AV Jennings : home builders to the nation
Edwards, Roy2013
Book
Leading the way in housing design and marketing, and setting the pattern of Australian detached housing. AV Jennings built over 66,000 homes between 1962 and 1982. How this was done with such initiative, flair and success is a remarkable Australian story.
Main title:
AV Jennings : home builders to the nation / Roy Edwards & Vic Jennings with Don Garden.
Imprint:
North Melbourne, Vic. : Arcadia, 2013, c2013.North Melbourne, Vic. : Arcadia, 2013.©2013.
Collation:
xvi, 295 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles (some colour), plans (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Contents:
Design culture in AV Jennings, 1985-83 : a marketing organisation, not a builder / Vic Jennings -- The design culture and values at AV Jennings homes : design is the key to marketability / Roy Edwards -- Telling the story / Don Garden -- 1. People and experience -- 2. The breakthrough in home design in the 1960s -- 3. Range and complexity - home design, 1973-9 -- 4. New designs and niche markets, 1979-82 -- 5. Community developments -- 6. Design and build quality and processes -- 7. Display centres and other marketing.
ISBN:
9781925003246
Dewey class:
720.994
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
BRN:
103318
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne Library | -Home and Lifestyle | HOME 720.994 EDWA | Available |