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Melbourne University Press, 1997. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Fine / Fine. ARCHITECTURE URBAN PLANNING AUSTRALIANAThis is an account of the planning of the city of Canberra, Australia, describing how the competition to design the city was run, amid boycotts and controversy. It tells of the flamboyant King O'Malley, who oversaw events as Minister for Home Affairs, and how the winning entrant, Walter Burley Griffin, implemented his design. The designs and related documentary material show the planning theory and practice which was used at a time when modern urban planning was in its infancy. A cast of urban designers is introduced - men such as Arthur Comey, Ernest Gimson, Charles Heath and Emil T. Mische, whose work has been largely forgotten, ignored or inadequately understood.First Edition. xv, 494 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 26 x 28 cm. #170624 (Large heavy book.) Federal Capital Design Competition, (1911-1925) Federal Capital Design Competition, (1911-1925) -- Biography City…
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- Title Canberra 1912
- Author John W. Reps
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
- Date December 31, 1997
- ISBN 9780522847550
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Canberra 1912 : Plans and Planners of the Australian Capital Competition
by Reps, John W. (John William)
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