A history of New Zealand architecture /
Architecture
Peter Shaw ; photographs by Robin Morrison & Paul McCredie.
- Third edition.
- 247 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), plans ; 29 cm
Originally published: New Zealand architecture. Auckland : Hodder & Stoughton, 1991. Previous ed.: 1997. "Revised and updated"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index.
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.
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.