Douglas Snelling : pan-Pacific modern design and architecture / Davina Jackson.

Author
Jackson, Davina [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, State Library, 2017.
Description
xx, 274 pages ; 26 cm.

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    Series
    Ashgate studies in architecture series [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Douglas Burrage Snelling (1916-85) was one of Britain's significant emigre architects and designers. Born in England and educated in New Zealand, he became one of Australia's leading mid-century architects, of luxury residences and commercial buildings, and a trend-setting designer of furniture, interiors and landscapes. This is the first comprehensive study of Snelling's pan-Pacific life, works and trans-disciplinary significance. It provides a critical examination of this recently controversial modernist, revealing him to be a colourful and talented character who led antipodean interpretations of American, especially Wrightian and southern Californian, architecture, design and lifestyle innovations.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Childhood 1916–1937
    • 2. Allure of Hollywood 1937–1940
    • 3. Early Australian Career 1940–1955
    • 4. Architectural Maturity 1955–1966
    • 5. Diversions, Instability and Retirement 1966–1985
    • 6. Furniture
    • 7. Interiors
    • 8. Architecture ǀ Landscapes
    • 9. Contexts and Conclusions.
    ISBN
    • 9781472459886 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 1472459881 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016023990
    OCLC
    938995287
    Other standard number
    • 40026734638
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