Future Homes: Sustainable Innovative Designs by AVI FRIEDMAN
69.99 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
New challenges on a global scale have forced a rethinking about the way homes and communities are designed. Future Homes provides an engaging and in-depth analysis of possible solutions, providing hope for the future. Broadly speaking these challenges came in three ways: environmental, social, and econo ...Show more
Koichi Takada - Architecture, Nature, and Design by Philip Jodidio (Text by)
90.00 AUD
150.00 (40% off)
Category: Architecture
The first monograph on the Japanese-born, Sydney-based architect, celebrated for his innovative holistic approach to design, nature, and urbanism. Koichi Takada is part of a new generation of architects striving to bring nature back into the urban environment--an approach he developed after living in To ...Show more
Steel Architecture - The Designed Landscape of Modernity by Angus Macdonald
59.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Steel Architecture offers a re-interpretation of Modernist design through an examination of the history of metal-framed buildings, from the mills, warehouses and spectacular glasshouses of the nineteenth century to the multi-form, tall towers which currently characterise the skylines of the world's majo ...Show more
Frank Gehry: The Masterpieces by Jean-Louis Cohen
130.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
An authoritative compendium on the main masterpieces of Frank Gehry, including 480 illustrations and photographs, produced in collaboration with Cahiers d'Art. Experimenting with a range of materials from cheap mass-produced items to space-age titanium, and using 3D computer modeling as an architectural ...Show more
Architecture at the Heart of the Home by Jan Henderson, Dianna Snape
59.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Increasingly, domestic architecture has sought to enhance everyday life by providing resonant settings that reflect the human need for comfort, safety and connection. A house has walls and ceilings, and perhaps a garden, but beyond that, there is always that one part of a home that becomes a place of be ...Show more
Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses, Classic format by Dominic Bradbury
100.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
A groundbreaking global survey of the finest mid-20th-century homes - in a great, new, classic edition A fascinating collection of more than 400 of the world's most glamorous homes from more than 290 architects, the Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses showcases work by such icons as Marcel Breuer, Richar ...Show more
Architecture: A Visual History | From Prehistory to Climate Emergency by Jonathan Glancey
39.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
An accessible guide to the most important and spectacular buildings on the planet, and the people behind themExplore the world's most incredible buildings, from the magnificent architecture of the ancient world to green buildings of the present day.Discover the beautiful details, principal elements, and ...Show more
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
Resident Dog: Incredible Homes and the Dogs That Live There by Nicole England
49.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Just as every home is different, so is every dog. In this stunningly photographed book of architecturally superb houses - many of them architects' own homes - we see how the presence of a dog brings warmth and life to the most dramatic spaces. From mid-century raw brick to a penthouse apartment, graciou ...Show more
The Sustainable House Handbook: How to plan and build an affordable, energy-efficient and waterwise home for the future by Josh Byrne
39.99 AUD
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
Robin Boyd - Late Works by Christine Marie Phillips; Peter Raisbeck
49.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Robin Boyd: Late Works unveils the urban and public architectural projects designed by Robin Boyd, one of Australia's most iconic mid-century modernists, in the final decade before his untimely death in 1971. One of the few architects in Australia's history to have become a household name, Boyd rose to ...Show more
Bricks Now and Then - The Oldest Man-Made Building Material by Chris van Uffelen
59.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Bricks are the only non-natural building material that can look back at several thousand years of history. And as Mies van der Rhohe stated: "Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins". Buildings made of this fabric from very different epochs and cultures all over t ...Show more