Unpacking My Library: Architects and Their Books by Jo Steffens
28.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
What does a library say about the mind of its owner? How do books map the intellectual interests, curiosities, tastes, and personalities of their readers? What does the collecting of books have in common with the practice of architecture? This title provides an intimate look at the personal libraries of ...Show more
Beach House Happy by Antonia Van der Meer
65.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Beach people are not only "house proud," but they are irrevocably "house "happy."" With a unique attachment to their homes, coastal dwellers and their homes exude a certain warmth and beauty found nowhere else. "Beach House Happy "reveals six routes to the happiness found in beach houses, exposing how t ...Show more
European House by Philip Jodidio
79.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
This beautifully illustrated book takes the reader on a journey through a number of outstanding contemporary houses designed and built across the richly varied and extraordinary European landscape. Philip Jodidio presents his expertise and knowledge on the most profound influences of contemporary reside ...Show more
Architects Houses - Twenty Australian Homes by Stephen Crafti
79.99 AUD
Category: Architecture | Reading Level: General Adult
Discover how architects design and live in their own homes
Architect (New edition): The Pritzker Prize Laureates in Their Own Words by Ruth Peltason
80.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
The Pritzker Prize is the most prestigious international prize for architecture. Architect includes all 42 recipients of the Pritzker Prize, and captures in pictures and their own words their awe-inspiring achievements. Organized in reverse chronological order by laureate each chapter features four to s ...Show more
Alvar Aalto by Richard Weston
49.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
Internationally renowned as one of the major overall achievements of modern architecture, the work of Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) is deeply rooted in the culture and landscape of his native Finland. Throughout a long and fertile career his work embraced almost all of the key public institutions as well as s ...Show more
What's So Great About the Eiffel Tower? 70 Questions That Will Change the Way You Think About Architecture by Jonathan Glancey
27.99 AUD
Category: Architecture | Reading Level: good
Why do we find the idea of a multi-colored Parthenon so shocking today? Why was the Eiffel Tower such a target for hatred when it was first built? Is the Sagrada Familia a work of genius or kitsch? Why has Le Corbusier, one of the greatest of all architects, been treated as a villain? This book examin ...Show more
Cabins: A Guide to Building Your Own Natural Retreat by STILES DAVID & JEANIE
22.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
This book shows everything you need to know to achieve a DIY-standard retreat - the sort of holiday home you have always dreamed of. The authors describe each step in the process from identifying the land to deciding on and developing plans for a structure that suits their lifestyle and budget. Build th ...Show more
Green Self-build Book: How to Design and Build Your Own Eco-home by Jon Broome
65.00 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: Sustainable Building Ser.
Whether you want a turf roof, solar-powered hot water, or a super-insulated (and cost-efficient) house, you need to know the essential elements of the selfbuild process. In "The Green Self-Build Book", Jon Broome gives an overview of the different methods of sustainable and eco-friendly construction tec ...Show more
Domus 1950s by Charlotte Fiell (Editor)
39.95 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Hopeful modernism: The optimism and triumphs of the 1950sFounded in 1928 as a "living diary" by the great Milanese architect and designer Gio Ponti, domus has been hailed as the world's most influential architecture and design journal. With style and rigor, it has reported on the major themes and stylis ...Show more
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
Daniel Libeskind - Edge of Order by Daniel Libeskind
99.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Daniel Libeskind is one of the foremost architects of our time, a self-proclaimed rebel celebrated for innovative, site-conscious designs, including the Jewish Museum Berlin and New York's World Trade Center Redevelopment. He has also emerged as one of architecture's most visible public ambassadors. In ...Show more