Imaginative Japanese Architecture praised in Canberra review
A Canberra reviewer surveys the book Imaginative Japanese Architecture, praising Norio Nishimura and Egon Tempel for framing Japan's 60s and 70s work. The piece highlights Shinto influence, Renzo Tange and Kenzo Tange projects, flexible urban design, traditional forms, and a vision of a future Tokyo Bay project while pondering Australian response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Hoyd
Japan
Wayn
Norio Nishimura
Egon Tempel
Arata Sozaki
Komazawa Olympic Park
Tokyo
Yoshinobu Ashibiata
Junzo Sakakura
Museum of Modern Art
Kamakura
Kenzo Tange
Kiyonori Kikutake
Yokoham
Tange
Bay
Indonesian Coup Debates and Gestapu Legacy Explored
A critical review discusses Sukarno’s fall, the PKI, and the September 30 Movement. It debates official Indonesian accounts, Cornell papers, and Brackman’s critique, arguing the Gestapu involved PKI and dissident officers while implicating broader power struggles between Sukarno, the PRI, and the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suharto
Indonesian Communist Party
PKI
Madiun
Aidit
PRI
Sukarno
Indonesia
Cornell
Cornell University
Gestapo
Cer
Brackman
Gestapu
Sukarn
Supatdjo
Untung
PKL
Nasution
Dame
Filet
Army Regun
Inexpensive reference books on birds of Australia and New Zealand
Short boxed volumes by owner and foreword by experts present a compact bird reference series. Each 84 by 5 inch format contains black and white drawings with concise descriptive text on habits habitats and places, naming common and alternative names for well known species in Australia and New Zealand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
New Zealand
Faye Owner
Alec Chishom
Angus and Robertson
Prelude to power The rise of the Labor Party in 1915
A book review on Queensland politics and the Labor movement. It assesses a study based on Queensland University theses, tracing how trade unions formed political parties, the Australian Labor Party, and its impact on Queensland’s political history through 1915 to 1957. Notable figures like Andrew Fisher and T. J. Ryan are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ede Yd J
Mepe Toxce
Calin
Jocmenne Press
Cinions
Queensland University
Department of History
Polis al Science
University If
Queensland
Australia
Britain
New Zealand
Norway
Sweden
Austalia
Australian Labor Party
Dawson
Labor
Trumphal
Rod Swell
Ahout
Iucal
Hook
Labor Party
Andrewestined
T. J. Ryan
Ceertie
Marginson
Flowers in History by Peter Coats review highlights medical links and famed gardeners
A survey of Gardening history by Peter Coats praises its engaging account of flowering plants. It notes surprising details, from Hippocrates and the Christmas Rose to Napoleon and the violet, with rich color plates and historical anecdotes appealing to armchair gardeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Coats
Wiesenfeld and Nicolson
Hippocrates
Helleborus
Mecaimpe
Mecampe
Proetus
Argos
Mecanipe
Napoleon
Ment Tor
Elba
When the Sea and the Sky Are Blue by Las Pe and Isla Parr
A brief review notes three children s books from Robertson Angus and Methuen. When the Sea and the Sky Are Blue and Seagull by Letitia Parr offer seaside imagery and bird photography, while Kassim Goes Fishing presents a Malay Malaysian boy s life. prices and readability are considered, with comments on illustrations and urban drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Pe
Isla Parr
Robertson
Letitia Parr
Angus and Robertson
Liga
Gereldine Kaye
Methuen & Co Ltd
Wea
Kassim
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NEIW
Egan Tene Thames
Canberra
Ambley
Tokyo Cathedral of St Mary
Griffin
Utzon
Kunio May Associates
Hedley Bull
Colindonfsia
Ty Anal
Asia
Djakarta- Peking
Peking
Brockman
Leonard Ward
Sorneti Alfermative Com
Burtaerd
Turkey
Warzome
Verity Hewitt Pty Ltd
Queanseyan
Crawford St
By N. B. Nairn
By Harry Oakman
By Lyndsay Connors
Muberes
Lang
New South
Sampsoy
Ands
Dalton’s Bookshop
Alexander Solshenisya
Grrema Pisce
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