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AUSTRALIAN MODERN
THE ARCHITECTURE OF STEPHENSON & TURNER


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A Revolution for Health

Simplicity & Scale

Promise & Prosperity

On the World Stage

Australian Colossus

A Spirit of Progress

The Getting of Wisdom



Keith Murdoch Gallery
Friday 12 March -
Sunday 6 June 2004
Exhibition details

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Philip Goad, Rowan Wilken and Julie Willis

Australian Modern offers a unique pictorial overview of the work of Stephenson & Turner featuring drawings and photographs taken from the architectural collections of the State Library of Victoria. Complemented by essays that explore the ideas and innovations behind the firm's success, Australian Modern is an invaluable record of the modernisation of a nation through design.

About the authors

Philip Goad is Professor of Architecture in the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of New Directions in Australian Architecture (2001). 

Rowan Wilken is a Melbourne writer and researcher and the guest curator of the exhibition Australian Modern: the architecture of Stephenson & Turner at the State Library of Victoria.  

Julie Willis is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture in the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. She is the principal author of Women Architects in Australia 1900-1950 (2001).


The book is available through the Online Shop at a cost of $45 (plus postage).



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