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Parliament House Canberra : a building for the nation / edited by Haig Beck. - Sydney : Watermark Press, 2008. - 175 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Essays --
The Making of Parliament House Haig Beck. --
The Architecture of Parliament House Haig Beck --
The Arts and Crafts of Parliament House Carl Andrew --
The Semiotics of the New Parliament House Ivor Indyk --
Plates --
Architectural Drawings. --
Compositional Rules. --
Symbolic and Practical Paths --
The Spatial Tableau --
The Red-Green Shift --
Lighting the Way --
The Land Axis --
The Forecourt --
The Coat of Arms --
The Great Verandah --
A New Alphabet. --
Public Terraces --
The Foyer --
Marquetry. --
Capital Hill. --
The Basement --
Recreation --
Research --
The Rugs --
The Great Hall --
The Light on the Hill --
Embroidering the Land --
The Great Hall. --
The Members' Hall --
The Flag-Mast --
Landscaping Capital Hill --
The Senate Chamber. Stonework --
The Curved Walls --
The Glazed Links Landscaping --
The House of Representatives --
The President's and Speaker's Courtyards --
The Little Olgas --
The Prime Minister's Suite --
The Executive Wing. --
The Big Picture --
Visions of Australia --
Index.
Authors, Photographer --
Credits --
Acknowledgements --
Prime Ministers since Federation --
List of Senators and Members in 1988.

ISBN: 0949284335

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Parliament House (Canberra, A.C.T.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Public buildings --Australian Capital Territory --Canberra