Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, Two Strong, Unpopular Buildings, 1964

Historical information

Boyd discusses skyscrapers and the city, wondering what the next steps are after Mies Van Der Rohe's 'glass and steel'. He then considers two buildings under construction as potential answers: Harry Seidler's Pitt Street Building in Sydney and Yuncken Freeman's Royal Insurance Building.

Significance

Original manuscript published as 'Something out of the Box' in 'The Australian' on 23.09.1964.

Physical description

Typewritten (c copy), pencil edits, quarto, 7 pages

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