Architecture : Architecture

Artistic interpretation of the landscape was transformed when artists started working directly in the landscape itself. At the same time, architects explored strategies aimed at integrating humans and habitats within the environment. This book showcases the ways in which designers have created living spaces within the built and natural environments - areas of harmony between man and nature.

Title: Art of Landscape Architecture
Author: MOLA FRANCESCA
Edition: NEW
Year: 2003
Format: Trade Paperback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 01/05/2010
Price: $60.00
RRP: $60.00
Imprint: Walker Books
Publisher: Tectum
ISBN: 9789460650277

Bridges touch all our lives - every day we are likely to cross a bridge, or go under one. How many of us stop to consider how the bridge stands up and what sort of people designed and built something so strong? Bridge building is a magnificent example of the practical and every day use of science. However, the story of bridges goes beyond science and technology, and involves issues relating to artistic and cultural development. After all, bridges are built by people, for people. Bridges can be icons for whole cities; just consider New York's Brooklyn Bridge, London's Tower Bridge, and Sydney's Harbour Bridge. Such bridges can be considered functional public art, as they have the power to delight or be an eyesore. David Blockley explains how to read a bridge, in all its different forms, design, and construction, and the way the forces flow through arches and beams. He combines the engineering of how bridges stand up with the cultural, aesthetic, and historical importance they hold. Drawing on examples of particular bridges from around the world, he also looks in detail at the risk engineers take when building bridges, and examines why things sometimes go wrong.

Title: Bridges: The Science and Art of the World's Most Inspiring Structures
Author: BLOCKLEY DAVID
Format: Paperback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 26/04/2012
Price: $29.00
RRP: $29.00
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199645725

Title: Color Inspirations
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Price: $138.00
RRP: $138.00
Imprint: Miscellaneous
ISBN: 9788492731749

Vernacular architecture, by its very nature, is built from local materials that are readily to hand and is thus defined by the geology and ecology of the region and by local climatic conditions. Constructed by the community using traditional tools, these structures are highly practical, energy-efficient, and blend with the landscape. They carry many of the attributes that we are now seeking in green architecture as we struggle to adapt our built environment to the demands and concerns of the climate-change era. "Handmade Houses and Other Buildings" looks at everyday structures all over the world, from whatever wood, grass, earth or stone that was to hand, in ways that offered practical solutions to the challenges of climate or terrain. Based on immemorial principles, but highly relevant to our newly found environmental concerns, these buildings show the simple and satisfying ways in which humans have worked out how to live and live well, in harmony with their surroundings.

Title: Handmade Houses and Other Buildings: The World of Vernacular Architecture
Author: MAY JOHN
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 24/05/2010
Price: $50.00
RRP: $50.00
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN: 9780500342589

Light is the central design element concerning our perception and has the power to change the mental state we are in. Light is equally elementary for life as are water and air. The industrial developments of the past few years have made possible amazing light and lamp designs. This volume illustrates the many new possibilities as well as giving some practical examples of how to apply light.

Title: Lighting Design
Author: FISCHER JOACHIM
Series: Architecture Compact
Format: Trade Paperback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 07/10/2008
Price: $15.00
RRP: $29.99
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Publisher: Ullmann Publishing
ISBN: 9783833148910

Urban Design and Architecture is a journey through the architectural events of the 20th century also offering an exciting documentation of the interrelation of people, time and architecture. There's something magical about some cities. They are artificial worlds that have nevertheless grown like organic entities over centuries. Here futuristic experimental buildings contrast with historical monuments, magnificent spectacle is found alongside minimalist elegance - and everywhere in between, people. Our major cities are condensed cultural histories that provide evidence of the changing rhythms of life of both the past and the present day. This richly illustrated compendium contains essays about styles, buildings, gardens and parks, along with itineraries through the cities that best showcase the architectural developments in urban planning of the past century. There are also short biographies of the most important architects who have shaped the 20th century with their creations.

Title: Urban Design and Architecture
Author: WACHTEN KUNIBERT
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 20/10/2010
Price: $150.00
RRP: $150.00
Imprint: Ullmann
Publisher: Ullmann Publishing
ISBN: 9783833153181

Warm House Cool House simplifies the science behind low-energy housing design...and suggests inspiring and achievable ways to apply energy-efficient methods to new and existing homes. - Jamie Durie We all want to minimise our environmental impact, but we dont always know how. In this new edition of the bestselling Warm House Cool House, respected Australian architect Nick Hollo provides valuable advice, illustrated by more than 100 inspiring contemporary examples of low-energy housing design, to help keep our homes cool in summer and warm in winter with little or no cooling and heating by appliances. The book shows how we can live comfortably without airconditioning in Far North Queensland, be cosy and bushfire-proof in the Australian Alps, and cope with temperature fluctuations in cities like Melbourne and Adelaide. From project and kit homes to new architect-designed houses, renovations and extensions, these low-energy principles can easily be incorporated into every home.
Whether you are planning to renovate, build or buy, this book offers clever ideas on how to make any house, anywhere, an environmentally sustainable, comfortable and attractive place to live in, all year round, while keeping electricity, gas and water bills comfortably low.

Title: Warm House Cool House
Author: HOLLO NICK
Format: Limp
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 01/11/2011
Price: $49.95
RRP: $49.95
Imprint: Choice Books
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
ISBN: 9781742232966

How does water affect a space? Can the design of walls, floors and ceilings actively enhance the experience of water? In this volume, remarkable buildings from the sector of living by or on water bodies, public buildings, swimming baths and pools, as well as single objects and furniture are presented.

Title: Water
Author: FISCHER JOACHIM
Series: Architecture Compact
Format: Trade Paperback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 07/10/2008
Price: $15.00
RRP: $29.99
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Publisher: Ullmann Publishing
ISBN: 9783833150241

Celebrates William Morris' genius, presenting a overview of his life and career, while setting out his guiding principles so that a modern audience can recreate the Arts and Crafts style in their own homes.

Title: William Morris: and the Arts & Crafts Home
Author: TODD PAMELA
Format: Limp
Publication date: 12/03/2012
Price: $51.95
RRP: $51.95
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN: 9780500290231