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A notable and unique period of Australian architecture in Hobart in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Our understanding of sustainability arose from the work of women writers in the 60s and 70s. In 1961 Jane Jacobs writes The Death and Life of Great American Cities, a riposte to modernist planning in general and Robert Moses and Le Corbusier in particular. In 1962 scientist and journalist, Rachel Carson, writes Silent Spring; the US Environmental Protection Act (and others such as Australia’s) are a direct result of her work. In 1972 Barbara Ward and Rene Dubois write Only One Earth: The Care ...

Firstly, design infuses every aspect of life, although it is not often discussed that way. Most design press is self-referential, discussed within narrow lines. I wanted to widen the discussion, into areas not often thought of as design, or with a different view of the design process.