Creating Canberra: A Century of Planning Cultures

by Karl Friedhelm Fischer and James Weirick

Construction of Australia's national capital, Canberra, began in 1913. From the original designs by Chicagoan architect Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony Griffin to the present day, the city reflects a hundred years of changing planning cultures and ideals. The authors not only trace the development of the planned capital city, but show how Canberra provides evidence of the evolution of planning generally. They describe how the city's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415706513
• ISBN13: 9780415706513
• Release Date: March 2031
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 400 Pages