ISBN10: 3930698900, ISBN13: 9783930698905, [publisher: Edition Axel Menges] Softcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
[Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1998]

Paperback / softback. New. The buildings included within this guide extend from the first examples of Australian architecture by convict architect Francis Greenway to the works by today's rising generation. ISBN 3930698900 9783930698905 [GB]

ISBN10: 3930698900, ISBN13: 9783930698905, [publisher: Edition Axel Menges] Softcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
[Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]

ISBN10: 3930698900, ISBN13: 9783930698905, [publisher: Edition Axel Menges, Fellbach] Softcover Paperback. In 1840 Sir Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor General of the British Crown, chose a rocky promontory on Sydney harbour for his home. He built a cottage in the style of Gothic Revival, popularised in England by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and documented in popular copy books shipped with his baggage from his home country. The house perfectly expresses the imaginative dislocation of European culture into the romantic wilderness. Whether they came out of duty, like Mitchell, or in the hope of opportunity, the European immigrants viewed Australia as a "terra nullius", as an empty land, a vacant space waiting to receive a model of Christian civilisation. It took a century to realise that the dream did not comfortably fit the continent. The story of Australian architecture might be said to parallel the endeavours of Australians to adapt and reconcile themselves with their home and neighbours. It is the story of 200 years of coming to terms with the land: of adaptation, insight and making do. Early settlers were poorly provisioned, profoundly ignorant of the land and richly prejudiced towards its peoples. They pursued many paths over many terrains.From the moist temperate region of Tasmania with heavy Palladian villas to the monsoonal north with open, lightweight stilt houses, the continent has induced most different regional building styles. The buildings included ...
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Edition Axel Menges 9/19/1998 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.

ISBN10: 3930698900, ISBN13: 9783930698905, [publisher: Edition Axel Menges] Softcover illustrated edition. 251 pages. 8.50x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]

ISBN10: 3930698900, ISBN13: 9783930698905, [publisher: Edition Axel Menges] Softcover Neuware - Der Band bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über den reichen baulichen Schatz der Stadt. Das Buch zeigt, wohin man gehen muß, um die besten Bauten und Innenräume zu sehen.Aufgenommen wurden nicht nur die großen Bauwerke der etablierten Architekten der Stadt, sondern auch die kleinen Bars, Restaurants und Kunstgalerien der jungen Design- und Architekturgemeinde Sydneys sowie die verbliebenen Zeugnisse der voreuropäischen Kultur der Aborigines in der Bucht von Sydney.Ein besonderes Kaoitel ist den Olympiabauten mit allen Details des olympischen Dorfes, des großen Stadions und der übrigen Einrichtungen gewidmet.Spezielle Karten zeigen die Lage der Gebäude im Zentrum sowie auch die malerischen Bauten für die Freizeit an der Pazifikküste.Darüber hinaus gibt das Buch Hinweise zum Besuch der Highlights der Architektur von Sydney mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln einschließlich der Fährten im Hafen.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2000]
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ISBN10: 3930698900, ISBN13: 9783930698905, [publisher: Edition Axel Menges] Softcover Neuware - Der Band bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über den reichen baulichen Schatz der Stadt. Das Buch zeigt, wohin man gehen muß, um die besten Bauten und Innenräume zu sehen.Aufgenommen wurden nicht nur die großen Bauwerke der etablierten Architekten der Stadt, sondern auch die kleinen Bars, Restaurants und Kunstgalerien der jungen Design- und Architekturgemeinde Sydneys sowie die verbliebenen Zeugnisse der voreuropäischen Kultur der Aborigines in der Bucht von Sydney.Ein besonderes Kaoitel ist den Olympiabauten mit allen Details des olympischen Dorfes, des großen Stadions und der übrigen Einrichtungen gewidmet.Spezielle Karten zeigen die Lage der Gebäude im Zentrum sowie auch die malerischen Bauten für die Freizeit an der Pazifikküste.Darüber hinaus gibt das Buch Hinweise zum Besuch der Highlights der Architektur von Sydney mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln einschließlich der Fährten im Hafen.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2000]
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Edition Axel Menges 2001 Softcover New Illustrated edition. 251 pages. 8.50x6.25x0.50 inches.

ISBN10: 3930698900, ISBN13: 9783930698905, [publisher: Edition Axel Menges] Softcover 2001. Paperback. Includes buildings that extend from the first examples of Australian architecture by convict architect Francis Greenway to the works by rising generation. This title covers many buildings by such famous architects as Walter Burley Griffin, Harry Seidler, Jorn Utzon, John Andrews, Philip Cox and Glenn Murcutt. Illustrator(s): Gragnato, Siegfried J. Editor(s): MacMahon, Bill. Num Pages: 256 pages, 455 illus. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; AMA; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 638. . . . . .
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2001]

Axel Menges 2001 Trade paperback New 2001. Paperback. Includes buildings that extend from the first examples of Australian architecture by convict architect Francis Greenway to the works by rising generation. This title covers many buildings by such famous architects as Walter Burley Griffin, Harry Seidler, Jorn Utzon, John Andrews, Philip Cox and Glenn Murcutt. Illustrator(s): Gragnato, Siegfried J. Editor(s): MacMahon, Bill. Num Pages: 256 pages, 455 illus. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; AMA; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 638......We ship daily from our Bookshop.