John Dalton: Subtropical Modernism and the Turn to Environment in Australian Architecture (Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture)

John Dalton: Subtropical Modernism and the Turn to Environment in Australian Architecture is a groundbreaking book that sheds light on the work of an important yet overlooked modernist architect in Australia, John Dalton (1927-2007).

This comprehensive study draws on previously unpublished archival documents, including Dalton's drawings and paintings, transcripts of lectures, letters, and articles, plans, and photographic images of built works.

The book not only showcases Dalton's talent as a designer but also reveals him as a pioneer of environmentalist thinking in Australia, parallel to a global transition in mid-century modern architecture from functional efficiency and material rationalism to a concern with being in dialogue with the environment.

This book is an essential contribution to the existing scholarship on 20th century modernism and a valuable resource for anyone interested in environmental design.