Education
She then completed a B.Arch (1967) and M.Arch (1969) at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her Master of Architecture (History) was in part by thesis entitled, An Inquiry into Some Aspects of Recent Unorthodox Trends in Architecture.
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Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands (A Latitude 20 Book) by Jennifer Taylor (2014-09-30)
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Architecture: A Performing Art by John Andrews (1991-04-05)
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Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands by Jennifer Taylor (2014-07-31)
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Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands (A Latitude 20 Book) by Jennifer Taylor (2014-09-30)
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Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands
( Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands...)
Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands recounts the recent developments of the South Pacific and its fascinating architecture. This volume traces the European architectural overlay onto this scattered group of islands as well as the transition of these same islands towards a regional identity that has been fashioned by the remoteness of each location, the incomparable setting, and the distinctive ethnic mix of its inhabitants. A series of themed essays present the story of architectural development in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Samoa and American Samoa, and French Polynesia. Recent architecture typifies the evolution of the islands as they have been subjected to the transformative waves of alien trade, religion, colonization, war and tourism, followed by post-colonialism and revived nationalism. As with the Pacific region itself, the most prominent characteristic of the architecture is its diversity. The blending of the universal and the local sets the stage for a fresh vision of the South Pacific across a wide range of building types, from spectacular mission churches to sensational resorts in paradise. This book, in full colour, will appeal to architects, armchair-tourists, students and all those for whom the South Pacific is the idyll of their dreams.
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Jennifer Taylor
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Australian by birth, Taylor began studying architecture at the School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University after taking a course in nursing Taylor spent much of her working life in Europe, America and Asia, and taught in architectural schools throughout the world. She was appointed as an academic to the Architecture department of the University of Sydney from 1970 to 1998, and later taught at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
Taylor credited the Japanese modernist architect, Fumihiko Maki—whom she first met during a Japan Foundation Professional Fellowship in 1975—as playing a major role in her career.
Maki was appointed Taylor’s mentor and after initially looking at contemporary Japanese gardens, she realised, "I became very interested in contemporary architecture in Japan. I loved lieutenant I just kept going back.
I started writing on Japan. I have been influenced, unquestionably, by Japanese work." Taylor was also the first Australian architect to establish a contemporary architectural dialogue with Asia—bringing leading Japanese and Chinese figures to lecture at Sydney University, and travelling to the region and lecturing there herself.
Taylor contributed extensively to international publications, conferences, architectural criticism, and also sat on numerous architectural juries and competitions.
Achievements
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She was awarded the inaugural Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Education Prize in 2000. She was awarded the inaugural Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Marion Mahony Griffin Award in 1998—a prize established by the NSW Chapter of the Institute of Architects to "acknowledge a female architect for a distinctive body of architectural work." In 2010, Taylor was awarded the inaugural Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National President's Prize for her "lifetime commitment to architecture as a thinker, writer, critic and historian.".
Works
book
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Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands
( Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands...)
- Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands (A Latitude 20 Book) by Jennifer Taylor (2014-09-30)
- Architecture: A Performing Art by John Andrews (1991-04-05)
- Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands by Jennifer Taylor (2014-07-31)
- Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands (A Latitude 20 Book) by Jennifer Taylor (2014-09-30)
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Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands
Membership
Taylor was a founding member of International Council on Monuments and Sites Australia, DOCOMOMO (Australian Working Party for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement) Australia, and the Australian Architectural Association.
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