Deserting the cities for the good life in rural splendor has become a flood, as clean air, cheaper living and a comfortable life are not only desirable but achievable. Whether building a new house or restoring an existing building the urge to desert the rat race has given rise to an extraordinary rural design and building boom.

A Place in the Country is the most up to date review of this architectural phenomenon and shows in 270 pictures chronicling 47 projects in Australia and New Zealand the unique movement that has established a new country style.