The Australian Ugliness

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781921922442 Author(s): Robin Boyd Format: Paperback Language: Text Classics Year: 2012 Publisher: Text Publishing Pages: 292 Series: Text Classics

Description: Fifty years after its first publication, Robin Boydâs bestselling The Australian Ugliness remains the definitive statement on how we live and think in the environments we create for ourselves. In it Boyd railed against Australiaâs promotion of ornament, decorative approach to design and slavish imitation of all things American.âThe basis of the Australian ugliness,â he wrote, âis an unwillingness to be committed on the level of ideas. In all the arts of living, in the shaping of all her artefacts, as in politics, Australia shuffles about vigorously in the middleâas she estimates the middleâof the road, picking up disconnected ideas wherever she finds them.âBoyd was a fierce critic, and an advocate of good design. He understood the significance of the connection between people and their dwellings, and argued passionately for a national architecture forged from a genuine Australian identity. His concerns are as important now, in an era of sustainability, suburban sprawl and inner-city redevelopment, as they were half a century ago.Caustic and brilliant, The Australian Ugliness is a masterpiece that enables us to see our surroundings with fresh eyes.

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