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The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis

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July–August 2012, no. 343

The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis

Cambridge University Press, $150 hb, 830 pp, 9780521888578

The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis

by
July–August 2012, no. 343

This is an impressive publication, a massive tome with high gloss pages, beautifully designed with the highest production values, lavishly illustrated, with entries provided (on my count) by 229 separate contributors. This monumental collective effort makes a defining contribution to the study and documentation of architecture in this country, and to Australian architectural history. It is astonishing in its breadth, and gives us for the first time as near to a complete understanding of the trajectory of architectural ideas and practice in this country as is possible. Put simply, we have never before had so much information instantly available in a condensed form.

Gerard Vaughan reviews 'The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture' edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis

The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture

edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis

Cambridge University Press, $150 hb, 830 pp, 9780521888578

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