Melbourne versus Sydney

Kaji-O'Grady, S

Melbourne versus Sydney

Kaji-O'Grady, S

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Publisher:: Faculty of Architecture, The University of Sydney
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Kaji-O'Grady Sandra 2006, 'Melbourne versus Sydney', University of Sydney, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 60-72.
Issue Date:: 2006

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Kaji-O'Grady, S	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-20T13:01:12Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-20T13:01:12Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en_US
dc.identifier	2006004469	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Kaji-O'Grady Sandra 2006, 'Melbourne versus Sydney', University of Sydney, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 60-72.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1326-4826	en_US
dc.identifier.other	C1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/836
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the long rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne for architectural superiority. It is argued that Robin Boyd's 1967 characterisation of Melbourne in the 1950s and of Sydney in the 1960s, which was as much concerned with historical shifts as with regional differences, has been subsequently adopted by Spence in 1985 and others as essential differences between the two cities. The theoretical positions against which the debate has been referred and renewed, resonate with many of the more interesting questions around architectural identity, cultural specificity and geographical location. The most durable of the theoretical frameworks in which the rivalry has been cast is that of critical regionalism. The paper argues that critical regionalist theories have been reduced in such a way that its claims, particularly as they have been applied to Sydney and Melbourne, are readily taken up within the discourses and activities of 'branding.'	en_US
dc.publisher	Faculty of Architecture, The University of Sydney	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Architectural Theory Review	en_US
dc.title	Melbourne versus Sydney	en_US
dc.type	Journal article
utslib.citation.volume	11	en_US
utslib.citation.number	1	en_US
utslib.location	Sydney, Australia	en_US
utslib.citation.startpage	60	en_US
utslib.citation.endpage	72	en_US
utslib.identifier.org	School of Architecture	en_US
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access

Abstract:

This paper examines the long rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne for architectural superiority. It is argued that Robin Boyd's 1967 characterisation of Melbourne in the 1950s and of Sydney in the 1960s, which was as much concerned with historical shifts as with regional differences, has been subsequently adopted by Spence in 1985 and others as essential differences between the two cities. The theoretical positions against which the debate has been referred and renewed, resonate with many of the more interesting questions around architectural identity, cultural specificity and geographical location. The most durable of the theoretical frameworks in which the rivalry has been cast is that of critical regionalism. The paper argues that critical regionalist theories have been reduced in such a way that its claims, particularly as they have been applied to Sydney and Melbourne, are readily taken up within the discourses and activities of 'branding.'

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