HALSTEAD PRESS
100 Canberra Houses (PB)
100 Canberra Houses (PB)
A Century of Capital Architecture
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The first paperback edition of a book which has been popularall over Australia. Tim Reeves and Alan Roberts have carefully selected a diverse array of private and public dwellings from the first 100 years of Canberra. They reveal the social history and context of each home, and the innovation and foresight of both owners and designers. From the spartan cottages of the first workmen in the capital to the sleek energy efficient homes of the new millenium, every home has a story. Vibrant colour drawings, photos and plans illuminate this well researched and easy to digest book.
By Tim Reeves, Alan Roberts
Imprint: HALSTEAD PRESS
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Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 224
1. 1913 Westridge Camp
2. 1913 Robertson House
3. 1913 Administrator’s Residence
4. 1914 Captain’s Residence, HMAS Creswell
5. 1914-19 Workmen’s Cottages
6. 1918 Molonglo Internment Camp
7. 1921-27 Braddon Housing Precinct
8. 1925 Gorman House
9. 1925 Three (Brackenreg) Houses
10. 1925-26 Forrest Housing Precinct
11. 1927 The Lodge
12. 1927 Government House
13. 1927 Calthorpes’ House
14. 1927 Peterson House
15. 1927 & 1930 Bishop Houses
16. 1928 Westridge (Lane Poole) House
17. 1930 The Pines (Fraser House)
18. 1930 Whitlam House
19. 1930-34 Manuka Housing Precinct
20. 1937 Moir House
21. 1938 Tregear House
22. 1938 Mt Franklin Chalet
23. 1938 Casey House
24. 1939 Fire Station Houses
25. 1939 Petrov House
26. 1944 US Ambassador’s Residence
27. 1947-50 Tocumwal Houses
28. 1947-52 Narrabundah Prefabricated Cottages
29. 1947/ Beaufort Steel House/
1949-50s Monocrete Houses
30. 1948/ Puutalo Timber House/
1951-54 Riley-Newsum Houses
31. 1951 Winbirra (Oliphant House)
32. 1953 Clark House
33. 1954 Fenner House
34. 1954 Bowden House
35. 1955 Speculative (Schreiner) House
36. 1956 & 1957 Allawah & Bega Courts
1959 Currong Flats
37. 1957 Benjamin (‘Round’) House
38. 1958 Arnold Grove (Statham House)
39. 1959 Mackie House
40. 1959 Woolcott House
41. 1959 Fraser House
42. 1960 Modern Homes Exhibition
43. 1960 Home Plans Service (Domagala) House
44. 1960 Buchanan House
45. 1960 Macadie House II
46. 1960 Slatyer House
47. 1961 Rowe House
48. 1961 Kennard House
49. 1961 Forrest Townhouses
50. 1961-62 Vasey Crescent Houses
51. 1962 Northbourne Housing Group
52. 1962 Adams House
53. 1964 Verge House
54. 1964 Anthony House
55. 1965 Cater House
56. 1965 Marshall House
57. 1965 McKeown House
58. 1965 Prefabricated (Shipard) House
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Author Bio
Tim Reeves developed a passion for domestic design while working in the heritage area for the Commonwealth government. He resides in Adelaide, and has recently published Winning Homes, a delightful book about Australian Housing Competitions. Alan Roberts is a Canberra historian who has written books in Sydney and Canberra on urban design—most recently his acclaimed study of the famous Academy of Science building. For 100 Canberra Houses they spent years in research and interviewing architects, builders and homeowners.