Description |
245 pages : illustrations (some colour), photographs ; 26 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
Introduction / Paul Hogben, Judith O'Callaghan -- 1. Leisure in Sydney during "the long boom" / Judith O'Callaghan, Paul Hogben -- 2. The changing face of travel : the modern tourist office / Russell Rodrigo -- 3. Double modernity : the first international hotels / Paul Hogben -- 4. Motels : the "ultra modern" experience / Judith O'Callaghan -- 5. Sky-high ambitions : Sydney's restaurants / Sing D'Arcy -- 6. Architecture, coffee and cocktails / Michael Bogle -- 7. "Big, bright, beautiful" : the new shopping centres / Shirley Daborn -- 8. The rise and fall of the Sydney drive-in / Robert Freestone -- 9. Golf : a changing landscape / Catherine Evans, Tracie Harvison -- 10. The leagues club : a working-class palace / Harry Margalit -- 11. Ethnic clubs : "the dream of tomorrow" / Dijana Alić -- 12. Informal modern : holiday houses / Maryam Gusheh, Catherine Lassen |
Summary |
Dinner at Australia Square's revolving Summit Restaurant, sipping cocktails at the Chevron in Potts Point, hanging out at a Skyline drive-in ...Mid-twentieth-century Sydneysiders embraced leisure like never before. Leisure Space details the architecture and design that transformed their city - through its new hotels, motels, restaurants, bars, clubs, shopping centres, drive-ins and golf courses, including landmark buildings such as the Gazebo and the Wentworth Hotel -- From cover verso |
Analysis |
Architectural structure & design (Australia) |
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Architecture (Australia) |
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Australian |
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History of architecture & styles (Australia) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index |
Subject |
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia.
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Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
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Hotels -- Landscape architecture -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
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Interior decoration -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
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Leisure -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
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SUBJECT |
Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Author |
Hogben, Paul, editor
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O'Callaghan, Judith, 1954- editor
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ISBN |
9781742233826 |
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