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Robin Boyd, Roy Grounds and Harry Seidler have contributed significantly to modern Australian architecture by applying modernist-style principles to Australian homes. Another group of architects, such as Glenn Murcutt, Tina Engelen and Ian Moore, and Trop...
As elsewhere in Australia, European settlement disrupted Aboriginal patterns of land use and movement across the country, and many Aborigines died from European-brought diseases like influenza, smallpox and tuberculosis. The Griffins, Walter Burley and Ma...
Image courtesy of Craft ACT. There are a number of professions in Australia that contribute to a diverse design industry, including architects, interior designers, landscape architects, graphic designers, jewellers, industrial designers, fashion designers...
'An Ideal City? The 1912 Competition to Design Canberra' is an online exhibition about the competition to design the capital of Australia, the entrants, Walter Burley Griffin's winning design, and the changes that have been made to the plan as Canberra ha
Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority (more info)
Find information on the National Capital Authority, a history of Canberra including Walter Burley Griffin's original plan. Also includes details on visiting the capital, present day attractions and future plans.
irn=206629&search=historic+Sydney&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=12020&search=historic+Sydney&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=327312&search=historic+Sydney&site_id=3 > P3415 Official...
Architectural/Interior Decoration and Fittings > Leadlight panels>>+ A9880 Door, glass and wood with leadligh... > + A10184 Door, wood/glass, panelled, paint... Door panel and frame, 'Ladies Boudoir', lead/glass/wood, designed for the 'Ladies Boudoir' of ...
irn=169871&search=style&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=57164&search=style&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=76726&search=style&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/data...
Architectural/Interior Decoration and Fittings > Light fittings>>+ A7770 Hanging centre light bowl of opali... > + A10261 Light fitting, pendant, glass/met... > + K367 14 electric light globe fittings (S...> + 85/2420 Collection of interior fittings,......
irn=102105&search=Homes&site_id=3 > 90/1025 Photographic print, black and white, 'House of Tomorrow', paper, Wolfgang Sievers, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1949 [printed 1990] http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=102105&search=Home...
Furniture > Chairs>>+ 2005/6/1 Chair, 'Talon chair', carbon fi... > + 96/368/1 Chair (1), Swivel chair, moulde... Chair (incomplete), dining, wood/upholstery stuffing, designed by Marion Mahony/Walter Burley Griffin for the Cafe Australia, Melbourne, made...
Light fitting and storage box, from the Capitol Theatre in Melbourne, wood / plaster / glass / metal, designed by Marion Mahony Griffin and Walter Burley Griffin, manufacturer unknown, Australia, 1921-24> > Six-point star-shaped light in the 'art deco' st...
irn=107223&search=contemporary+design&site_id=3 > 90/491 Exhibition catalogues (2), 'Contemporary Art Society 25th Annual Interstate Exhibition', Alistair Morrison, Sydney, 1963 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=107235&search=conte...
irn=203909&search=drawers&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=8169&search=drawers&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=8150&search=drawers&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/...
irn=349768&search=griffin&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=351818&search=griffin&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=167897&search=griffin&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collect...
Models > Models>>+ B520 Express Locomotive (sectional model... > + 2007/79/1 Steam locomotive 3265 model, 8... > + 2007/80/1 Steam locomotive 3265 model, a... Architectural model, Pyrmont incinerator, perspex / polystyrene / medium density fibreboard, bas...
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irn=138632&search=Construction&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=127132&search=Construction&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=108980&search=Construction&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemus...
Models > Models>>+ B520 Express Locomotive (sectional model... > + 2007/79/1 Steam locomotive 3265 model, 8... > + 2007/80/1 Steam locomotive 3265 model, a... Architectural model, Pyrmont incinerator, perspex / polystyrene / medium density fibreboard, bas...
Lighting > Light fittings>>+ A7770 Hanging centre light bowl of opali... > + 92/197 Light fitting, glass/metal, Engla... Light fitting, from the Capitol Theatre in Melbourne, wood / plaster / glass / metal, designed by Marion Mahony Griffin and Walter Bur...
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