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Sydney's Martin Place A cultural and design history
The history of one of Australia's most iconic urban precincts, from bustling colonial thoroughfare to imposing address for global corporations and gathering place for civic events.
Martin Place is one of Sydney's iconic urban places. Since the 1890s it has fulfilled a vital role as a significant public space at the centre of Australia's most populous city; in the heart of the central business district, its powerful corporate presence now defines a globally connected city.
It is a place of varied moods and attributes: vista and fine relief, boldness and intimacy, new and old, repose and dynamism. From the beginning, its physical form has framed a people place, the character of which is ever-changing through everyday use and activity as well as moments of commemoration, celebration and protest.
This collection captures Martin Place from all angles-its architectural and social history, its changing landscape, and its various economic and cultural functions-along with the people and organisations that have made it their own.
'This book describes the history of the creation and evolution of Martin Place as a vital part of our civic life - in times of war, at times of celebration and as a heart of our city's banking and finance industry. The ever-unfolding changes to the fabric of Martin Place and the imposing and stately buildings that flank it are a testament to how our constantly changing city is ever-evolving to adapt to and to grasp the potential of an ever-changing future.' - Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO
Judith O'Callaghan, Paul Hogben and Robert Freestone are based in the Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW Australia. O'Callaghan is Senior Lecturer in Interior Architecture, Hogben is Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Freestone is Professor of Planning. Hogben and O'Callaghan are editors of Leisure Space: The Transformation of Sydney 1945-1970 (2014). Freestone's books include Place and Placelessness Revisited (2016), The Planning Imagination (2014) and Urban Nation (2010).
Martin Place is one of Sydney's iconic urban places. Since the 1890s it has fulfilled a vital role as a significant public space at the centre of Australia's most populous city; in the heart of the central business district, its powerful corporate presence now defines a globally connected city.
It is a place of varied moods and attributes: vista and fine relief, boldness and intimacy, new and old, repose and dynamism. From the beginning, its physical form has framed a people place, the character of which is ever-changing through everyday use and activity as well as moments of commemoration, celebration and protest.
This collection captures Martin Place from all angles-its architectural and social history, its changing landscape, and its various economic and cultural functions-along with the people and organisations that have made it their own.
'This book describes the history of the creation and evolution of Martin Place as a vital part of our civic life - in times of war, at times of celebration and as a heart of our city's banking and finance industry. The ever-unfolding changes to the fabric of Martin Place and the imposing and stately buildings that flank it are a testament to how our constantly changing city is ever-evolving to adapt to and to grasp the potential of an ever-changing future.' - Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO
Judith O'Callaghan, Paul Hogben and Robert Freestone are based in the Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW Australia. O'Callaghan is Senior Lecturer in Interior Architecture, Hogben is Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Freestone is Professor of Planning. Hogben and O'Callaghan are editors of Leisure Space: The Transformation of Sydney 1945-1970 (2014). Freestone's books include Place and Placelessness Revisited (2016), The Planning Imagination (2014) and Urban Nation (2010).
288 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 2016
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