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The forever house : time-honoured Australian homes / edited by Cameron Bruhn & Katelin Butler.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Port Melbourne, Victoria : Thames & Hudson Australia, 2014.Description: 304 pages : colour illustrations, plans ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9780500500453
Other title:
  • Time honoured Australian homes
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 728 23
LOC classification:
  • NA7469
Contents:
Pt. I. Neil Clerehan on the 1950s. King house & studios ; Iwanoff house ; Eddie Oribin house -- pt. II. Penelope Seidler on the 1960s. Railton house & office ; Baudish house ; Cater house ; Killara house ; McConnell residence ; Lyons house ; Baronda house ; Fern Tree house ; Paterson house ; Clerehan house II -- pt. III. Philip Cox on the 1970s. Frankel house ; Gissing house ; Bandy house & studio -- pt. IV. Maggie Edmond on the 1980s. Hambrett house ; Merli house ; Burrandool house ; Grant house ; Bawley Point house ; Thrupp & Summers house ; Simpson-Lee house.
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  • Do Not Withdraw
Summary: Imagine a home designed and built especially for your family to grow, evolve and create memories in over a lifetime. 'The forever house' celebrates 23 such dwellings through the intimate stories of the families and architects who created them. Featuring the Seidler house in Sydney and an introduction from Peggy Seidler for the 60's section, 'The Forever House' covers the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's with an essay introducing each section. These are homes, still lived in today by the families that had them commissioned.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Non-Fiction large size 728 FOR Available 069750
Total reserves: 0

Part of the Asia Pacific Design Library. QSL

Includes bibliographical references.

Pt. I. Neil Clerehan on the 1950s. King house & studios ; Iwanoff house ; Eddie Oribin house -- pt. II. Penelope Seidler on the 1960s. Railton house & office ; Baudish house ; Cater house ; Killara house ; McConnell residence ; Lyons house ; Baronda house ; Fern Tree house ; Paterson house ; Clerehan house II -- pt. III. Philip Cox on the 1970s. Frankel house ; Gissing house ; Bandy house & studio -- pt. IV. Maggie Edmond on the 1980s. Hambrett house ; Merli house ; Burrandool house ; Grant house ; Bawley Point house ; Thrupp & Summers house ; Simpson-Lee house.

Imagine a home designed and built especially for your family to grow, evolve and create memories in over a lifetime. 'The forever house' celebrates 23 such dwellings through the intimate stories of the families and architects who created them. Featuring the Seidler house in Sydney and an introduction from Peggy Seidler for the 60's section, 'The Forever House' covers the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's with an essay introducing each section. These are homes, still lived in today by the families that had them commissioned.

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