Australia has wildly differing topographies and climates, and its best residential architecture draws on those site conditions in inventive ways. This book illustrates the strength of the country's shift from British-influenced Georgian-style homes to more indigenous structures attuned to the land-a movement led by Australian architects such as Glenn Murcutt, Richard Leplastrier, and Gabriel Poole in the 1970s. Witness a range of new houses that grapple with the locales in which they are built. Up north, down south, and on the coast, from small and low-budget to multimillion-dollar dwellings, the focus is on the use of raw materials, energy efficiency, adaptable spaces, and embrace of the great outdoors for which the country is known. Drawings and interviews with the architects shed light on how they apply their intelligence and creativity to produce striking buildings that are uniquely Australian.

About the Author
Steve Huyton is a an architectural writer for international magazines and a blogger at Total Design Reviews.

Awards
Winner of Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY), Australia/New Zealand Best Regional Nonfiction, Gold 2020 (United States).



Book Information
ISBN 9780764358128
Author Steve Huyton
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 962g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 254mm * 15mm