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European émigrés and Australian Modernism

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What impact did European émigrés have on the architectural landscape of Australia mid last century? Natica Schmeder is an architectural historian and principal at Landmark Heritage and Warren Andersen is a Perth based former planner and architectural enthusiast who is the author of 'The Architecture of Iwan Iwanoff'. They presented at the Robin Boyd Foundation recently on the legacy of central European immigrants for Australian Modernism.

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