The House: The Dramatic Story of the Sydney Opera House and the People Who Made It by Helen Pitt
$34.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
The best-loved building in Australia nearly didn't get off the drawing board. When it did, the lives of everyone involved in its construction were utterly changed: some for the better, many for the worse. Helen Pitt tells the stories of the people behind the magnificent white sails of the Sydney Opera H ...Show more
The Brutalists: Brutalism's Best Architects by Owen Hopkins
$100.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
An unprecedented survey of more than 250 architects who continue to define one of the most polarizing yet celebrated of stylesBrutalist architecture inspires a passionate response, be it adulation or contempt. There is no disputing, however, that the style produces some of the world's most breathtaking ...Show more
KHA / Kerry Hill Architects: Works and Projects by Kerry Hill Architects
$120.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
The definitive monograph of the late Singapore-based Australian architect's practice, internationally admired for its 'tropical modern' design and luxury resorts. The late architect Kerry Hill designed buildings that whisper rather than scream. This beautifully illustrated book brings together a corpus ...Show more
The New Queensland House by Cameron Bruhn, Katelin Butler
$69.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Imagine being in a home designed for a sun-drenched lifestyle - a dwelling so attuned to its setting and occupants that it effortlessly adapts to the climate and allows outdoor living all year round. This richly illustrated book takes the reader on an immersive journey through Queensland's most exciting ...Show more
Design Monograph: Wright by Naomi Stungo
$32.99 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: Design Monograph Ser.
A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.The ...Show more
Future Homes: Sustainable Innovative Designs by AVI FRIEDMAN
$69.99 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
New challenges on a global scale have forced a rethinking about the way homes and communities are designed. Future Homes provides an engaging and in-depth analysis of possible solutions, providing hope for the future. Broadly speaking these challenges came in three ways: environmental, social, and econo ...Show more
Aino + Alvar Aalto - A Life Together by Heikki Aalto-Alanen
$200.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
A visual biography of Aino and Alvar Aalto, who designed some of the most iconic objects of the twentieth century. Aino and Alvar Aalto together founded Artek and created some of the most celebrated objects and buildings of the twentieth century. Through letters, documents, drawings, and family photogra ...Show more
The City of Today Is a Dying Thing - In Search of the Cities of Tomorrow by Des Fitzgerald
$42.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
An unmissable journey into the past, present and future of urban life.
Beautiful Houses by the Water: Living at the Water's Edge by IMAGES PUBLISHING
$65.00 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
We are all drawn to water, whether for relaxation or recreation. So it is little surprise that many homes are designed especially for a gorgeous waterfront location. Beautiful Homes by the Water beautifully illustrates examples from around the globe that make the most of their stunning location by the ...Show more
Australia Modern: Architecture, Landscape & Design 1925–1975 by Hannah Lewi, Philip Goad
$89.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
From the Sydney Opera House and the National Gallery of Victoria to sought-after homes across the country, the pervasive presence of modernism is inescapable in Australia. Led by the likes of Robin Boyd, Harry Seidler and Walter Burley Griffin, modernist architects and designers set out to rebuild at al ...Show more
Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
$32.95 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written. Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsy ...Show more
Cabin - How to Build a Retreat in the Wilderness and Learn to Live with Nature by Will Jones
$39.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
The story of the author's cabin build in the wilderness, packed with practical advice for aspiring builders and insights into of the history of cabin culture around the world.In 2010, journalist and author Will Jones gave up London life to move to rural Canada with his young family. His dream was to bui ...Show more