Repose: The Contribution of Dirk Bolt to Canberra's Architecture and Planning recovers the work of Dutch émigré architect Dirk Bolt, whose buildings shaped Canberra quietly and substantially — and whose contribution had, until this study, gone largely undocumented in Australian architectural history.
About This Book
Built from Graeme Trickett's years of careful, conscientious research, this monograph brings the Canberra buildings of Dirk Bolt into proper professional focus. Bolt's work is significant not only in its own right but for what it contributed to the development of specific building typologies within a still-forming city. Published by the Australian Institute of Architects' ACT Chapter — the same body that produced the 2007 Enrico Taglietti monograph — this volume represents a model of institutionally sponsored architectural history: the kind of sustained, localised scholarship that national histories rarely accommodate. For anyone engaged with Canberra's built environment or the broader recovery of overlooked modernist architecture in Australia, this is an essential document.
Key Features
- 172 pages of archival research, documentation, and analysis of Bolt's Canberra buildings
- Authored by Graeme Trickett and Ken Charlton
- Published by Australian Institute of Architects (ACT Chapter), 2007
What You'll Discover
- The architectural output of Dirk Bolt, a Dutch émigré whose work helped define specific building typologies in Canberra's development
- How a planned city accumulates architectural character through the sustained contributions of individual practitioners working outside the mainstream
- A case study in institutionally sponsored architectural research and what such models might offer to the wider recovery of overlooked Australian architects
- The relationship between Bolt's work and the broader context of Canberra's architecture and planning, positioned alongside comparable monographic scholarship on figures such as Enrico Taglietti
About the Author
Graeme Trickett conducted the primary research underpinning this monograph over many years, bringing sustained scholarly attention to Bolt's Canberra work. Ken Charlton contributed to the volume, having also collaborated on the ACT Chapter's earlier monograph on Enrico Taglietti.
Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 172
- Dimensions: [Details available upon request]
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780646909981
- Publisher: Australian Institute of Architects
- Publication Date: 2007
Perfect For: Architects and historians with an interest in Canberra's built environment, researchers focused on mid-century modernism in Australia, and anyone engaged with the recovery of overlooked regional architectural practice.