Bush Modern: Hand-crafted homes on the edge of the city Anne-Laure Pham The book I would choose

The book I would choose as pillow and plate

hips and backs can give no more

Hers was a centuries-old trade that had once made men and women rich

in our own unvoiced language

Bush Modern: Hand-crafted homes on the edge of the city Anne-Laure Pham The book I would chooseIn the bushy north eastern fringe of Melbourne, an enduring, uniquely Australian architectural aesthetic has been quietly gaining recognition. Emerging out of necessity in the post war years, it reimagined the sleek ideals of modernism through the lens of the local landscape. Simple homes built 'of the land' from mud bricks and recycled timber captured the mood of those searching for an alternative way of life close to nature. The movement gathered