Experiments in modern living : scientists' houses in Canberra, 1950-1970

When a group of brilliant young scientists arrived in Australia's national capital after World War II to take up leading roles in the establishment of national research institutions, they commissioned Australia's leading architects to design their private houses. The houses that resulted from these unique collaborations rejected previous architectural styles and wholeheartedly embraced modernist ideologies and aesthetics. The story of how these progressive clients contributed to the innovative design of their houses brings fresh insights to mid-twentieth-century Australian domestic architecture and to Canberra's rich cultural history.URI Preliminary Acknowledgments Illustrations Abbreviations Map of Canberra Select Inventory Introduction: Domestic Voyeurism 1. Age of the Masters: Establishing a scientific and intellectual community in Canberra, 1946–1968 2. Paradigm Shift: Boyd and the Fenner House 3. Promoting the New Paradigm: Seidler and the Zwar House 4. Form Follows Formula: Grounds, Boyd and the Philip House 5. Where Science Meets Art: Bischoff and the Gascoigne House 6. The Origins of Form: Grounds, Bischoff and the Frankel House Afterword: Before and After Science Bibliography Index