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Robin Boyd (architect)
Australian architect (1919-1971)
Robin Gerard Penleigh BoydCBE (3 January 1919 – 16 October 1971) was an Australian architect, writer, teacher and social commentator.
He, along with Harry Seidler, stands as one of the foremost proponents for the International Modern Movement in Australian architecture. Boyd is the author of the influential book The Australian Ugliness (1960), a critique on Australian architecture, particularly the state of Australian suburbia and its lack of a uniform architectural goal.
Like his American contemporary John Lautner, Boyd had relatively few opportunities to design major buildings and his best known and most influential works as an architect are his numerous and innovative small house designs.[2]
Background and early life
Robin Boyd was a scion of the Boyd artistic dynasty in Australia, and his extended family included painters, sculptors, architects, writers and others in the arts.
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