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Published
Uro Media, March 2024
ISBN
9781922601278
Format
Softcover

Grounds Romberg & Boyd Melbourne's Midcentury Modernists

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Grounds, Romberg and Boyd (1953-1962) was one of the most innovative modernist architectural firms ever to practice in Australia. Led by Roy Grounds, Frederick Romberg and Robin Boyd, it would have a role in shaping many enduringly iconic and significant buildings, including Melbourne's Arts Centre and Sidney Myer Music Bowl, and Canberra's Shine Dome (Australian Academy of Science).

After less than a decade in operation, however, this tripartite powerhouse would implode, overburdened by the weight of its directors' strident personalities and striving individual ambitions. This is the only book ever published on the work of the practice. It is also unusual in that its focus isn't squarely on the familiar, finished buildings, but the relationship between the three directors and the goings-on behind the scenes. Featuring correspondence between the partners, reproductions of ephemera from the period, as well as drawings and photographs of the practice's iconic buildings.

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