Ecological Buildings - New Strategies for Sustainable Architecture by Dorian Lucas
$80.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
In contrast to a decade ago, when ecological architecture was considered a luxury, it has now become essentially impossible to build without considering sustainability issues. Aspects of ecological balance have become an important part in the planning and construction process. In recent years, a canon o ...Show more
Carlo Scarpa - Beyond Matter by Patrizia Piccinini +Lorenzo Pennati
$120.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
A tribute to a great master of postwar Italian architecture, through a photographic journey with high visual impact. Carlo Scarpa was one of the great masters of postwar Italian architecture. This book proposes a photographic itinerary that unfurls through Venice, Treviso, Verona and Bologna, before rea ...Show more
Rome: Impressions in Ink by DESMOND FREEMAN
$80.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR This stunning book presents the fine art work of Desmond Freeman's Rome collection, comprising more than 50 highly detailed black-and-white and full-colour pen and ink sketches of the classical and contemporary architecture of Rome and its environs. Quotations from well-known authors, ...Show more
Tiny Hideaways: Oasis in Pure Nature by ANNA MINGUET
$54.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Small shelters have been growing in popularity over the last decade, quickly becoming not only in the best getaways to find some peace and quiet, but in a perfect example of the New Ecological Architecture, respectful with the environment, capable of making efficient and intelligent constructions, and b ...Show more
Tree Houses: Escape to the Canopy by Images Publishing Group; Peter Eising (Introduction)
$59.99 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Tree houses have come a long way since our collective childhoods. The very definition of a tree house has broadened to now include anything from a boutique hotel room where star gazing is a must to exceptional viewing platforms and, of course, not forgetting a treehouse for kids such as exists only in t ...Show more
Infinity House: An Endless View by IMAGES PUBLISHING
$70.00 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
There's something especially beautiful about being able to look to the full expanse of a horizon, something that speaks to the most ancient part of our soul. With the continuing build up of our surroundings, that precious ability to gaze into the unfettered distance is one we all appreciate and savour. ...Show more
Living in Nature: Contemporary Houses in the Natural World by Phaidon Editors
$59.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
An awe-inspiring collection of contemporary homes designed to foster a connection with the essential elements of landscape Living in Nature showcases a selection of architect-designed houses that have something fundamental in common: a special relationship with the natural world. Each of the book's 50 ...Show more
The Secret Life of the Modern House: The Evolution of the Way We Live Now by Dominic Bradbury
$45.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
A ground-breaking and engaging explanation of the evolution of the homes we live in today Over the last century the way that we live at home has changed dramatically. Nothing short of a design revolution has transformed our houses and the spaces within them - moving from traditional patterns of living ...Show more
Kerstin Thompson Architects: Encompassing People and Place by Leon van Schaik
$60.00 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: Editions: Australian Architecture Monographs
Kerstin Thompson Architects: Encompassing people and place takes readers on an immersive journey into the very heart of this extraordinary body of work, and documents how, over time, the practice has shifted its focus from individual housing to larger-scale public projects created by a collaborative and ...Show more
The Great Builders by Kenneth Powell Ed.
$22.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
The Great Builders surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth: from churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrape ...Show more
Architectural Styles: A Visual Guide by Fletcher Margaret
$40.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Gothic, Romanesque, Modernist, Metabolist... The variety of styles through architectural history can be bewildering. Whether it be a Gothic crocket or a simple Modernist join, this book illustrates all the key architectural styles from around the world using beautiful, specially commissioned drawings to ...Show more
MAD Rhapsody - Past, Present, and Future by Ma Yansong; Paul Goldberger (Introduction by)
$210.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
A sensuous and seductive vision of the future from the most promising firm in China led by Ma Yansong, an important voice in the new generation of architects. Conceived and designed by architect Ma Yansong, founder of MAD Architects, Rhapsody documents the buildings of this avant-garde architecture fi ...Show more