The Australian Ugliness

Paperback

Main Details

Title The Australian Ugliness
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robin Boyd
Foreword by Christos Tsiolkas
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:256
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1900 to now
Architecture
ISBN/Barcode 9781921758393
ClassificationsDewey:720.00
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Text Publishing Co
Imprint The Text Publishing Company
Publication Date 30 May 2011
Publication Country Australia

Description

Half a century after its first publication, Robin Boyd's bestselling The Australian Ugliness remains the definitive statement on how we live and think in the environments we create for ourselves. Boyd was an advocate of good design and original thought. He argued passionately for an intelligent national architecture; for a national culture; forged from a genuine Australian identity. Brilliant, witty, sometimes scathing, The Australian Ugliness is a masterpiece that enables us to see our surroundings with fresh eyes. This edition includes Robin Boyd's original sketches, along with a foreword by Christos Tsiolkas and an afterword by three leading contemporary architects, John Denton, Philip Goad and Geoffrey London.

Reviews

The Australian Ugliness offers the reality of Australia once the excuses and justifications and squabbles over history are stripped away.' - Christos Tsiolkas