…and abstract rather than conventional language of form” and a “doubly-coded” (modern plus other) Post-Modern “loose overlap of qualities…an interest in popular and local codes of communication, in historical memory,…
Call for Papers: Para-colonial – Colonial – Post-colonial: Influences and Transactions in the Architecture of Oceania (1840–1990) Joint symposium convened by Christoph Schnoor (Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand)…
…are also three of the four ‘Asian Tigers’ which have undergone extremely rapid, continuous industrialisation and economic growth since 1950. Rising standards of living and increasing international trade developed hand-in-hand…
The invention of flying boats in the early twentieth century prompted architects and urbanists to adapt to a new hybrid transport technology. Flying boats’ ability to take off and land…
…government buildings in the area and how the imagining is manifested in a contemporary context. This paper also investigates the opposing voices to understand the contestation of identity representation in…
…Queensland Railways Department and denied a planning position with the Brisbane City Council, Langer commenced private practice (1946-1969). His significant influence on Queensland’s built environment is now belatedly being recognised…
…and the other small and oddly domestic in scale, containing a small anteroom. This combination of elements introduces an intriguing counterpoint of major (symmetrical/archetypal), and minor (asymmetrical/prosaic) orders into the…
…built form, materials and detailing are reflected in later Bamford and Pierce houses, or more widely in Arts and Crafts houses in the Auckland region. The paper shows that while…