Deserting the cities for the good life in rural splendour has become a flood as clean air, cheaper living and a comfortable life style becomes not only desirable but achievable. Whether building a new house or restoring an existing building the urge to desert the rat race for the weekend or permanently has given rise to an extraordinary design and building boom where suburban constraints are loosed and individuals are setting the tone for a new rural revival. A PLACE IN THE COUNTRY is the most up to date review of this architectural phenomenon and shows in nearly 300 pictures chronicling 47 projects in Australia and New Zealand the unique movement that has established a new Australian style.