The Japanese Teahouse by Wolfgang Fehrer
$100.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Japanese culture and architecture have always fascinated the Western world. One particular, architecturally complex building type at the intersection of multiple currents of Japanese philoso-phy, art and esthetics is the Japanese teahouse. It is a very private place of meditation, a place where only tho ...Show more
1000 Years of World Architecture by Francesca Prina; Elena Demartini
$59.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
This volume is a guide to the main characteristics, movements and regional variants of a millennium of Western architecture, from the early Romanesque to the most recent contemporary trends.
Melbourne Art Deco (2nd Edition) by Robin Grow
$24.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Melbourne is a great Art Deco city. The heyday of the 1930s brought the construction of some of Melbourne's most striking and beautiful buildings. From the towering police headquarters in Russell Street to the tiniest detail of a suburban interior, Art Deco styling maintains an enduring presence in all ...Show more
MPavilion - Encounters With Design and Architecture by MPavilion
$80.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
An architectural commission at heart, MPavilion is more than a structure, it's a community. Centred around the six pavilion projects to date, by architects Sean Godsell, Amanda Levete, Bijoy Jain, Rem Koolhaas & David Gianotten, Carme Pinós and Glenn Murcutt respectively, MPavilion reflects on the p ...Show more
Remarkable Buildings of the World by Studio Esinam
$27.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Remarkable Buildings of the World is a beautifully presented, unique visual profile of the most iconic buildings in the world, spread through 25 of its most architecturally rich cities. Featuring the clean, monochrome illustrations of Studio Esinam, these unique artworks and the accompanying text will h ...Show more
Sustainable Home by Jacobo Krauel
$99.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
Innovative ideas for sustainable housesReduce, recycle, reuse - saving the earth begins at home! Bamboo, paper, even bottles and tires, this book contains innovative ideas for home construction. It's full of thought-provoking ideas from all across America, Sustainability is the future of architecture. H ...Show more
Architecture Today: Landscape by David Andreu
$59.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
A beautiful large-scale book that showcases a complete and diverse range of landscapes created internationally in the last five years. This thorough collection of in-depth case studies incorporates every type of landscape design project possible, from those at private homes and offices to large-scale go ...Show more
Architectural Beach Houses by Arian Mostaedi
$95.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Large-format glossy photographs, floor plans, technical details and architectural commentary straight from the studios of the designing architects themselves make this an invaluable volume for any design or architecture professional. These are forward-looking projects by internationally renowned archite ...Show more
The Solar House : Passive heating and cooling by Daniel D Chiras
$65.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
Shelter, like many other elements of human existence, comes at an extraordinary cost to our planet and its inhabitants. In the US alone, construction of 1.2 million new homes a year results in a massive drain on the Earth's natural resource base. Today, nearly 60 percent of all timber cut in the US is u ...Show more
Sustainable Homes by James Grayson Trulove
$55.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
26 Designs that Respect the Earth Sustainable Homes puts to rest the stigma that "green architecture" is unattractive and unsuitable for residential architecture. For the houses shown in this volume represent design equal to or superior to most conventional houses. Each of these "eco" houses is un ...Show more
Buildings of Earth and Straw by Bruce King
$60.45 AUD
Category: Architecture | Reading Level: good
A revolution in environmentally friendly house construction is arriving. In this book, Bruce King explores the details and methods for building durable and safe earth and straw houses.