The Dakota: A History of the World's Best-Known Apartment Building by Andrew Alpern
110.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
The Dakota is arguably the best-known residential address in the world. It is home to dozens of New York's most famous artists, performers and successful businessmen, and is even seen as a shrine by thousands of tourists annually, who visit it as the site of John Lennon's murder in 1980. The rare sale o ...Show more
Ny Skyscrapers by Dirk Stichweh
80.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
A vertical celebration of New York, this bookoffers magnificent views of the city's tallbuildings as well as city streets, lush parks,and opulent penthouse gardens. This book takes a bird's-eye view of New York City--andthe results are nothing less than extraordinary. Managingto obtain access, often exc ...Show more
Calatrava by Philip Jodidio
24.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Futuristic fusion: A poetry of architecture, art, and engineering Spanish visionary Santiago Calatrava is renowned around the world as an architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. Famed for bridges as much as buildings, he has made his name with neofuturistic structures that combine deft eng ...Show more
This Brutal World by Peter Chadwick (Artist)
59.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
A curated collection of some of the most powerful and awe-inspiring Brutalist architecture ever built This Brutal World is a global survey of this compelling and much-admired style of architecture. It brings to light virtually unknown Brutalist architectural treasures from across the former eastern blo ...Show more
Under the Edge: The Architecture of Peter Stutchbury by Ewan McEoin
95.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Peter Stutchbury's award-winning architecture continues to stimulate a new and increasing awareness of the potential for designing with the Australian landscape and its environment. His architecture has attracted international acclaim through his success in the 2008 International Living Steel Competitio ...Show more
William Krisel's Palm Springs The Language of Modernism by Heidi Creighton
65.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
This first major monograph chronicling the work and architectural philosophy of William Krisel features examples and insights from Krisel's own papers, culled from his personal collection as well as the extensive archives of the Getty Research Institute. Krisel's architectural drawings and renderings, a ...Show more
Fallingwater by Lynda Waggoner (Editor); Chrisopher Little (Photographer)
95.00 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: Rizzoli Classics Ser.
This seminal volume, now back in print in a new format and at a reduced price, offers a deeply immersive tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's most legendary building. A landmark volume to commemorate what is arguably the most significant private residence of the twentieth century. With stunning photography comm ...Show more
Architectural Theory by Taschen
45.00 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
If you've ever wondered what goes through architects' minds when they design buildings, you'll be happy to know that there's no shortage of brilliant reading material to satisfy your curiosity. Wading through the archives at your local library may prove fruitful to your endeavor, but it won't give you t ...Show more
Santiago Calatrava - Updated Version by Philip Jodidio
85.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Master Of Form. Fusion of architecture, art and engineering. Santiago Calatrava is a renowned architect, structural engineer and artist. Recent projects such as the Athens 2004 Olympic sports complex, the Turning Torso in Malmo, and TGV station in Liege, have brought him international acclaim. The only ...Show more
100 Contemporary Wood Buildings by Philip Jodidio
100.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Timberland: The wooden structures of the 21st century Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by new manufacturing techniques and ecological benefit ...Show more
Le Corbusier by Cohen Jean-Louis
24.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Architectural poetry in the machine age "Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of volumes brought together in light." --Le CorbusierBorn Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) adopted his famous pseudonym after publishing his ideas in the review L'Esprit Nouveau in 1920 ...Show more
Aalto by Louna Lahti
24.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
A compact overview of one of the world's greatest architects "Modern architecture does not mean using immature new materials; the main thing is to work with materials towards a more human line." -- Alvar AaltoFinnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) was strongly influenced by both the landscape of his ...Show more