How to Read Skyscrapers - A Crash Course in High-Rise Architecture by Edward Denison; Tom Kitch (Editor)
$19.99 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: How to Read Ser.
Throughout history, the story of the skyscraper has been defined by our desire for ascendance--politically, militarily, economically, religiously, culturally, and, of course, physically. These spectacular superstructures epitomise more than architectural aspiration, they excite the imagination and inspi ...Show more
Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women by Jane Hall
$59.95 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: Architecture & Women early 20th Century to now
A ground-breaking visual survey of architecture designed by women from the early twentieth century to the present day 'Would you still call me a diva if I were a man?' asked Zaha Hadid, challenging as she did so, more than 100 years of stereotypes about female architects. A century in which women were ...Show more
Elemental Living: Contemporary Houses in Nature by Phaidon Editors
$59.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
Elemental Living presents 60 works of architecture from across the 20th and 21st centuries that have a special relationship with the natural world. The book includes a visually breathtaking selection of architectcreated houses that have been designed to create unparalleled views of a wide variety of nat ...Show more
Australia Modern: 15 Houses in Harmony with the Land by Steve Huyton
$69.99 AUD
$72.99 (4% off)
Category: Architecture
Australia has wildly differing topographies and climates, and its best residential architecture draws on those site conditions in inventive ways. This book illustrates the strength of the country's shift from British-influenced Georgian-style homes to more indigenous structures attuned to the land--a mo ...Show more
MELMO: Modernist Architecture in Melbourne by Robin Grow
$34.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
MELMO - Modernist Architecture in Melbourne is a comprehensive description of the development of Modernism in Melbourne and tells the story of the effects of the massive changes that occurred in rapidly growing post-war Melbourne. Fully illustrated, this book targets a broad audience of readers seeking ...Show more
Drawing Architecture by Helen Thomas
$120.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
An elegant presentation of stunning and inspiring architectural drawings from antiquity to the present day Throughout history, architects have relied on drawings both to develop their ideas and communicate their vision to the world. This gorgeous collection brings together more than 250 of the finest ...Show more
Happy City - Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
$22.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Happy City is the story of how the solutions to this century's problems lie in unlocking the secrets to great city living. This is going to be the century of the city. But what actually makes a good city? Why are some cities a joy to live in? As Charles Montgomery reveals, it's not how much money your n ...Show more
Cities for People by Jan Gehl
$77.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use - or could use - the spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a ...Show more
Pre-Fab Living by Avi Friedman
$49.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Efficient and inexpensive to produce, pre-fabricated homes are an ideal solution to the financial and environmental costs facing the modern homeowner. Their extremely versatile format also makes them adaptable to all kinds of locations, be it a secluded off-the-grid setting or a dense urban area. This ...Show more
Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright by Paul Hendrickson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright has long been known as a rank egotist who held in contempt almost everything aside from his own genius. Harder to detect, but no less real, is a Wright who fully understood, and suffered from, the choices he made. This is the Wright whom Paul Hendrickson reveals in this masterful biog ...Show more
The Iconic House: Architectural Masterworks Since 1900 by Dominic Bradbury
$49.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
The Iconic House features over one hundred of the most important and influential houses designed and built since 1900. With seminal works by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Mies van der Rohe, as well as modern-day greats like Tadao Ando, Rem Koolhaas, and Herzog & de Meuron, this book brings t ...Show more
Bruce Rickard: A Life in Architecture by Peter Lonergan (Editor); Julie Cracknell (Editor); Sam Rickard (Editor)
$79.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Bruce Rickard was one of the most significant Australian architects of the twentieth century. A key member of the Sydney School, his practice spanned 60 years and he produced some of the most notable and recognisable houses of the period. In Bruce Rickard: A life in architecture, architects, writers, ac ...Show more