Hot Modernism: Queensland Architecture 1945-1975

by Janina Gosseye, Macarthur, Deborah van der Plaat

This thematic presentation of the history of modernist architecture of Queensland, Australia provides a fascinating case of the interrelation of climatic design and an aspiration for distinct cultural identity for a region. As international modernism swept the world after the Second World War it confronted differing landscapes, climates, and building traditions. The case of Queensland is exemplary in this regard. Queensland provided the challenge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1908967587
• ISBN13: 9781908967589
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Artifice Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.6"