Renzo Piano by Lorenzo Ciccarelli
$85.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Renzo Piano is one of the world's greatest living architects and creator of a host of iconic modern buildings, including the Pompidou in Paris, the Menil Collection in Texas, Kansai Airport in Japan, the Shard in London and the new Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Written and created in c ...Show more
Beaumaris Modern 2 by Fiona Austin
$65.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
In reality, the first Beaumaris Modern book, featuring Mid Century Modern houses of Beaumaris just scraped the surface of what was out there. And, fortunately, in the past few years many more of these unique architect-designed houses have been discovered-- thankfully surviving the developer's wrecking b ...Show more
Lost in Palm Springs by Greer Honeywill
$69.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
On a chance visit to Palm Springs, the author was immediately drawn to the desert gardens and the beautiful lines of the modernist houses from that post-war era. At once, she fell in love and was lost in the sheer immensity. It was then that she realised that being lost was the beginning of an idea.The ...Show more
Second Home by STEPHEN CRAFTI
$105.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
A beautifully illustrated photography book showcasing second homes that answer today's aesthetic, functional, and ecological demands while highlighting the uniqueness of its location. On a remote island, among sand dunes, adjacent to a lake, and on a rocky beach-these are just some of the stunning sites ...Show more
Julius Shulman. Modernism Rediscovered by Pierluigi Serraino; Julius Shulman (Photographer)
$75.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
The buildings burned in our memories, which to us represent the spirit of '50s and '60s architectural design, were those whose pictures were widely published in magazines and books; but what about those that got lost in the process, hardly or never appearing in publication? The exchange of visual info ...Show more
New Nordic Houses by Dominic Bradbury
$70.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
In a climate with dramatic shifts in temperature and light, the homes of Nordic countries respond to ever-changing and breathtaking environments with an intrinsic sense of warmth. Nordic architects today are as much informed by vernacular traditions and natural materials as their forebears, but the most ...Show more
The Meaningful Modern Home Soulful Architecture and Interiors by Celeste Robbins; Jacqueline Terrebonne (Contribution by)
$79.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
A collection of nine contemporary homes by architect Celeste Robbins, who imbues her modern designs with warmth and emotionIn her first monograph, Chicago-based architect Celeste Robbins proves that contemporary design can be inviting, comfortable, and graciously responsive to how we live. Illustrating ...Show more
The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
$29.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
A beloved multidisciplinary treatise comes to Penguin Classics Rare is the work of philosophy that invites both the casual reader and the academic. Rare, too, is the text so universal that luminaries across an array of fields lay claim to it. Yet, that is precisely the case with Gaston Bachelard’s The P ...Show more
Windows in Architecture by CHRISTOPHER MASTERS
$90.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
This new study explores the development of the window, showing how it both transformed human experience by increasing access to light and air and changed our perception of architectural space Christopher Masters celebrates the multiple roles of the window in architecture by providing engaging commentari ...Show more
A Place of My Own - The Architecture of Daydreams by Michael Pollan
$36.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
Michael Pollan's unmatched ability to draw lines of connection between our everyday experiences--whether eating, gardening, or building--and the natural world has been the basis for the popular success of his many works of nonfiction, including the genre-defining bestsellers "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and ...Show more
Rock the Shack : Architecture of Cabins, Cocoons and Hide-outs by S. Ehmann (Editor); S. Borges (Editor)
$95.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
From weekend homes to get-away cabins in the mountains, by the sea, or in the woods, this architecture embodies our longing for lounging in nature. For the first time in the history of humankind, more people live in cities than in the country. Yet, at the same time, more and more city dwellers are yearn ...Show more
Hide and Seek - Cabins and Hideouts by Sofia Borges (Editor); Sven Ehmann (Editor); Robert Klanten (Editor)
$95.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Our longing for simplicity, clarity, and relaxation often leads us into nature. Hide and Seek showcases the most beautiful places for satisfying this longing. More and more people are yearning to live in harmony with nature. Yet they don't want to give up their homes in the city or make radical changes ...Show more