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Growing up Modern: Canberra’s Round House and Alex Jelinek Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Harriet Edquist
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Untimely Moderns: How Twentieth-Century Architecture Reimagined the Past Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Hannah Lewi
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Andrew Andersons: Architecture and the Public Realm Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Guillermo Fernández-Abascal
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The Persian Revival: The Imperialism of the Copy in Iranian and Parsi Architecture Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Gauvin Alexander Bailey
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The Caroline Simpson Library: A Resource to Understand the History of Colour in the Home Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Michael Lech, Matthew Stephens
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Historic Preservation Theory: An Anthology. Readings from the 18th to the 21st Century Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Amy Clarke
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Report on the Society of Interior Designers of Australia Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Michael Bogle
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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A Tribute to Jean-Louis Cohen (1949–2023) Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Andrew Leach, Christoph Schnoor
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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An “Artistic Display of Wares”: The Wallpaper Trade During Otago’s Goldrush, 1860-1867 Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Eva Forster-Garbutt, Nigel Isaacs, Joanna Merwood-Salisbury
In comparison with interior design and architecture studies in Britain, Europe, the United States and Australia, little research has been conducted on interiors of the 19th century in New Zealand. ...
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The Historical Literature of Australian Domestic Interior Design 1945-1975 Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Catriona Quinn
This article surveys the formation of the historiography of Australian domestic interior design and decoration from 1945 to 1975. The review aims to understand the inclusions and omissions of Austr...
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The Architecture of Devotion: James Goold and His Legacies in Colonial Melbourne Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Ursula de Jong
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Domesticity Under Siege: Threatened Spaces of the Modern Home Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Joanna Merwood-Salisbury
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Report from the AASA Modernism Collaborative Fabrications Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Deborah Ascher Barnstone, Julie Collins, Isabel Rousset
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Kitchen Tours: Re-Interpreting the History of Gendered Labour and Technologies in the Home Through Four Australian Heritage Houses Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Hannah Lewi
Despite its material and metaphorical centrality to the home, the kitchen has been viewed as somewhat of a lacuna in architecture and design histories and heritage accounts. This is in part because...
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Revaluing Modern Architecture: Changing Conservation Culture Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Julia Gatley
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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A Fleeting Glimpse? ‘Sweden’s Shop Window in Sydney’ - the Sweden at David Jones’ Exposition of 1954 Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Mark Ian Jones
On Wednesday 16 June 1954, a vast exposition of Swedish applied arts, manufacture, lifestyle, and industry opened at Sydney‘s largest department store, David Jones‘ Limited. Presenting Swedish desi...
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‘A Village Stood on End’: Anthropology and the Interior of the Modernist Tower Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Hannes Frykholm
The paper considers the influence of American anthropologist Margaret Mead on the design and representation of two residential towers of the Waterloo Estate in Sydney, one of Australia's most well-...
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33:1 Editorial Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Kelly Greenop
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 33, No. 1, 2023)
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From Hilltop Landmarks to Suburban Place Makers: Brisbane’s Post-War Religious Territories and Communities Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Lisa Marie Daunt, Janina Gosseye
This paper examines the shifting urban and architectural manifestations of Christian churches built in twentieth century Brisbane, the capital of Queensland and the third most populous city in Aust...
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The Politics of the Visual: Immigrant Architecture in Melbourne’s Tourist Brochures Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Sanja Rodeš, Mirjana Lozanovska
This paper investigates “immigrant architecture”1 in Australia and argues that the reception of the “architecture of the other” is mediated by the visual appearance of this architecture. The paper ...
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Magnifying the Terrace: David Saunders and the Cross Street Co-Operative Housing Development Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-08-06 Catherine Townsend, Philip Goad, Paul Walker
This paper traces the influence that pioneering Australian architectural historian David Saunders (1928–1986) exerted over the development of the University of Melbourne’s Cross Street Co-operative...
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Form, Function and Monumentality: A Critical Analysis of Jørn Utzon’s Late Work on the Sydney Opera House Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Philip Nobis, Ursa Komac, Kerry London
The reengagement of Jørn Utzon on the Sydney Opera House in 1999 was considered an international coup and opportunity for healing and closure to the controversy sparked by his departure 32 years ea...
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An Antipodean Attica Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Miles Lewis
The Lady Franklin Museum at Ancanthe, near Hobart, is a pivotal building. It represents a conscious attempt by Jane Franklin to evoke Attica in Australia, an important essay in the Greek Revival by...
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Tee Square Journal, Phi, Aspect, and Aedicule: The Publications of the Architectural Students Association of Western Australia Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Andrew Murray
This paper explores four publications produced by the Architectural Students Association of Western Australia (ASAWA), and the shifting intellectual contexts in which they were created. Between 193...
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Architectural Drawings: Collecting in Australia Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Luke Tipene
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 33, No. 1, 2023)
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Australia’s First Architectural Competitions, 1826–27 Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Tim Reeves
Architectural competitions have played a significant role in Australia’s development, yet their wider story is largely absent from its architectural histories. This paper foregrounds the topic by e...
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Urban Counter-Place within the 1988 Sydney Invasion Day Convergence Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Seth Dias
This article investigates the history of the 1988 Invasion Day rally to understand the spatial and urbanistic implications of First Nations protest. By broadening the methods of architectural histo...
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The Architecture of Confinement: Incarceration Camps of the Pacific War Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Cathi Ho Schar
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 33, No. 1, 2023)
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Urban Design in the 20th Century: A History Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Errol Haarhoff
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The Architecture of the State and Statelessness Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Cameron Logan
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 32, No. 3, 2022)
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Three Ideas of Emptiness: Structural Biases Towards Isolation, Separation and Absence in the 1979 Australian Parliament House Competition Brief Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Luke Tipene
ABSTRACT The 1979 competition brief for Australia’s Parliament House has been described as an exceedingly complex, bureaucratic document. Its 170 pages summarise site and user data in tremendous detail. Yet, curiously offer little information about Australia’s democratic values and guiding principles. The absence of this information is significant as it inhibits discourse on architecture's capacity
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Ngā Pūtahitanga/Crossings: The 39th Annual Conference of SAHANZ and 16th Conference of Australasian UHPH Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-04-11 David Nichols
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 33, No. 1, 2023)
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After the Australian Ugliness Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Wouter Van Acker
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 33, No. 1, 2023)
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Karl Langer: Modern Architect and Migrant in the Australian Tropics Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Tanja Poppelreuter
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 33, No. 1, 2023)
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Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Fiona Gardiner
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 33, No. 1, 2023)
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On the Verge of Neo-Imperialism and Neutrality: The Construction of the Belgian Consulate-General in Seoul (1903-1907) Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Charlotte Rottiers, Anne-Françoise Morel, Fredie Floré
ABSTRACT This article frames the design and construction of the Belgian Consulate-General in Seoul (1903-1907) as a project of national representation on the verge of neo-imperialism and neutrality. The building project, designed by Belgian architect A. Groothaert, was part of the Belgian mission to showcase itself as an economic, commercial and industrial power via diplomatic architecture. The article
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The Spectre at Vauxhall Cross: Architecture of the State, between Community and Monarchy Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Janina Gosseye
ABSTRACT This paper examines the matter of “architecture of the state” through the development history of the Esso site at Vauxhall Cross in London, which since the early 1990s houses the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), designed by Terry Farrell. The story of this site’s decades-long redevelopment saga calls into question what (or who) precisely “the state” is. Is it
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Bill Lucas: Architect Utopian, Tin Sheds Gallery, 24 February–26 March 2022 Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Anna Corkhill
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 32, No. 3, 2022)
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“Lonely Dots”: John Thomas Arundel and the Architecture of Greater British Enterprise in the Pacific Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Jasper Ludewig
ABSTRACT The Victorian idea of a globe-spanning Greater Britain has been largely obscured by more recent discussions about “anglobalisation” and the so-called “Anglo World.” This paper proposes, however, that the political and philosophical positions vested in the idea of Greater Britain can have significant repercussions for understanding the historical relation between architecture and the state
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The Architecture of Territory: The Lands Building and State Expansion in New South Wales Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Nathan Etherington
ABSTRACT The New South Wales colonial project was a land-centred enterprise that became dependent on the surveying and sale of land. The process of land alienation was a significant factor in the configuration of the colonial territory as well as the development, distribution and typologies of architecture. This article considers a building that was central to this project: the Lands Building in Sydney
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Tehran University: A Contested Terrain Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-02-12 Peyman Akhgar
ABSTRACT Designed by the Beaux-Arts graduates, Tehran University was founded in 1934, in the Pahlavi era (1926-79) when desires for modernisation confronted the arbitrary rule of the Iranian government. The project of the University contained all the complexities of a politically sensitive government building. It was to present an image of a modern and progressive nation to the international community
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Inaugurating the Penelope Visiting Professorship in Architectural History Fabrications Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Andrew Leach
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 32, No. 3, 2022)
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2022 SAHANZ PhD Colloquium Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Dijana Alic, Raffaele Pernice
ABSTRACT The fifth SAHANZ PhD Colloquium was organized and delivered at UNSW Sydney in July 2022. It was a single-day hybrid event that saw the participation of domestic and international PhD candidates at various stages of their careers. The day was structured to provide enough time for formal and informal discussion and feedback from senior scholars and academics, from several renowned Australian
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Australia Modern: Architecture, Landscape & Design 1925–1975 Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Antony Moulis
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 32, No. 3, 2022)
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Reading Kenneth Frampton: A Commentary on Modern Architecture, 1980 Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Stylianos Giamarelos
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 32, No. 3, 2022)
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The Color of Modernism: Paints, Pigments, and the Transformation of Modern Architecture in 1920s Germany Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Kathleen James-Chakraborty
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 32, No. 3, 2022)
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Writing in the Margins: Speaking of (Hi)stories in Australia and New Zealand Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-10-23 Macarena de la Vega de León
ABSTRACT The use of oral history as a method to rewrite the history of modern architecture has intensified in recent years. This essay presents initial reflections of a research project on oral histories of architectural history, not architecture, through interviews with historians of architecture based in Australia and New Zealand, not architects. Acknowledging the contribution of users and clients
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Editorial Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-10-13 Kelly Greenop
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 32, No. 2, 2022)
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Light, Space, Place: The Architecture of Robin Gibson Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Andrew Murray
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 32, No. 3, 2022)
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For Export: Buildings for Colonial Commerce in the Asia Pacific Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Paul Walker, Amanda Achmadi
ABSTRACT A lasting legacy of 19th-century colonialism in the Pacific and Southeast Asia is the fragmented historiography of the region’s colonial architecture. Historical studies of the built environment continue to adopt geographical frameworks corresponding to nation-states that emerged from colonial empires, overlooking the region’s intricate interconnectivity in the late nineteenth century. The
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Coal, Steel and the Holy Cross: Post-War Churches and Chapels of the Hunter Region, NSW Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-09-19 Paul Hogben
ABSTRACT This paper contributes to the growing body of scholarly research into the boom in church construction that took place in Australia in the 1950s and 1960s. Building on recent work by Lisa Marie Daunt and others, it focuses on a regional location as a noteworthy arena of this activity and seeks to understand the forces behind the appearance of a number of striking examples of modern church and
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Structure, Sanitation, and Surveillance: Iron Markets in Late 19th Century Singapore Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-08-30 Ian Y.H. Tan
ABSTRACT From 1873 to 1915, the Singapore Municipal Commission (SMC) constructed five markets in the town area, all built with iron as their main structural material. This paper focuses on the construction of two such markets, namely Clyde Terrace Market and Telok Ayer Market, two early iron markets constructed in 1873 and 1894 respectively. Municipal markets were important sites not only to sell produce
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The Unique Tradition of Timber Shophouses in Sarawak Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-08-29 John Hwa Seng Ting
ABSTRACT Rendered, whitewashed masonry shophouses are a common vernacular type in Southeast Asia’s urban heritage districts. There were, however, parallel vernacular timber shophouse traditions where brick was not available. In much of nineteenth-century Sarawak, local timbers were used for structural frames, joinery, wall cladding and roofing shingles. Even when bricks became available, timber approaches
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“Lust for Lifestyle: Modern Adelaide Homes 1950-1965,” at the State Library of South Australia, 3 December 2021-24 July 2022 Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Paul Hogben
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 32, No. 2, 2022)
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Australia: Modern Architectures in History Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-08-21 Kate Hislop
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 32, No. 2, 2022)
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A Report on the “Diasporic Architectural Histories” Session Held at the 2021 Society of Architectural Historians Annual International Conference, Québec, Montréal Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-08-21 Mirjana Lozanovska, Anoma Pieris
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 32, No. 2, 2022)
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Looking inside Design: Crossing and Connecting the Disciplinary Boundaries of Architecture, Design, and Exhibition Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Catherine Townsend, Philip Goad
Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 32, No. 1, 2022)
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Environments of Defence: Finland and the Winter War Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Catherine Moriarty
ABSTRACT In January 1940, the British writer John Langdon-Davies travelled to Finland to report on the Winter War with the Soviet Union (November 1939–March 1940). On his return he wrote a book entitled Finland: the First Total War in which he proposed that it was the ability of the Finnish people to adapt to their environment that enabled the determined defence of their country from forces far greater
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Re-evaluating Post-war Interior Design Practices through Client Histories: Loti Smorgon and Her Architect/Decorator Noel Coulson Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Catriona Quinn
ABSTRACT In 1947 in Victorian Modern, Robin Boyd named a group of leading modern architects, including many who had trained at Geelong’s Gordon Institute. Yet Boyd omitted successful graduates whose work did not fit his narrowly defined parameters of modern design. Significant amongst these was Noel Coulson, RAIA, whose architecture and interior design practice made him highly desirable to Jewish immigrant
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Personal Journey or Tectonic Practice: Thick Descriptions of Curated Residential Interiors by Four Indian Architects Fabrications Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Manu P. Sobti, Peter Scriver
ABSTRACT Among the handful of architectural histories charting the architectural development of the Indian Subcontinent after the decisive rupture of the 1950s, few have explored the modernist Indian interior. This paper examines the self-conscious curation of the modern domestic interior within the repertoire of four prolific and cross-culturally positioned Indian architects — Aditya Prakash (1924–2008)