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2022

Book Chapter

Wireless architecture: Robert Cumming's early radio broadcasts

Macarthur, John and van der Plaat, Deborah (2022). Wireless architecture: Robert Cumming's early radio broadcasts. Architectural education through materiality: pedagogies of 20th century design . (pp. 221-234) edited by Elke Couchez and Rajesh Heynickx. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003201205-17

Wireless architecture: Robert Cumming's early radio broadcasts

2021

Book Chapter

Robin Boyd’s Australian Ugliness, ugliness and liberal education

Macarthur, John (2021). Robin Boyd’s Australian Ugliness, ugliness and liberal education. After The Australian Ugliness. (pp. 45-52) edited by Naomi Stead, Tom Lee, Megan Patty and Ewan McEoin. Melbourne, VIC Australia: National Gallery of Victoria/Thames & Hudson.

Robin Boyd’s Australian Ugliness, ugliness and liberal education

2020

Book Chapter

The smell of politics: Civilia, Collage City, and liberalism in architectural discourse

Macarthur, John (2020). The smell of politics: Civilia, Collage City, and liberalism in architectural discourse. GTA papers 4: grand gestures. (pp. 22-45) edited by Adam Jasper and Stefan Neuner. Zurich, Switzerland: gta Verlag.

The smell of politics: Civilia, Collage City, and liberalism in architectural discourse

2020

Book Chapter

For what it’s worth: the value of architecture as heritage and culture

Macarthur, John, Holden, Susan and Paine, Ashley (2020). For what it’s worth: the value of architecture as heritage and culture. Valuing architecture: heritage and the economics of culture. (pp. 8-20) edited by Ashley Paine, Susan Holden and John Macarthur. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Valiz.

For what it’s worth: the value of architecture as heritage and culture

2019

Book Chapter

'In the service of clouds': the picturesque and aquatint

Macarthur, John (2019). 'In the service of clouds': the picturesque and aquatint. Architecture through drawing. (pp. 168-177) edited by Desley Luscombe, Helen Thomas and Niall Hobhouse. London, United Kingdom: Lund Humphries.

'In the service of clouds': the picturesque and aquatint

2019

Book Chapter

Pardo’s plumbing: relational art and architectural pavilions

Macarthur, John (2019). Pardo’s plumbing: relational art and architectural pavilions. Trading between architecture and art: strategies and practices of exchange. (pp. 27-38) edited by Wouter Davidts, Ashley Paine and Susan Holden. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Valiz.

Pardo’s plumbing: relational art and architectural pavilions

2018

Book Chapter

The banality of 240cm

Macarthur, John (2018). The banality of 240cm. House tour: views of the unfurnished interior. (pp. 112-115) edited by Adam Jasper. Zürich, Switzerland: Park Books and Pro Helvetia.

The banality of 240cm

2017

Book Chapter

Luscombe Castle (1799)

Macarthur, John (2017). Luscombe Castle (1799). Companions to the history of architecture: eighteenth-century architecture. (pp. 1-5) edited by Harry Francis Mallgrave. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118887226.wbcha076

Luscombe Castle (1799)

2016

Book Chapter

Geoffrey Scott, the Baroque, and the picturesque

Macarthur, John (2016). Geoffrey Scott, the Baroque, and the picturesque. The Baroque in architectural culture, 1880-1980. (pp. 61-71) edited by Andrew Leach, John Macarthur and Maarten Delbeke. Abingdon, Oxon, United States: Routledge.

Geoffrey Scott, the Baroque, and the picturesque

2015

Book Chapter

Letters to the people

Macarthur, John (2015). Letters to the people. Mongrel Rapture: The Architecture of Ashton Raggatt McDougall. (pp. 1345-1352) edited by Mark Raggatt and Maitiu Ward. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Uro Publications.

Letters to the people

2015

Book Chapter

Geoffrey Scott, the Baroque, and the picturesque

Macarthur, John (2015). Geoffrey Scott, the Baroque, and the picturesque. The Baroque in architectural culture, 1880-1980. (pp. 61-71) edited by Andrew Leach, John Macarthur and Maarten Delbeke. Farnsworth, United Kingdom: Ashgate.

Geoffrey Scott, the Baroque, and the picturesque

2014

Book Chapter

Of character and concrete: the historian's material

Macarthur, John (2014). Of character and concrete: the historian's material. Forty ways to think about architecture: architectural history and theory today. (pp. 150-154) edited by Ian Borden, Murray Fraser and Barbara Penner. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley. doi: 10.1002/9781118822531.ch21

Of character and concrete: the historian's material

2014

Book Chapter

'The World' and Charters Towers: gold, stock exchanges and the electric telegraph at the beginning of globalisation

Macarthur, John (2014). 'The World' and Charters Towers: gold, stock exchanges and the electric telegraph at the beginning of globalisation. Out of Place (Gwalia): Occasional essays on Australian regional communities and built environments in transition. (pp. 129-158) edited by Philip Goldswain, Nicole Sully and William M. Taylor. Perth, WA, Australia: University of Western Australia Press.

'The World' and Charters Towers: gold, stock exchanges and the electric telegraph at the beginning of globalisation

2013

Book Chapter

The figure from above: on the obliqueness of the plan in urbanism and architecture

Macarthur, John (2013). The figure from above: on the obliqueness of the plan in urbanism and architecture. Seeing from Above: The Aerial View in Visual Culture. (pp. 188-209) edited by Mark Dorrian and Frédéric Pousin. London, UK: I. B. Tauris.

The figure from above: on the obliqueness of the plan in urbanism and architecture

2012

Book Chapter

The world remade: art and mimesis in the work of Luc Deleu

Macarthur, John (2012). The world remade: art and mimesis in the work of Luc Deleu. Luc Deleu: orban space: the work and practice of Luc Deleu, T.O.P. office. (pp. 33-44) edited by Wouter Davidts, Guy Chatel and Stefaan Vervoort. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Valiz.

The world remade: art and mimesis in the work of Luc Deleu

2012

Book Chapter

Ugliness and romanticism in the work of Lyons

Macarthur, John (2012). Ugliness and romanticism in the work of Lyons. More: the architecture of Lyons 1996-2011. (pp. 267-272) edited by Lyons. Port Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Thames and Hudson.

Ugliness and romanticism in the work of Lyons

2012

Book Chapter

Sense, meaning and taste in architectural criticism

Macarthur, John (2012). Sense, meaning and taste in architectural criticism. Semi-detached: Writing, representation and criticism in architecture. (pp. 229-235) edited by Naomi Stead. Melbourne, Australia: Uro Media.

Sense, meaning and taste in architectural criticism

2012

Book Chapter

Introduction: architecture and aesthetics

Macarthur, John and Stead, Naomi (2012). Introduction: architecture and aesthetics. The SAGE handbook of architectural theory. (pp. 123-136) edited by C. Greg Crysler, Stephen Cairns and Hilde Heynen. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.

Introduction: architecture and aesthetics

2010

Book Chapter

Pevsner's townscape

Macarthur, John P. and Aitchison, Mathew H. (2010). Pevsner's townscape. Visual planning and the picturesque. (pp. 1-43) edited by Mathew H. Aitchison. Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.: Getty Research Institute.

Pevsner's townscape

2009

Book Chapter

Landscape and prospect from the picturesque to aerial photography

Macarthur, John (2009). Landscape and prospect from the picturesque to aerial photography. Beyond the Picturesque. (pp. 209-219) edited by Steven Jacobs and Frank Maes. Ghent, Belgium: Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst.

Landscape and prospect from the picturesque to aerial photography