Graphic Design & Architecture

Author: Walter PfeifferBinding: HardbackPublished: THAMES AND HUDSON, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume presents a captivating visual and historical journey through the...

This authoritative documentary history begins with the poster and goes on to chart the development of word and image in brochures and magazines, advertising, corporate identity, television and electronic media,...

Author: Donald J. CrumpBinding: HardbackPublished: White House Historical Association, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe authoritative The White House: An Historic Guide presents a comprehensive overview of America's most...

Author: Douglass Baglin / Peter MoffittBinding: PaperbackPublished: Summit for Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd Sydney, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Australian Verandah...

Author: Peter HarrisonBinding: HardbackPublished: National Library of Australia, 1995Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsWalter Burley Griffin: Landscape Architect presents a comprehensive account of the influential American architect's...

Create a rich and varied interior style by incorporating touches of the exotic from around the world. This style book will assist the reader in redecorating--whether adding a few exotic...

Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) is now mostly remembered as a genius of architecture - but he was also an accomplished polymath, who only came to architecture quite late in life....

Talented, well trained and confident in his own abilities and worth, Australia's first government architect was also hot-headed and tactless. Sentenced to death for forgery, then granted a last-minute reprieve,...

From the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza to the Parthenon in Athens from the Colosseum in Rome to the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, buildings have longbeen used as demonstrations...

"Sense of Style: Space" is a 'how to' book with its own sense of style. Interior stylist Shannon Fricke presents the design tools needed to create home decor that truly...

Sydney Opera House idea to icon tells the amazing story of this great building from inception as an orchestra conductor's idea to its World Heritage listing in 2007. The book...

In her debut book, designer Heidi Caillier shows how to mix moody color with layers of pattern, natural materials, and textures to create spaces that are both beautifully curated and...

Beginning with his ascent in the late 1960s, the work of Richard Meier has been identified with a careful but decisive reflection on modernity, its origins, and its potential as...

Discover the legendary story of Nike, where innovation and a signature swoosh took the world by storm. In this illustrated guide, style writer Josh Sims explores the rise of the...

Dan takes us to the buildings he believes have changed the world, revealing how in truly great buildings function, material and purpose connect to all other parts of life -...

This descriptive gazetter looks, town by town, at all surviving theatres built between 1750 and 1950. It makes assesments of their quality, architecturally and theatrically and also assesses the potential...

The Biography of a Building tells the remarkable story of the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia, built to contain Sir Robert and Lady...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh's finest work dates from about a dozen intensely creative years around 1900. His buildings in Glasgow, and especially his craggy masterpiece the Glasgow School of Art, are...

Concise, scholarly survey traces castle development from ancient roots. Nearly 200 photographs and drawings illustrate moats, keeps, baileys, and many other features. Caernarvon Castle, Dover Castle, Hadrian's Wall, Tower of...

Drawing on exclusive and unprecedented access to David Hockney's extensive archives, notebooks, and paintings, interviews with family, friends, and on Hockney himself, Christopher Simon Sykes provides a colorful and intimate...

How two New Yorkers led the transformation of a derelict elevated railway into a grand--and beloved--open space The High Line, a new park atop an ele-vated rail structure on Manhattan's...

A Penguin Special that investigates the incredible true story behind Australia's most famous building J rn Utzon designed the Sydney Opera House so that every element would be in harmony....

"The authors allow medieval man and woman to speak for themselves through selections from past journals, songs, even account books."--Time

There have been many attempts to explain the purpose of Stonehenge. Using archaelogical detail and a knowledge of the heavens as they were many millennia ago, North establishes the function...

More than any other surface, walls dominate the look of a room, providing the decorator with the opportunity to transform even the most unpromising interior through the use of colour...

A detailed study of the English castles of the medieval period. The simple castles raised after the Norman conquest had been developed throughout 11th and 12th centuries, whilst the introduction...

Documents the rise of the apartment block since they first began to alter the skylines of Australia's capital cities. From the earliest luxury flats, to the mid-century calssics, coverted warehouses...

In 1887, Southampton was proclaimed "the most charming of all small cities by the sea." From 1870 to 1930, the colonial farmsteads that dotted its oldest street made way for...

Author: Ronnie Mulryne And Margaret ShewringBinding: PaperbackPublished: MULRYNE AND SHEWRING LTD, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work chronicles the intricate...

Author: Thomas M. (Introduction) MesserBinding: PaperbackPublished: Guggenheim MUSEUM, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Guggenheim Collection presents a magnificent overview of one...

Author: Terence ConranBinding: HardbackPublished: Conrad Octopus Ltd - London, 1995Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis comprehensive volume presents a wealth of practical advice and inspiring ideas...

This entertaining puzzle book is inspired by the people, places and properties of British royal family, published in collaboration with the Historic Royal Palaces. Inside you will find classic puzzles...

What is your favourite colour? More often than not the answer is blue. In the past, decorating with blue implied blue and white with may be a touch of sunflower...

A powerhouse of architectural biography by Pulitzer Prize winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable of America's greatest architect Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the...

Author: Bill HitchingsBinding: HardbackPublished: Caribou Publications, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Small chip to spine / front of DJ. Light...

Theaters, concert halls and opera houses belong to the main building tasks of our times. Numerous cities as well as communities are adding stage buildings for performing arts to their...

The Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius declared firmitas, utilitas, and venustas - firmness, commodity, and delight - to be the three essential attributes of architecture. These qualities are brilliantly explored...

Symphony, which includes an introduction by Gehry, traces the history of the Concert Hall from its inception through completion in four illuminating essays and stunning photographs by acclaimed architectural photographer...

This survey follows the trajectory of museum architecture in America since the birth of Modernism by examining art museums throughout the country, each described in short essays by the architects...

Author: Escher X NendoBinding: HardbackPublished: NGV, 2018Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor stain on spine. This compelling volume presents a fascinating dialogue between the intricate graphic art...

Vibrant cities or quiet idyllic landscapes, Mediterranean coasts or alpine mountain ranges: Europe's unique cul - tural and natural diversity attracts people from around the world. This volume takes the...

A history and critical appraisal of the tall office builging in Australia, emphasising their historical significance as part of the evolving story of Australian culture as it presents itself in...

Celebrating the opening of the new Tate at Bankside, London, this book introduces readers to the building, the collection and the new approach to modern and contemporary art. The gallery...

Creating space for the display of works of art has intrigued Renzo Piano throughout his thirty-five years of architectural practice. Today he is acknowledged the pre-eminent designer in this field,...