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Homes in the Sky: The Story of Apartments in Australia

Caroline Butler-Bowdon and Charles Pickett ; photography by Max Dupain and Eric Sierins
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Australian cities are being remade by an unprecedented apartment boom with more apartments than houses being built in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. “Homes in the Sky” features many of the best known and most sought-after apartment buildings in Australia, and is the first comprehensive look at this controversial yet celebrated form of architecture. Since apartment buildings first appeared in Australia one hundred years ago, their proponents and critics have argued as to how they have transformed our cities’ urban and social structure and architectural character. While historians and other image-makers commemorated Australian suburbia, another way of life was flourishing. Focusing on the range of apartments from public housing to luxury housing – from Sydney’s Erskineville Housing Estate to Melbourne Mansions – “Homes in the Sky” is lavishly illustrated with more than 250 photographs and architectural renderings. Many of the historic apartments are seen through the lens of Australia’s best known architectural photographer, Max Dupain. In addition, specially commissioned photographic essays highlight Australia’s most stunning apartment buildings. Including profiles of iconic buildings such as Sydney’s Blues Point Tower, Melbourne’s Cairo and Brisbane’s Torbreck, “Homes in the Sky” showcases an integral part of the Australian way of life.
“Produced to coincide with the exhibition Homes in the Sky held at the Museum of Sydney from 12 May to 26 August 2007”-
Miegunyah volumes second series ; no. 2 : no. 89.

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AuthorCaroline Butler-Bowdon and Charles Pickett ; photography by Max Dupain and Eric Sierins
Number of pages227
PublisherMiegunyah Press / Melbourne University Press in assoc with Historic Houses Trust
Year Published2007
Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket
Book Condition

Very Good +

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