- 1983 first edition, 180 pages
- Published by Lansdowne Press, New Zealand
- Hardcover with dust jacket, red boards, large format
- Very good conditon, minor shelf wear, moderate fading to dust jacket
Colour illustrated and Glossary included.
The New Zealand House is a lavishly illustrated celebration of the evolving history of housing in this country; the influences which caused it to differ from housing in other parts of the world and the effects on its development by overseas architects as well as the undoubted talents of New Zealand architects.
The story starts with the first Europeans to set foot on NZ soil; the shelters, houses and homesteads they constructed from the timber they felled and the stone they quarried. Early settlers and the generations that followed used thes indigenous resources to build homes and towns carved out of forest or raised on the plains.
The story continues as new ideas and new materials are introduced, everchanging, progressive. The result is a kaleidoscope of archietectural styles that depicts the uniqueness of the NZ house.
Michael Fowler's well researched and descriptive commentary and Rober Van de Voort's 369 excellent colour plates combine to make this personal view of New Zealand's architectural heritage appeal to the widest possible auidence. But this is more than just an architectural record - it is a sumptuous appraisal of a story still in the making.
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