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Living Outside: Reviving the Australian Modernist Garden by Sharon Mackay; Diana Snape; Christopher Frederick Jones (Photographer)
$80.00 NZD
Category: Architecture
The Australian garden was born mid-century, a time of postwar confidence and growing national identity. Gardens became outdoor rooms for recreation and healthy living - removing the barriers between inside and out - and bold designs celebrated native Australian plants. The mid-century modern aesthetic ...Show more
Concrete (Mini Format) by William Hall; Leonard Koren
$38.00 NZD
Category: Architecture
A visual exploration of the world's most extraordinary and inspiring concrete architecture - in a stylish and compact format. "Yes, concrete can be cold and imposing - but as the structures in the book attest, it can also be colourful, playful, and delicate." --Wall Street Journal In this new, reimagi ...Show more
Brick, Mini Format by William Hall
$35.00 NZD
Category: Architecture
An unrivalled exploration of the world's most surprising and inspiring brick architecture - in a stylish, compact new format In this reimagined and easy-to-use size, Brick takes a fresh look at one of the world's most familiar and popular building materials. Presenting 180 diverse and fascinating examp ...Show more
Australia Modern: Architecture, Landscape and Design 1925-1975 by Hannah Lewi; Philip Goad
$90.00 NZD
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
The Short Story of Architecture - A Pocket Guide to Key Styles, Buildings, Elements & Materials by Susie Hodge
$35.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: The\Short Story Of Ser.
The Short Story of Architecture is a new and innovative guide to the subject of architecture that explores 50 key buildings, from the Great Pyramids to high-tech, sustainable skyscrapers. Accessible and concise, the book links the 50 key works to the most important architectural materials, elements and ...Show more
Small but Smart - Design Solutions for Mini Homes by Chris van Uffelen
$65.00 NZD
Category: Architecture
The aim to live in a mini house can have various reasons: For many it stands for a better, more livable existence on the basis of what is necessary, possible and desired, making one's life easier, more economical and more sustainable. The limitation of the floor space promotes concentration on the essen ...Show more
Measure and Construction of the Japanese House: 250 Plans and Sketches plus illustrations of joinery by Heino Engel
$28.00 NZD
Category: Architecture
A remarkable classic work on traditional Japanese architecture, and how the style and features can serve as a model for contemporary residential buildings. With incredible detail (as well as numerous architectural plans and drawings), author and architect Heino Engel describes everything from room funct ...Show more
Stone by William Hall
$75.00 NZD
Category: Architecture
A fresh look at the beauty, diversity, and versatility of the world's most extraordinary stone architecture throughout time. A fascinating, visually rich collection, Stone explores the appeal of this essential material through 170 structures from the last 5,000 years. Organized into such themes as Tex ...Show more
MMXX:Two Decades of Architecture in Australia by Cameron Bruhn
$90.00 NZD
Category: Architecture
MMXX tells the story of architecture in Australia in the first two decades of the 21st century. Shaped by unprecedented prosperity, urbanisation, uncertainty and internationalisation, the past two decades have produced some of the most significant and diverse architecture in this country. This richly il ...Show more
Living in the Mountains: Contemporary Houses in the Mountains by Phaidon Phaidon Editors
$70.00 NZD
Category: Architecture
A breathtaking survey of contemporary homes, each with a deep connection to the landscapes and vistas of the mountains Whether snow-capped, rocky, or covered with verdant forest, the sublime wilderness of mountains has inspired humans for millennia. Offering respite from urban living and a profound con ...Show more
The Sustainable House Handbook: How to Plan and Build an Affordable, Energy- and Water-Efficient Home for the Future by Josh Byrne
$45.00 NZD
Category: Architecture
The Sustainable House Handbook is your comprehensive guide to building an affordable, eco-friendly and energy- plus water-efficient green home for the future. In this book, sustainability expert and Gardening Australia presenter Josh Byrne takes takes readers through the process of planning a 10-Star ra ...Show more
Atlas of Brutalist Architecture by Phaidon Phaidon Editors
$110.00 NZD
Category: Architecture
A landmark survey of one of architecture's most controversial yet popular styles -- in a great, new, classic edition The Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance -- and this book documents Brutalism as never before. In the most wide-ranging investigation ever undertaken into one of architecture's m ...Show more
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