John Dalton: Subtropical Modernism and the Turn to Environment in Australian Architecture

Title: John Dalton: Subtropical Modernism and the Turn to Environment in Australian Architecture
Author: Dr Elizabeth Musgrave
Publisher: Bloomsbury (2023)

Architect John Dalton (1927–2007) was an important voice in mid-century modernism in Australia whose work, despite it being exhibited and published nationally and internationally and winning several awards, is little known. Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, this book draws on previously unpublished archival documents, including Dalton's drawings and paintings, transcripts of lectures, letters and articles, plans and photographic images of built works, to characterise the architect not only as a very talented designer, but also as a pioneer of environmentalist thinking in Australia.

John Dalton: Subtropical Modernism and the Turn to Environment in Australian Architecture is not only an important contribution to the existing scholarship on 20th-century modernism, but also to the current renewed interest in environmental design across the globe.