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    Leisure Space: The Transformation of Sydney, 1945–1970
    Leisure Space: The Transformation of Sydney, 1945–1970
    Leisure Space: The Transformation of Sydney, 1945–1970
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    Dinner at Australia Square's revolving Summit restaurant, sipping cocktails at the Kings Cross Chevron-Hilton, hanging out at a Skyline drive-in: mid-20th-century Sydneysiders embraced leisure like never before. Leisure Space celebrates the architecture and interior design that transformed the city's hotels, motels, restaurants, bars, shopping centers, drive-ins, and tourism offices, including landmark buildings such as Qantas House and the Wentworth Hotel. With stunning images from Max Dupain, David Moore, and David Mist, Leisure Space explores a dynamic period in Sydney's history and the dramatic impact of modernism on the city's built environment.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateSep 1, 2014
    ISBN9781742246802
    Leisure Space: The Transformation of Sydney, 1945–1970

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