architectural history discipline. The essays collected here, from such diverse thinkers as Judith Brine, Joan Kerr, Miles Lewis, Sarah Treadwell, Philip Goad, Julie Willis and Mike Austin, reflect some of the most illuminating debates from these conferences. Together these essays capture a tone of critical inquiry and the conditions of writing architectural history in Australia and New Zealand." "Shifting Views takes us into the mechanics of architectural history-making, exposing its foundations and demonstrating how they can be called to account. It shows us how architectural history has been made and revised, giving us a glimpse of the means why which our past becomes our history."--BOOK JACKET.

Between Duty and Design

Between Duty and Design
Author: John J. Taylor
Publisher: Apollo Books
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2014
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781742586205

Annotation. The architectural work of Joseph John Talbot Hobbs is impossible to overlook in Perth and Western Australia. It dominates public spaces as well as domestic and business streetscapes. A strong sense of duty determined that the diminutive fifty-year-old architect-soldier J.J. Talbot Hobbs would in 1914 voyage to the First World War, where he survived the horrors of Gallipoli and the Western Front. Hobbs' powerful organisational skills positioned him as Australia's highest ranking soldier in Europe after the Great War. Organiser of Australian war memorials in France and Belgium, his stellar designs both there and throughout Western Australia are now largely forgotten. Who was J.J. Talbot Hobbs that he was considered to be of such importance at the time of his death that a memorial was built in one of the most prominent places in the state's capital city of Perth? Between Duty and Design is a meticulous biography of the man: soldier and architect, highlighting his place as a citizen of national importance.