Architecture and Design

ISBN: 9780714876740
Title: ATLAS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN HOUSES
Author: BRADBURY DOMINIC
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

A fascinating collection of more than 400 of the world's most glamorous homes, the Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses showcases work by such icons as Marcel Breuer, Richard Neutra, Alvar Aalto, and Oscar Niemeyer alongside extraordinary but virtually unknown houses in Australia, Africa, and Asia.

A thoroughly researched, comprehensive appraisal, this book is a must-have for all design aficionados, Mid-Century Modern collectors, and readers looking for inspiration for their own homes.

Imprint: PHAIDON
RRP: $200.00

ISBN: 9781789141245
Title: AUSTRALIA
Author: MARGALIT HARRY
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: November 2019 New Release

Imprint: REAKTION BOOKS
RRP: $59.99

ISBN: 9781760760151
Title: AUSTRALIA MODERN : Architecture Landscape & Design 1925 - 1975
Author: LEWI HANNAH / GOAD PHILIP
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

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 all scales, from vast infrastructure projects, to public health and education institutions, to new centres of culture, consumption and leisure.

Australia Modern vividly captures this architectural legacy with a survey of 100 significant modern sites, richly illustrated with archival images and newly commissioned photographs. Contextual essays by leading voices in architecture and conservation explore modernism’s influence on every facet of life in Australia and the ongoing challenges facing preservation. Showcasing projects from the iconic and the urban to the everyday, the regional and the lesser known, Australia Modern cultivates an appreciation for the modern architects and buildings that will increasingly constitute the heritage of tomorrow.

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Publishing
RRP: $80.00

ISBN: 9781743795910
Title: BIBLIOSTYLE : How We Live at Home with Books
Author: FREUDENBERGER NINA
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

A visual delight and inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library.

'A room without books is like a body without soul.’ – Cicero

In Bibliostyle, interior designer Nina Freudenberger teams up with New Yorker writer Sadie Stein, and Architectural Digest photographer Shade Degges to celebrate the beauty of books and the personal touch they bring to the homes they live in.

Though books are beautiful objects in their own right, our connection to them goes beyond the physical. In every home featured in Bibliostyle, the library is the undisputed heart of the home, a place that holds the homeowner’s passions, values and stories in its books.

With its gorgeous photography, Bibliostyle offers a peek into the private libraries of passionate readers from all over the world and all walks of life, including Karle Ove Knausgaard, Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly, Silvia Whitman and Phillip Lim. Featuring an abundance of rare collections, floor-to-ceiling shelves and stacks upon stacks of books, Bibliostyle is a visual feast and inspiration for every bibliophile.

Imprint: Hardie Grant Books
RRP: $50.00

ISBN: 9780714874722
Title: BLACK
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

A stunning exploration of the beauty and drama of 150 black structures built by the world's leading architects over 1,000 years.

A visually rich book, Black: Architecture in Monochrome casts a new eye on the beauty - and the drama - of black in the built world. Spotlighting more than 150 structures from the last 1,000 years, Black pairs engaging text with fascinating photographs of houses, churches, libraries, skyscrapers, and other buildings from some of the world's leading architects, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, and Eero Saarinen, David Adjaye, Jean Nouvel, Peter Marino, and Steven Holl.

Imprint: PHAIDON
RRP: $59.95

ISBN: 9780714879277
Title: BREAKING GROUND : Architecture By Women
Author: HALL JANE
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

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 refused entry to architecture schools, were denied degrees when they had completed courses, a century in which even now, women occupy just ten per cent of the highest-ranking jobs in architecture firms. In contrast, BREAKING GROUND is a pioneering, even essential, celebration of incredible architecture designed by women. Featuring more than 150 architects and buildings, and spanning the last 100 years, BREAKING GROUND is both a glorious visual manifesto and a timely record of the extraordinary contribution female architects have made to the profession.

Imprint: PHAIDON
RRP: $59.95

ISBN: 9780141022116
Title: BUILDING AND DWELLING : Ethics for the City
Author: SENNETT RICHARD
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

The third in a series of three books about the ways in which we can reform society by reconnecting with different forms of self-expression.

In this sweeping study, one of the world's leading thinkers about the urban environment traces the anguished relation between how cities are built and how people live in them, from ancient Athens to twenty-first-century Shanghai. Richard Sennett shows how Paris, Barcelona and New York City assumed their modern forms; rethinks the reputations of Jane Jacobs, Lewis Mumford and others; and takes us on a tour of emblematic contemporary locations, from the backstreets of MedellYn, Colombia, to the Google headquarters in Manhattan. Through it all, he shows how the 'closed city' - segregated, regimented, and controlled - has spread from the global North to the exploding urban agglomerations of the global South. As an alternative, he argues for the 'open city,' where citizens actively hash out their differences and planners experiment with urban forms that make it easier for residents to cope.

Rich with arguments that speak directly to our moment - a time when more humans live in urban spaces than ever before - Building and Dwelling draws on Sennett's deep learning and intimate engagement with city life to form a bold and original vision for the future of cities.

Imprint: PENGUIN BOOKS
RRP: $22.99

ISBN: 9780500343302
Title: BUILDING COMMUNITY : New Apartment Architecture
Author: WEBB MICHAEL
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

A survey that explores contemporary apartments not as raw canvases for interior decoration but as a building type of growing significance. It features 38 recent and ongoing projects, designed by leading international studios and rising talents. Each project is considered for the way in which it enriches the lives of residents and the city.

Imprint: THAMES & HUDSON
RRP: $80.00

ISBN: 9780241388549
Title: CABIN PORN : Inside
Author: KLEIN ZACH [ED]
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Initially created by a group of friends as an online scrapbook, Cabin Porn became an international sensation following the publication of the first volume of photographs of hand-made homes in breath-taking natural landscapes around the world. In this book, its creators delve deeper into the best-loved homes featured on the blog over the last ten years, offering close-ups of the stunning architecture and interior design that make them truly remarkable. With more timeless photography and new design stories, Cabin Porn- Inside brings fresh inspiration for your quiet place somewhere.

Imprint: PARTICULAR BOOKS
RRP: $49.99

ISBN: 9780500343562
Title: CHRONOLOGY OF ARCHITECTURE : A Cultural Timeline from Stone Circles to Skyscrapers
Author: ZUKOWSKY JOHN
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

A Chronology of Architecture presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the complex links between structural innovations, social changes, and artistic interventions. Organized around a central timeline that charts the development of architecture from the earliest structures to the present-day skyscrapers and global cities, it features key buildings, together with commentaries and contextual information about the social, political and cultural events of the period in which they were built. Special feature spreads highlight important movements, construction methods and key practitioners. Covering a wide selection of genres, styles and architects, it is invaluable as a comprehensive guide to architecture in all its different forms.

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Publishing
RRP: $49.99

ISBN: 9780500343357
Title: COMPLETE ZAHA HADID : Expanded and Updated
Author: BETSKY AARON
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

Imprint: THAMES & HUDSON
RRP: $50.00

ISBN: 9781633450622
Title: COMPLEXITY AND CONTRADICTION AT FIFTY : Studies toward an Ongoing Debate
Author: STIERLI MARTINO
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

A two-volume boxset facsimile of the first printing of Complexity and Contradiction paired with a compendium of new scholarship on and around Robert Venturi's seminal treatise.

First published in 1966, this remarkable book by Robert Venturi has become an essential document in architectural literature. This two-volume boxed set presents a facsimile of the first printing of Complexity and Contradiction paired with a compendium of new scholarship on and around Venturi's seminal treatise. Ten essays and a selection of original papers - introduced at a three-day international conference co-organized by MoMA to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the book - address diverse issues, such as the book's relationship to Venturi's own built oeuvre and its significance in the contemporary landscape. Together, these volumes expand the horizons of Venturi's original ideas on creating and experiencing architecture.

Imprint: MUSEUM MODERN ART
RRP: $70.00