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2024

Book

Is architecture art?: An introduction to the aesthetics of architecture

Macarthur, John (2024). Is architecture art?: An introduction to the aesthetics of architecture. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing. doi: 10.5040/9781350147744

Is architecture art?: An introduction to the aesthetics of architecture

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

Valuing Architecture: heritage and the economics of culture

Ashley Paine, Susan Holden and John Macarthur eds. (2020). Valuing Architecture: heritage and the economics of culture. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Valiz.

Valuing Architecture: heritage and the economics of culture

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

Journal Article

Das Malerische and the picturesque: Seeing architecture in translation

Macarthur, John, Aitchison, Mathew and Cepl, Jasper (2019). Das Malerische and the picturesque: Seeing architecture in translation. Architectural Histories, 7 (1). doi: 10.5334/ah.290

Das Malerische and the picturesque: Seeing architecture in translation

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

2018

Book

Pavilion propositions: nine points on an architectural phenomenon

Macarthur, John, Holden, Susan, Paine, Ashley and Davidts, Wouter (2018). Pavilion propositions: nine points on an architectural phenomenon. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Valiz.

Pavilion propositions: nine points on an architectural phenomenon

2018

Book

Italy/Australia: postmodern architecture in translation

Micheli, Silvia and Macarthur, John eds. (2018). Italy/Australia: postmodern architecture in translation. Melbourne, Australia: Uro.

Italy/Australia: postmodern architecture in translation

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)

2017

Conference Publication

The semblance of use: history, function and aesthetics in the serpentine pavilions

Macarthur, John (2017). The semblance of use: history, function and aesthetics in the serpentine pavilions. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 5-8 July 2017. Canberra, ACT, Australia: SAHANZ.

The semblance of use: history, function and aesthetics in the serpentine pavilions

2016

Journal Article

Writing on the image: architecture, the city and the politics of representation

Macarthur, John (2016). Writing on the image: architecture, the city and the politics of representation. Architectural Theory Review, 20 (3), 376-379. doi: 10.1080/13264826.2016.1185133

Writing on the image: architecture, the city and the politics of representation

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

Conference Publication

Architecture, HEAT and the government of culture

Macarthur, John (2015). Architecture, HEAT and the government of culture. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 7-10 July 2015. Sydney, NSW, Australia: SAHANZ.

Architecture, HEAT and the government of culture

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