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Issue 59 - The Life Outside Issue

Issue 59

The Life Outside Issue

Introducing the Life Outside issue of Habitus magazine. With life increasingly being absorbed into a digital space, there is never a more important moment to hold something tangible. In this context, the power of nature to have a physiological impact on our sense of wellbeing has never been more important. So how can we cultivate the benefits of the our natural environment in the most intimate of places – our homes? This was the question that helped to bring this issue of Habitus to life.

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From Modernism to McMansionism: Why do our suburbs look the way that they do?

Tim Ross – broadcaster, comedian, mid-century design enthusiast and addict, INDE. Awards judge and Habitus favourite – presents Streets of Your Town, a two-part series exploring the aesthetic of Australian suburbs from the middle of last century to present day.

The 1950s saw pioneering – and now celebrated – Australian architects embrace Modernist architecture and adapt it to the Australian aesthetic, lifestyle and needs. Streets of Your Town boasts unprecedented access to some of our most iconic homes conceived by the likes of Robyn Boyd, Sydney Ancher, Roy Grounds and Harry Seidler.

But by the 70s something changed – who can say what – and Australians began to embrace featurism (read: McMansionism). New builds increasingly saw enormous dwellings with a massive street presence. A trend that has – regrettably – stuck around to this day.

In Streets of Your Town Tim Ross is looking to uncover why our suburbs looks the way that they do.

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Words by Holly Cunneen

*To celebrate the release of the DVD, Habitus has two copies to give away to new newsletter subscribers. Simply sign up to receive our newsletter between now and midnight Wednesday 23 November 2016 AEST for your chance to win!

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Holly Cunneen

Holly Cunneen was the editor of Habitus and has spent her time in the media writing about architecture, design and our local industry. With a firm view that “design has a shared responsibility to the individual as much as it does the wider community,” her personal and professional trajectory sees her chart the interests, accomplishments, and emerging patterns of behaviour within the architecture and design community.

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Issue 59 - The Life Outside Issue

Issue 59

The Life Outside Issue

Introducing the Life Outside issue of Habitus magazine. With life increasingly being absorbed into a digital space, there is never a more important moment to hold something tangible. In this context, the power of nature to have a physiological impact on our sense of wellbeing has never been more important. So how can we cultivate the benefits of the our natural environment in the most intimate of places – our homes? This was the question that helped to bring this issue of Habitus to life.

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