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How modernist queen Frances Burke kept wartime Australia looking fabulous We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Janice Breen Burns Normal text size Credit:Argus Collection, The Age Archives Nanette Carter and Robyn Oswald-Jacobs would dearly love the subject of their book Frances Burke – Designer of Modern Textiles NOT to be remembered primarily as a fashion icon. “You’re not … it’s not going to be all about …” Oswald-Jacobs’ pleas are delicate, not to offend this fashion writer assigned to their story; “Not all about … f...
Architecture news & editorial desk The Boroondara Council’s request to apply an interim heritage overlay to an architecturally significant modernist house designed by pre-eminent Australian architect Robin Boyd has been turned down by the Victorian government’s planning department. The councillors were prompted to take action in August following a public outcry after the house on 12-14 Tannock Street, Balwyn North in Melbourne’s north-eastern suburbs was listed for sale. A petition started by Jacqui Alexander, a senior lecturer in architecture at Monash University, calling for the prote...