BOOKS

“Living in Australia”, New Edition for sale.

Go to www.robinboyd.org.au

‘Living in Australia provided Robin Boyd with an opportunity to describe his own approach to design and his vision for Australian housing – housing that is appropriate to our lifestyle, environment, climate and culture. Originally published in 1970, this new edition includes recent colour photographs by John Gollings and essays by renowned architects Kerstin Thompson and Rachel Neeson reflecting upon the importance of Boyd’s work and its continuing relevance.’

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Docomomo Journal 47 (2012/2)
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DATE: 1/12/2012

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As we announced at the 2012 Conference that took place in Espoo, Finland, DOCOMOMO International has been working this year on 2 special issues of the DOCOMOMO Journal on Modern Furniture.

We will be sending Journal 47 to all members at the beginning of December 2012 and we hope you will enjoy it. We also wish to thank the guest editor of these two issues, Bárbara Coutinho, for her work.

Out of print for over 60 years – Victorian Modern has now been republished by the Robin Boyd Foundation 

Robin Boyd published his first book ‘Victorian Modern: 111 years of modern architecture in Victoria’ in 1947. Just before he died, in 1971, Robin Boyd was preparing to republish his first book, Victorian Modern. On the fortieth anniversary of his death, the Robin Boyd Foundation is pleased to complete the project.

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Docomomo Publications

This is a list of Docomomo publications that are available from Docomomo Australia and are offered at the same price of the euro price but without postage expenses.  (Postage is included within Australia).

Art Works: Drawings by Ken Woolley - $20.00
Preservation technology dossier 2:
The Fair Face of Concrete: Conservation and Repair of Exposed Concrete - $25.00
Preservation technology dossier 5: Colour and the Modern Movement - $25.00
Docomomo Journal 31 - $20.00
Docomomo Journal 32 - $20.00
Docomomo Journal 34 - $20.00 (Sold out in Europe)

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Journal 42 – Summer 2010 ART & ARCHITECTURE

Articles examine the synthesis between Art and Architecture in modernism. This theme was provoked by the setting of the  International Conference in Mexico City, 2010 on the UNAM campus, where buildings and mosaic murals work together to striking effect.

Financial Australian members should have received Journal 42. To purchase copies see DOCOMOMO International website.

http://www.docomomo.com

The Journal of Architecture, Vol 15, issue 5, is a special issue devoted to the theme of “Keeping the Past Public: the documentation and conservation of modern public places”, that arose from the international symposium held in Melbourne in 2009.

Details of the papers and how they can be purchased can be found at the following Routledge site:

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g927922401

The introductory paper can be downloaded here:

Keeping the Past Public, H Lewi, Journal of Architecture, Vol 15, 5, 2010, Routledge:  KeepingPastPublic

A new publication on Australian Modernism

Edited Hannah Lewi and David Nichols,

Authors Hannah Lewi, David Nichols, Philip Goad, Kate Darian-Smith, Caroline Jordan and Julie Willis

UNSW Press, 2010

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