Architecture
Report
The impact of office design on business performance
Explores questions of how office design can create value for a business, not just through economy but also through improving the effectiveness of its people and broadcasting positive messages about its values.
Working paper
'A cliff of white cleanliness': decorating the home, defining the self
This paper focuses on the interior design of the modern home in terms of the considerations that were brought to bear in determining how the ideal of the 1950s home was to relate to the personalities of its occupants.
Working paper
Postmodernism in architecture and planning: what kind of style?
This paper discusses postmodern style in architecture and planning, as well as a theory of aesthetics which serves as a basis for evaluation of postmodernism.
Report
Museums in Australia 1975
This 1975 report, commonly known as the 'Pigott Report', helped spur the creation of the National Museum of Australia in 1980 with the passing of the National Museum of Australia Act. There had been plans to establish a national museum since Federation, but with world wars, depression, and limited political interest, little action had been...