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Style wars: revolution in the suburbs?
Is there a revolution occurring in the Australian suburb? From a brief examination of demographic, economic, political and aesthetic changes, it appears that the suburbs of the new century are very different from those of the last. With the demise of key underpinnings of the older suburban form—the sexual division of labour, particular family forms, localised communities and bucolic private gardens—has gone an end to official support of the expansive suburb and a major shift in their politics, planning, economies and relationship to the CBD and other centres. With falling household sizes has gone a seemingly contradictory trend toward larger houses on smaller blocks of land. In the context of these many changes along with urban containment and consolidation, this paper argues that there is a convergence occurring between the design of inner, middle and outer suburban dwellings. The negativity long heaped upon the suburban bungalow by the custodians of taste is being revisited. The style wars are easing, as suburban homes increasingly resemble those appearing in densified cities across the nation.
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Australian geographerVolume
37Issue
2Pagination
259 - 277Publisher
Geographical Society of New South WalesLocation
Sydney, N.S.W.Publisher DOI
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0004-9182eISSN
1465-3311Language
engNotes
Online Publication Date: 01 July 2006Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2006, Geographical Society of New South Wales Inc.Usage metrics
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