30/30 Landscape Architecture by Meaghan Kombol
$99.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
In 30:30 Landscape Architecture, 30 of the most renowned landscape architects explore the work of the 30 of the world's top emerging architects with more than 500 illustrations. This book captures the essence of how the world is designed around us. A global and influential group of landscape architects ...Show more
The Art of Looking Up by Catherine McCormack
$49.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
The Art of Looking Up surveys 40 spectacular ceilings around the globe that have been graced by the brushes of artists including Michelangelo, Marc Chagall and Cy Twombly. From the floating women and lotus flowers of the Senso-ji Temple in Japan, first painted in the year 645, through to the religious i ...Show more
Lina Bo Bardi, Drawing by Lina Bo Bardi + Zeuler Lima
$89.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
The first authoritative collection of drawings by legendary modern architect Lina Bo BardiLina Bo Bardi (1914-92) was one of the most prolific and visionary architects of the twentieth century. Raised in Italy under Mussolini's Fascist regime and emigrating to Brazil after World War II, she championed t ...Show more
Influence - Edmond and Corrigan by Vivian Mitsogianni (Editor)
$65.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Through his practice Edmond and Corrigan, Peter Corrigan (1941-2016) shaped both the architectural fabric of his home city and the minds of several generations of Australian architects. Corrigan’s philosophy of “living a life through architecture” saw him tirelessly engage in teaching, writing, exhibiti ...Show more
Robin Boyd - Late Works by Christine Marie Phillips; Peter Raisbeck
$49.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Robin Boyd: Late Works unveils the urban and public architectural projects designed by Robin Boyd, one of Australia's most iconic mid-century modernists, in the final decade before his untimely death in 1971. One of the few architects in Australia's history to have become a household name, Boyd rose to ...Show more
Sydney Brutalism - Lost and Legacy Projects by Glenn Harper
$40.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
A photographic essay that seeks to address the current prejudices directed towards these culturally important buildings.
The Pool - Architecture, Culture and Identity in Australia by ed. Amelia Holliday, Isabelle Toland and Michelle Tabet
$39.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
In Australia, the pool takes many forms. In the bush, a waterhole, a dam, a billabong; on the coast, a concreted cavity gouged from the rocks over which the surf spills and crashes. Around the country, old-time municipal baths have steeply decked seating and supervisory signs about diving and running. I ...Show more
The Life of Walter Gropius - Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus by Fiona MacCarthy
$59.99 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus
Mention the Bauhaus and iconic design objects such as a Marianne Brandt teapot, an Anni Albers weaving or a Marcel Breuer chair come to mind. But the Bauhaus was more than an art school - it was the birth of a whole new philosophy of art. In this majestic biography of its charismatic founder, Fiona MacC ...Show more
Oasis - Modern Desert Homes Around the World by iO Tillett Wright; Casey Dunn (Photographer)
$69.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Welcome to the desert. Welcome home. This visually stunning tour of the world's most amazing desert homes will inspire "desert vibes" wherever you are. Creatives are drawn in by the extreme landscapes and limited resources of the desert; in fact, they're inspired by them, and the homes they've built he ...Show more
The Invention of Melbourne - A Baroque Archbishop and a Gothic Architect by Jaynie Anderson; Max Vodola; Shane Carmody
$54.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
The Invention of Melbourne defines the relationship between an architect of genius, William Wardell, and the first Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, James Goold, an Irishman educated in Risorgimento, Italy. Their partnership produced St Patrick's, the largest cathedral of the 19th century anywhere in th ...Show more
Plywood
$60.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Plywood is an astonishingly versatile material, made by gluing together layers of cross-grained veneers, creating a pliable board that can be stronger than solid wood. Stylish and practical, plywood offers huge possibilities for experimental design, and it has been used to make a wide range of products, ...Show more
Courtyard Living: Contemporary Houses of the Asia-Pacific by Charmaine Chan
$70.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Courtyards have long played an important function in residential design, regulating light, shade, and the use of space. With centuries of tradition as inspiration, contemporary architects are now realizing courtyard living afresh. This lavish survey of twenty-five residences across the Asia-Pacific reg ...Show more