The Walls Around Us: The Story Of Australian Architecture
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
What shaped the skylines, streetscapes, and domestic spaces of an evolving nation? The Walls Around Us chronicles the rich and often surprising story of Australian architecture, guiding young readers through the buildings and built environments that have defined Australian life from colonial settlement to the modern era. Written and illustrated by Robin Boyd — one of Australia's most celebrated architectural critics and practitioners — the book presents complex architectural ideas with clarity and wit, making the subject both accessible and genuinely captivating. Boyd's sharp critical eye and elegant prose style, well known from his landmark works on Australian design and aesthetics, are on full display here. He argues that architecture is never merely functional — it is a cultural mirror, reflecting the values, ambitions, and contradictions of the society that produces it. This volume stands as an important document in the literature of Australian cultural identity, asking the reader to look more closely at the walls that surround them — and to wonder what those walls truly say.
Author: Robin Boyd
Format: Hardback
Published: 1962, F. W. Cheshire
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
What shaped the skylines, streetscapes, and domestic spaces of an evolving nation? The Walls Around Us chronicles the rich and often surprising story of Australian architecture, guiding young readers through the buildings and built environments that have defined Australian life from colonial settlement to the modern era. Written and illustrated by Robin Boyd — one of Australia's most celebrated architectural critics and practitioners — the book presents complex architectural ideas with clarity and wit, making the subject both accessible and genuinely captivating. Boyd's sharp critical eye and elegant prose style, well known from his landmark works on Australian design and aesthetics, are on full display here. He argues that architecture is never merely functional — it is a cultural mirror, reflecting the values, ambitions, and contradictions of the society that produces it. This volume stands as an important document in the literature of Australian cultural identity, asking the reader to look more closely at the walls that surround them — and to wonder what those walls truly say.