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
This Building Likes Me by John Wardle Architects
$79.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
This Building Likes Me offers an engaging account of the recent work of one of Australia's most significant architectural practices, John Wardle Architects (JWA). The practice is fascinated by those who experience their buildings and spaces - by those who live or work in them, or simply walk past. These ...Show more
Under the Edge: The Architecture of Peter Stutchbury by Ewan McEoin
$95.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Peter Stutchbury's award-winning architecture continues to stimulate a new and increasing awareness of the potential for designing with the Australian landscape and its environment. His architecture has attracted international acclaim through his success in the 2008 International Living Steel Competitio ...Show more
The Art of Earth Architecture - Past, Present, Future by Jean Dethier; Marc Walter
$150.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
For almost ten thousand years, unbaked earth has been used to build remarkable structures, from simple dwellings to palaces, temples, and fortresses both grand and durable. Jean Dethier spent fifty years researching this landmark global survey, which spans five continents and 250 sites. The Art of Earth ...Show more
David Adjaye - Public Buildings and Houses, 1998-2008 by David Adjaye; Peter Allison (Editor)
$120.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Acclaimed architect David Adjaye is known for his artistic sensitivity and deft use of space and inexpensive, unexpected materials. With the hindsight of almost twenty years of practice and a raft of high-profile projects around the world-- perhaps best symbolized by the National Museum for African Amer ...Show more
New Chinese Architecture - Twenty Women Building the Future by Austin Williams; Zhang Xin; Anon
$59.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Over the past decade, China's new generation of female architects have proven themselves to be talented, confident, innovative, and successful on the world stage. Engaging with traditions and international trends, as well as posing entirely new architectural ideas, their projects reveal China to be a pl ...Show more
Architects' Houses by Michael Webb
$65.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Thirty of the world's most talented architects, including Norman Foster, Thom Mayne, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, talk about the houses they designed for themselves over the past decade in Architects' Houses. What inspired them, what were the constraints, how did their concepts take shape? Michael Web ...Show more