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2022

Book Chapter

The psychology of selling and the selling of architecture: Robin Gibson's early retail projects (1959-1970)

van der Plaat, Deborah (2022). The psychology of selling and the selling of architecture: Robin Gibson's early retail projects (1959-1970). Light, space, place: the architecture of Robin Gibson. (pp. 258-271) edited by Deborah van der Plaat and Lloyd Jones. Melbourne, VIC Australia: URO Publications.

The psychology of selling and the selling of architecture: Robin Gibson's early retail projects (1959-1970)

2022

Book Chapter

Robin Gibson: architecture in everyday pursuits

van der Plaat, Deborah and Jones, Lloyd (2022). Robin Gibson: architecture in everyday pursuits. Light, space, place: the architecture of Robin Gibson. (pp. 13-21) edited by Deborah van der Plaat and Lloyd Jones. Melbourne, VIC Australia: URO Publications.

Robin Gibson: architecture in everyday pursuits

2022

Book Chapter

The spell of the sunny south, the urge for 'Light, Sun and Air': the 'Human Aspect' and other ideas in Langer's Australian writings (1944-69)

van der Plaat, Deborah (2022). The spell of the sunny south, the urge for 'Light, Sun and Air': the 'Human Aspect' and other ideas in Langer's Australian writings (1944-69). Karl Langer: Modern Architect and Migrant in the Australian Tropics. (pp. 105-142) edited by Deborah van der Plaat and John Macarthur. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.

The spell of the sunny south, the urge for 'Light, Sun and Air': the 'Human Aspect' and other ideas in Langer's Australian writings (1944-69)

2022

Book Chapter

Casting shadows and seeking shade

Sully, Nicole and van der Plaat, Deborah (2022). Casting shadows and seeking shade. Drawing climate: visualising invisible elements of architecture. (pp. 120-149) edited by Daniel Ryan, Jennifer Ferng and Erik G. L'Heureux. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser. doi: 10.1515/9783035623611-007

Casting shadows and seeking shade

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

Alternative facts: towards a theorization of oral history in architecture.

Gosseye, Janina, Stead, Naomi and van der Plaat, Deborah (2021). Alternative facts: towards a theorization of oral history in architecture.. Architecture thinking across boundaries: knowledge transfers since the 1960s. (pp. 136-148) edited by Rajesh Heynickx, Ricardo Costa Agarez and Elke Couchez. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Visual Arts. doi: 10.5040/9781350153202.ch-008

Alternative facts: towards a theorization of oral history in architecture.

2021

Book Chapter

Introduction: modern and migrant architect

van der Plaat, Deborah and Macarthur, John (2021). Introduction: modern and migrant architect. Karl Langer: modern architect and migrant in the Australian tropics. (pp. 1-12) edited by Deborah van der Plaat and John Macarthur. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc..

Introduction: modern and migrant architect

2021

Book Chapter

The spell of the sunny south, the urge for ‘light, sun and air’: the ‘human aspect’ and other: ideas in Karl Langer’s writings (1944-69)

van der Plaat, Deborah (2021). The spell of the sunny south, the urge for ‘light, sun and air’: the ‘human aspect’ and other: ideas in Karl Langer’s writings (1944-69). Karl Langer: modern architect and migrant in the Australian tropics. (pp. 105-141) edited by Deborah van der Plaat and John Macarthur. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.

The spell of the sunny south, the urge for ‘light, sun and air’: the ‘human aspect’ and other: ideas in Karl Langer’s writings (1944-69)

2019

Book Chapter

West's Furniture Store 1953

van der Plaat, Deborah (2019). West's Furniture Store 1953. Australia modern: architecture, landscape & design 1925–1975. (pp. 135-135) edited by Hannah Lewi and Philip Goad. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Thames and Hudson.

West's Furniture Store 1953

2019

Book Chapter

Conclusion: Ways to listen anew: what next for oral history and architecture?

Stead, Naomi, Van der Plaat, Deborah and Gosseye, Janina (2019). Conclusion: Ways to listen anew: what next for oral history and architecture?. Speaking of buildings: oral history and architectural research. (pp. 282-297) edited by Janina Gosseye, Naomi Stead and Deborah van der Plaat. New York, NY, United States: Princeton Architectural Press.

Conclusion: Ways to listen anew: what next for oral history and architecture?

2017

Book Chapter

Building flagships: regionalism, place branding, and architecture as image in the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

Stead, Naomi, van der Plaat, Deborah and Macarthur, John (2017). Building flagships: regionalism, place branding, and architecture as image in the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. Images of the art museum: connecting gaze and discourse in the history of museology. (pp. 261-286) edited by Eva-Maria Troelenberg and Melania Savino. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter.

Building flagships: regionalism, place branding, and architecture as image in the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

2017

Book Chapter

Climatic discomforts: [sub]tropical climates, racial character and the nineteenth-century Queensland house

van der Plaat, Deborah (2017). Climatic discomforts: [sub]tropical climates, racial character and the nineteenth-century Queensland house. On discomfort : moments in a modern history of architectural culture. (pp. 51-63) edited by David Ellison and Andrew Leach. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315598826

Climatic discomforts: [sub]tropical climates, racial character and the nineteenth-century Queensland house

2015

Book Chapter

Bringing architecture to the people: defining architectural practice and culture in post-war Queensland

van der Plaat, Deborah and Wilson, Andrew (2015). Bringing architecture to the people: defining architectural practice and culture in post-war Queensland. Hot modernism: Queensland architecture 1945-1975. (pp. 15-29) edited by John Macarthur, Deborah van der Plaat, Janina Gosseye and Andrew Wilson. London, United Kingdom: Artifice.

Bringing architecture to the people: defining architectural practice and culture in post-war Queensland

2015

Book Chapter

‘Shabby’ careers? Women working in architecture in post-war Queensland

van der Plaat, Deborah (2015). ‘Shabby’ careers? Women working in architecture in post-war Queensland. Hot modernism: Queensland architecture 1945-1975. (pp. 183-199) edited by John P. Macarthur, Deborah van der Plaat, Janina Gosseye and Andrew Wilson. London, United Kingdom: Artifice.

‘Shabby’ careers? Women working in architecture in post-war Queensland

2015

Book Chapter

Twentieth-century (sub) tropical housing: framing climate, culture and civilisation in post-war Queensland

van der Plaat, Deborah, Wilson, Andrew C. and Musgrave, Elizabeth (2015). Twentieth-century (sub) tropical housing: framing climate, culture and civilisation in post-war Queensland. Hot modernism: Queensland architecture 1945-1975. (pp. 75-99) edited by John P. Macarthur, Deborah van der Plaat, Janina Gosseye and Andrew Wilson. London, United Kingdom: Artifice.

Twentieth-century (sub) tropical housing: framing climate, culture and civilisation in post-war Queensland

2012

Book Chapter

Cummings, Robert

Macarthur, John and van der Plaat, Deborah (2012). Cummings, Robert. The encyclopedia of Australian architecture. (pp. 184-185) edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.

Cummings, Robert

2012

Book Chapter

Critical [re] connections: Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Critic as Artist’ (1891)

van der Plaat, Deborah (2012). Critical [re] connections: Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Critic as Artist’ (1891). Semi-detached: Writing, representation and criticism in architecture. (pp. 211-220) edited by Naomi Stead. Melbourne, Australia: Uro Media.

Critical [re] connections: Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Critic as Artist’ (1891)

2011

Book Chapter

European subtropical projections: Humboldt, Segalen, and the Musee qui Branly

de Lorenzo, Catherine and van der Plaat, Deborah (2011). European subtropical projections: Humboldt, Segalen, and the Musee qui Branly. Sweat: The Subtropical Imaginary. (pp. 17-27) edited by Andrew McNamara. Brisbane, Australia: Institute of Modern Art.

European subtropical projections: Humboldt, Segalen, and the Musee qui Branly

2009

Book Chapter

cloud in Musee du quai Branly: Photography in Architecture

De Lorenzo, Catherine and van der Plaat, Deborah (2009). cloud in Musee du quai Branly: Photography in Architecture. Back to the City: Strategies for Informal Urban Interventions. (pp. 84-93) edited by Steffen Lehmann. Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag.

cloud in Musee du quai Branly: Photography in Architecture

2009

Book Chapter

Disciplinary contrasts science, art and the imagination in the nineteenth-century writings of William Lethaby, John Ruskin and Alexander von Humboldt

van der Plaat, Deborah (2009). Disciplinary contrasts science, art and the imagination in the nineteenth-century writings of William Lethaby, John Ruskin and Alexander von Humboldt. Architecture, Disciplinarity and the Arts. (pp. 61-74) edited by Andrew Leach and John MacArthur. Louvain, Belgium: A & S Books (University of Ghent).

Disciplinary contrasts science, art and the imagination in the nineteenth-century writings of William Lethaby, John Ruskin and Alexander von Humboldt