The Anatomy of Sheds: New Buildings from an Old Tradition by Jane Field-Lewis
Category: Architecture
Sheds are no longer neglected buildings at the end of the garden. As shown in this book, they have become an area of our home to be discovered by creative designers who see the garden as an extendable space of the home, whether in the heart of the city or in a larger rural setting. Today's sheds are sty ...Show more
Love: Makes the World Stand Still by Cath Tate
Category: Architecture | Series: Wit and Wisdom of Cath Tate Ser.
Cath Tate, doyenne of the comedy greetings card, turns her attention to a subject we've all had experience of, good or bad--love. From grand passion to long-married coziness, all aspects of this universal emotion are here, in more than 50 hand-colored vintage photos paired with witty captions. Bursting ...Show more
The Grand Tour by Harry Seidler
Category: Architecture | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Window on the world. Travelling the world with an architect's eye. Architect Harry Seidler spent more than 50 years traveling the globe, extensively photographing the peak achievements in architecture from 3000 B.C. to the present day. Thanks to sound advice given to him early on by his photographer bro ...Show more
100 Contemporary Architects by Philip Jodidio
Category: Architecture
Keeping up with the fast-paced world of architecture, this is the indispensable compendium of the most cutting-edge architects around. This two-volume compilation brings together highlights from TASCHEN's groundbreaking title Building a New Millennium and the first four volumes of our renowned Architect ...Show more
Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures by Roma Agrawal
Category: Architecture
The wonders of engineering revealed--by the inspirational female engineer behind The Shard, Western Europe 's tallest building. While our cities are full of incredible engineering feats, most of us live with little idea of what goes into creating the built environment, let alone how a new building goes ...Show more
Masterpieces of Architectural Drawing by Christian Benedik
Category: Architecture
This book highlights architectural drawings from the Albertina's superb collection and offers new insights into the genre. Since the medium began, artists have used architectural drawings to document the urban and rural past and to envision the future. Covering a period that runs from the 16th-centu ...Show more
Trans-Europe Express : Tours of a Lost Continent by Owen Hatherley
Category: Architecture
A searching, timely account of the condition of contemporary Europe, told through the landscapes of its cities. Over the past twenty years European cities have become the envy of the world: a Kraftwerk Utopia of historic centres, supermodernist concert halls, imaginative public spaces and futuristic eg ...Show more
Patterson - Houses of Aotearoa by Andrew Patterson
Category: Architecture
In Maori culture, architecture is approached as a construction of beliefs: a building must emulate and amplify personalities, hopes, and aspirations, becoming a physical expression of those who inhabit it. These ideas and others are the inspirations behind the design projects of New Zealand architect ...Show more
Art Deco by Green Oliver
Category: Architecture
Art deco refers to a striking range of decorative design styles that emerged in the early twentieth century. Original art deco is characterised by bold colours, geometric shapes, and sweeping curves. Novel materials and advances in technology suggested a mechanised design future over a hand crafted past ...Show more
Big Ideas for Small Houses by Catherine Foster
Category: Architecture
A look at a range of small houses around New Zealand, and the strategies the owners used to get a toehold in the tight housing market. From building a secondary dwelling on an existing family section, to tiny houses on pocket handkerchief pieces of land, these approaches to housing will give ideas and i ...Show more
Grand Designs Australia Volume II (HB) by Bauer Books
Category: Architecture
From a home created within an old electrical substation to another like a sprawling tent under canvas, from a home inspired by Japanese origami to another designed around a shipping container - these are the intriguing and resourceful design solutions featured in The Best of Grand Designs Volume 2, the ...Show more
Edgy Architecture - Architecture in the Most Impossible Places by Agata Toromanoff; Pierre Toromanoff
Category: Architecture
"We wanted this house to embrace its landscape, we designed a house that would not engage with its landscape and become landscape." - Julien De Smedt in dezeen.com. "Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." - Frank Lloyd Wright. "I do not think that architecture is only ...Show more