Australian House Styles by Maisy Stapleton and Ian Stapleton

Book Description

Secondhand. Good to very good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers. Protective plastic covering. No stamps or stickers on inside pages. RFID patch on inside back cover. Remnant of date due slip on front inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Scuffing to tail foredge. Body text and binding are still very good.

An illustrated guide to residential architecture from 1788 to 2010. Sixty-three carefully detailed drawings illustrate each style.

This book takes us on a journey through Australian architectural history, from the bark and-split-slab cottages of the early colonial period to the sleek corrugated-steel pavilions of the twenty-first century. In between are country homesteads, city terraces, Federation villas, Californian bungalows and the austere fibro-clad cottages of the 1940s and 1950s.

The text and drawings combine authority and authenticity with sharp social comment and a wry sense of humour. (back cover)