Title: A history of New Zealand architecture /
Authors: Shaw, Peter, 1946-; Morrison, Robin, 1944-; McCredie, Paul, 1960-; Shaw, Peter, 1946-; Morrison, Robin, 1944-1993.
Publisher: Hodder Moa Beckett,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Architecture New Zealand History.; Historic buildings New Zealand.; Architecture New Zealand.
Abstract: This updated and re-jacketed edition reviews the latest developments in New Zealand's rich architectural history and explores the way a country's architecture reflects the spirit and aspirations of its inhabitants.
Contents: Raupo, timber and stone -- The birth of Antipodean gothic -- Cottages, villas and country houses -- Changing influences in domestic architecture -- The conservative solution -- Modern, moderne and deco -- The search for the vernacular -- Architecture as individualism -- Experiment, debate and demolition -- Responses to change.