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Public Sydney : drawing the city

Title
Public Sydney : drawing the city / Philip Thalis, Peter John Cantrill.
Author
Thalis, Philip.
Publication
Sydney, NSW, Australia : Co-Published by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales and Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales, [2013]

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Additional Authors
  • Cantrill, Peter John.
  • Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.
  • University of New South Wales. Faculty of the Built Environment.
Description
229 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 40 cm
Summary
For the first time, see the making of Sydney and all its public buildings and places in exquisite drawings in this new book. For anyone who cares about Sydney, or cities in general -- whether a passionate city dweller, architect, landscape designer, planner, engineer or historian -- it offers a deep appreciation of the city's evolution.
Alternative Title
Drawing the city.
Subject
  • Public buildings > Australia > Sydney (N.S.W.)
  • Public spaces > Australia > Sydney (N.S.W.)
  • Rooms
  • Historic sites > Australia > Sydney (N.S.W.)
  • Architecture > Australia > Sydney (N.S.W.)
  • Architecture
  • Historic sites
  • Public buildings
  • Public spaces
  • Sydney (N.S.W.)
  • New South Wales > Sydney
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / Alec Tzannes -- Introduction -- How to use this book -- Key -- The public project / Philip Thalis -- Forming Sydney / Peter John Cantrill -- Selected projects / Peter John Cantrill & Philip Thalis: A -- Millers Point & Sydney Cove; B -- Wynyard & Bridge Street; C -- The Domain & Botanic Gardens; D -- Sydney Square & Hyde Park; E -- Haymarket & Railway Square -- Comparative sections -- Comparative elevations -- Public projects and government patronage / Peter Mould -- Civic spaces and the city architect / Lisa Murray -- The squaring of Circular Quay / Lawrence Nield -- Sydney: nature, place and landscape / Craig Burton -- The Botanic Garden and Domain / Ian Innes -- The territorial floor: the role of architectural drawing / Stephen Collier -- Afterword / Clover Moore -- Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Image credits -- Selected biographies: the shapers of Sydney -- Open competitions in Sydney: a provisional survey -- Author biographies -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
ISBN
  • 9781876991425
  • 1876991429
LCCN
2013464390
OCLC
  • ocn842974666
  • 842974666
  • SCSB-8815812
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library