.. isms - Understanding Architecture by Jeremy Melvin
$29.95 AUD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: near fine
This is an easy to use guide to a wide range of architectural styles, from classical times up through the post-modern era. For each style there is a definition, an introduction to the topic, lists of key architects, key words, and key works as well as suggestions of other styles you might be interested ...Show more
Rethink: The Way You Live by Amanda Talbot; Mikkel Vang (Photographer)
$69.99 AUD
Category: Reference
This beautifully photographed book inspires and challenges people to reconsider how to redesign their homes to blend in with modern life.
A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings by Dan Cruickshank
$49.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
Architecture is an all-embracing adventure without end. It is a story that can never be completed - not as long as mankind continues to build, to invent, to discover; it is the story told in this book. The history of architecture is also a history of many other things - of politics, economy, religion, o ...Show more
Brick: A World History by James W. P. Campbell
$55.00 AUD
Category: Reference
This totally original architecture book - the first ever comprehensive study of brick - follows the story of brick from 5,000 bc to its use in building today, via the vast baths and basilicas of ancient Rome, through the wonders of Gothic brick in Germany, the majestic temples of Pagan and Mughal mosque ...Show more
The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories by Edward Hollis
$26.99 AUD
Category: Reference
The plans are drawn up, a site is chosen, foundations are dug: a building comes into being with the expectation that it will stay put and stay for ever. But a building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of constant and curious transformation. In this radical ...Show more
Fifty Modern Buildings That Changed the World by The Design Museum
$19.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Design Museum Fifty
The history of modern architecture is as diverse as it is beautiful, varying wildly from region to region and era to era. Here Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, explores 50 of the most significant and striking buildings in the world, from the modernist aesthetic of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye ...Show more
Story of Architecture by Jan Gympel
$19.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Retraces the story and development of architecture from the antique times to our days, with numerous illustrations and excursuses about major architects, theoricians and movements. This textbook is suitable for students and for anyone interested to know more about architecture.
Be Your Own Builder by Keith Schleiger
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reference
A talented and skilled carpenter, builder and foreman, Keith Schleiger has created a practical guide to project managing your own home building or renovations. It will start you off at the very beginning with advice on how to get started, and it will be filled with easy and achievable projects within th ...Show more
Building : 3000 Years of Design Engineering and Construction by Bill Addis
$65.00 AUD
Category: Reference
From Egypt and Classical Greece and Rome through the building booms of the Gothic era and the Renaissance, and from the Industrial Revolution to the present era of digital modeling, Building: 3,000 Years of Design, Engineering, and Construction, charts centuries of innovations in engineering and buildin ...Show more
Buildings That Revolutionized Architecture by Florian Heine
$56.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Why do some buildings stand the test of time? What makes a building unique, or groundbreaking? How do function, environment, and technology impact an architect's vision? These questions and more are succinctly addressed in this wide-ranging tour of 100 of the world's most important man-made structures. ...Show more
Story of Modern Architecture by Jürgen Tietz
$19.99 AUD
Category: Reference
The Story of Modern Architecture provides concise and reliable information on key cultural and historical topics. Highlights: Chronological presentation of the most important themes More than 150 illustrations with detailed explanations Supplementary cards on special related themes and the history of th ...Show more