Subject Headings - Architecture
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qm online Publications - Queensland Architects of the 19th Century
In this first definitive biographical dictionary of Queensland architects, Don Watson and Judith McKay identify almost 800 architects and firms who practised in the Colony before 1900.
qm online The Queensland House
This is the front page of a feature looking at the specialised housing style in Queensland - the famous Queenslander.
qm online The Queensland House - Characteristics
As most people envisage it, the Queensland house includes most of the following elements : timber construction, corrugated-iron roof, highset on timber stumps, verandahs front and back ...
qm online The Queensland House - Conservation
The 1970s onwards saw the development in Australia of a vigorous, broadly-based conservation movement, which has led to the restoration of large numbers of private houses.
qm online The Queensland House - Evolution
The Queensland house has evolved over time. Three factors have been key to its development.
qm online The Queensland House - Evolution - Building Materials
The availability of affordable, easy to use building materials was an important factor in the popularity of the Queensland house as it evolved over the years.
qm online The Queensland House - Evolution - Setting and Climate
Queensland houses were usually constructed to face the street, irrespective of the direction of prevailing breezes.
qm online The Queensland House - Evolution - The Queenslander's Form
The materials used to construct the Queensland house also affected its form.
qm online The Queensland House - Expression of Identity
A house is more than just a roof over one's head. It is an expression of its owner's identity.
qm online The Queensland House - Finishing & fit-out
The Queensland house in Victorian times was a material thing – papered, panelled and polished, furnished, ornamented and equipped.
qm online The Queensland House - Furnishing
The furnishing of the Queensland house has been the outcome of practical necessity, fashion and sentiment.
qm online The Queensland House - Managing the Qld House
Managing the Queensland house was a complex matter. Everything had to be cleaned and polished with fairly basic cleaning agents.
qm online The Queensland House - More Reading
"The Queensland House - a roof over our heads". This book was produced by eight experts giving their views on historical and practical aspects of the Queensland house.
qm online The Queensland House - Reading the Interior
Interior design provides evidence how houses were lived in and how they functioned.
qm online The Queensland House - The Different Spaces
During the 1880s, drawing rooms became more decorative and splendid, aiming for a soft, elegant, harmonious effect.
qm online The Queensland House - The Different Styles
There have been many different styles associated with the basic Queenslander form.
qm online The Queensland House - What makes it distinctive?
The Queensland house represents a distinctive style of architecture. It speaks eloquently about this State's distinctive lifestyle.