MCH Book-Manning Clark House Reflections

Manning Clark House Books

Manning Clark House Reflections Trevor Creighton, Peter Freeman, Roslyn Russell Published by Manning Clark House, 2002 ISBN Price AUS $20 Postage and packing AUS $5 To order this book contact Manning Clark House

Reviews

Justine Clark

This slim volume provides a personal, affectionate account of the house designed by Robin Boyd for Manning and Dymphna Clark in 1953. The first essay, by historian Roslyn Russell, takes the form of a walkthrough, providing glimpses of life in the house through anecdote. This draws, in part, on Russell�s intimate experience of the house as the Clarks� research assistant. The house is depicted through photographs by Trevor Creighton and sketches by Peter Freeman and these also convey a sense of the house as a place in which lives were conducted. Freeman�s essay from “an architect�s view” then gives a short description of the houses as a “precise yet modest architectural achievement”. Published by the trust which now administers the house, the booklet will work well as a touchstone for visitors who are interested in the Clarks, the house and the architecture.