Leisure Space: The Transformation of Sydney, 1945-1970

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Dinner at Australia Square's revolvingSummit Restaurant,sipping cocktails at the Chevron in Potts Point, hanging out ata Skyline drive-in

Mid-twentieth-century Sydneysiders embraced leisurelike never before. Leisure Space details the architectureand design that transformed their city through its newhotels, motels, restaurants, bars, clubs, shopping centres,drive-ins and golf courses, including landmark buildingssuch as the Gazebo and the Wentworth Hotel.

With stunning images from Max Dupain, Mark Strizicand other outstanding Australian photographers, LeisureSpace explores a dynamic period in Sydney's historyand the dramatic impact of modernism on the city's builtenvironment.

Paul Hogben is a senior lecturer in Architecturein the Faculty of Built Environment at UNSWAustralia.

Judith O'Callaghan is a senior lecturer inInterior Architecture in the Faculty of BuiltEnvironment at UNSW Australia and co-authorof Designer Suburbs: Architects and AffordableHomes in Australia.

Read an article by Hogben and O'Callaghan on Max Dupain's 'Spaces of Leisure and Pleasure'

Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's History Awards, New South Wales Community and Regional History Prizes.

Author Bio

Paul Hogben is a senior lecturer in architecture in the Faculty of Built Environment at UNSW.

Judith O'Callaghan is a senior lecturer in interior architecture in the Faculty of Built Environment at UNSW and co-author of Designer Suburbs: Architects and Affordable Homes in Australia.