At home
Subtitle: a century of New Zealand design
By: Douglas Lloyd Jenkins.
Publisher: Godwit
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic -- New Zealand; Architecture -- New Zealand -- 20th century; Interior decoration -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century; Design -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century
Description: "Taking the first decade of the twentieth century as its starting point, [this book] joins the story of the New Zealand house just at the point when its inhabitants begin to ask whether a distinctive, uniquely New Zealand house might be possible. It charts the way in which imported movements, fashions and styles in twentieth-century architecture and design were adopted, or adapted, by New Zealanders to create a house environment whether international in its style or an attempt at something more distinctly local."--Book flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-321) and index.