Consciousness of Place by KASHEF CHOWDHURY
$49.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
In his office Urbana, Bangladesh, Kashef Chowdhury designs architecture that is rooted in the history and nature of the location. Nature in this sense not only consists of vegetation, plants and forests, but also the spiritual and cultural context of a specific environment and landscape. The range of hi ...Show more
Container Architecture - Modular Construction Marvels by Sibylle Kramer
$79.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Design reduced to the absolute essential - the shipping container. Invented in the 1950s by Malcom McLean, these plain steel boxes with corrugated profiles revolutionized the worldwide trade sector. These huge receptacles for storing and transporting cargo have found their way into architecture to becom ...Show more
Container & Prefab Guide by Instituto Monsa de Ediciones (Editor); Anna Minguet
$49.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
The latest trend in architecture is to try to find a balance between construction and well-being, applying renewable energies and seeking low costs, without renouncing comfort. The construction of houses from containers or prefabricated modules is the basis of creative reuse architecture, which is an in ...Show more
Design Monograph: Wright by Naomi Stungo
$32.99 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: Design Monograph Ser.
A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.The ...Show more
Eco Materials: Decorating with Ecological Materials by CLAIRE BINGHAM
$49.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
It is no longer a secret that a trip to nature can work wonders. As a lightning-like mood enhancer, we instantly feel more relaxed and alive; after all, nature has served us as a retreat to gather strength since time immemorial. The new coffee table book Eco Materials shows how we can bring this calming ...Show more
Glass Houses by Phaidon Editors
$69.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
An inspiring collection of 50 spectacular houses built almost entirely from glass Glass Houses presents 50 stunning architect designed homes that utilize glass to maximum effect. The international selection includes early modernist houses from the 1930s, such as Philip Johnson's Glass House and Mies va ...Show more
Live Greener by CAYETANO CARDELUS VIDAL
$59.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
In recent decades, there has been a growing awareness of environmental issues in society as a whole, mainly due to the increasingly serious consequences of climate change and the progressive degradation of the natural environment caused by human activity. Within this trend, the practice of "Green Archit ...Show more
Living on the Edge: Houses on Cliffs by AGATA TOROMANOFF
$99.00 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Buildings that seem to defy the laws of gravity. In Living on the Edge, the author goes in search of the most amazing and seemingly unfeasible buildings which are situated at the edge of deep chasms and on steep cliffs. These houses are the work of architects who approach complexity and difficult condit ...Show more
London Interiors by EMMA J. PAGE
$125.00 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
This is the second book in a series (after Barcelona Interiors 9789401485586) that presents the most inspiring interiors in the most beautiful cities in the world. London Interiors showcases famous and classic homes, converted industrial buildings, and historic mansions. This book takes you through the ...Show more
Midcentury Houses Today by Michael Biondo, Jeffrey R. Matz, Lorenzo Ottaviani, Cristina A. Ross
$79.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
This expanded and updated edition of the 2014 classic focuses on the concentration of midcentury houses in New Canaan, Connecticut, built by noted architects including Marcel Breuer, Eliot Noyes, Philip Johnson, John Black Lee, and Edward Durell Stone. This new edition addresses the issue of preservati ...Show more
Off the Grid: Houses for Escape Across North America by Dominic Bradbury
$69.99 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: Off the Grid Ser.
Living off the grid has become increasingly desirable in recent years. Escaping the city to be immersed in nature is ever more appealing as the pressures of everyday life increase. The need to reduce our carbon footprints as the effects of climate change become a reality has brought sustainable living, ...Show more