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Evolutionary Modernism

Daryl Jackson Selected Works

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Evolutionary Modernism tracks the evolution of Jackson's architectural style with chapters broken into five year intervals over that period. His buildings have ranged from family beach houses to the Great Southern Stand of the MCG and he has worked in places as diverse as Riyadh, Suva and Sydney. Patrick McCaughey's comprehensive Foreword includes his survey of many of Jackson's iconic works and his tribute to Jackson: 'His Modernism-Propositional Modernism as he calls it-retains a faith in the rational, enquiring process of architecture, the seeker of solutions to the problems of the man-made environment'.

Daryl Jackson

About The Author

Professor Daryl Jackson AO co-founded the architectural firm of Jackson Walker, who specialised in school design and master planning, and soon became educational experts within Victoria, completing award-winning projects such as Lauriston Girls School (1969), Princes Hill High School (1972), and interstate; the Canberra School of Music (1970-6). Jackson’s collaboration on the design of the…

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