Architectural Magazine: IMAGINARY AUSTRALIA.

Author: Gilbert Hansen, ed
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish/ English
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 168
Illustrations: 9 Color Illustrations. 364 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 11”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN:
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 2791

Price: $55.00

In the meeting between the imaginary and real life, architecture comes into being. In this issue of the Architectural Magazine B, Australian architects, writers and artists discuss the thin and porous line between the imaginary and the real, expressing their visions of the Australian reality. The projects here present a selection of contemporary Australian architecture, from Darwin in the north to the large cities in the south, Melbourne and Sydney, from the wastelands in the west around Perth, to Queensland’s sunshine coast in the east. The projects have primarily been created by the younger generation of architects who, working from small firms for private clients, constitute niches in Australia’s tough and commercialized construction sector. It is important for architects to study how settlements in the new culture-landscapes are formed, how the architecture is defined in these spaces and how new connections can be created in a meeting between old architectural ideals and new surroundings.