Exhibiting architecture
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We've spoken before about whether Australia should have a museum dedicated to architecture. Well, the Gallery of Australian Design, which opened quietly in Canberra earlier this year, is trying to fill the gap. But just as here on By Design we see architecture as just one component of the designed world, the Gallery of Australian Design will have a broader focus. After all, exhibiting architecture isn't an easy task. Just how do you make all those plans and photographs capture the magic of experiencing great architecture in three dimensions?
26 August 2009
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ABC Radio National’s By Design is a program about how we shape our world - a vibrant show about people and the things that surround us.
From the cities and buildings we live in to the cars we drive and clothes we wear, the program deals with architecture and material culture, the politics of the built environment and design - all through the prism of our daily lives.
It explains how, through the creative process, human ideas take on tangible form and designers reinvent the world to keep pace with its changing needs and desires, lifting the quality of our lives.
The program explores how design -- the way things look, feel and function -- reflects social change; what the decisions we make as consumers of architecture and everyday objects tell us about who we are.
