Auckland Architecture: A Walking Guide - Revised Edition by John Walsh & Patrick Reynolds
$25.00 NZD
Category: architecture | Reading Level: near fine
In this handy pocket guide, brought up to date in 2021 with the inclusionof twelve new buildings, well-known architecture writer John Walsh teamsup with architectural photographer Patrick Reynolds to offer a self-guidedwalking tour of 60 significant Auckland buildings, from the Victorian era tothe brand ...Show more
Architecture: The Definitive Visual History by DK
$85.00 NZD
Category: architecture
The definitive global visual history of architectureFrom ancient dwellings to modern high-tech skyscrapers, discover everything there is to know about the history of architecture around the world.Covering over 6,000 years of human history, Architecture charts the most important developments in building ...Show more
Architecture at Home - Houses for New Zealanders to live, work and play by Debra Millar
$80.00 NZD
Category: architecture | Reading Level: near fine
Showcasing a stunning selection of award-winning architect-designed houses from recent years, Architecture at Home explores a broad range of living environments in diverse locations. Permanent homes and occasional retreats, small houses on compact urban sites and larger ones in remote landscapes, new bu ...Show more
Athfield Architects by Julia Gatley
$75.00 NZD
Category: architecture | Reading Level: Very Good
‘Architecture is a social statement that has a responsibility beyond the building, the client and the architect.’ – Ian Athfield Over many years, Ian Athfield and his team at Athfield Architects have reshaped New Zealand architecture – from the Buck House at Te Mata Estate to Wellington’s Civic Square, ...Show more
Atlas of Brutalist Architecture by Phaidon Editors, Phaidon Editors
$110.00 NZD
Category: architecture
A landmark survey of one of architecture's most controversial yet popular styles -- in a great, new, classic edition The Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance -- and this book documents Brutalism as never before. In the most wide-ranging investigation ever undertaken into one of architecture's m ...Show more
Courtyard Living: Contemporary Houses of the Asia-Pacific by Charmaine Chan
$55.00 NZD
Category: architecture
A stunning showcase of the unique lifestyle opportunities afforded by contemporary courtyard design in the Asia-Pacific region. Courtyards have long played an important function in residential design, regulating light, shade and the use of space. With thousands of years of tradition as inspiration, cont ...Show more
Eco Home - Smart Ideas for Sustainable New Zealand Homes by Melinda Williams
$45.00 NZD
Category: architecture
Everything you need to know to build, renovate or just live in an eco-friendly and sustainable way. With loads of inspirational photographs of New Zealand homes, this book is packed full of practical and accessible information. It presents the modern home by moving from room to room, to look at structur ...Show more
Habitat: Vernacular Architecture for a Changing Climate
$90.00 NZD
Category: architecture
A compact edition of this landmark publication, which celebrates humanity's ability to create buildings that for millennia have responded ingeniously to cultural and environmental conditions. There has never been a more important time to understand how to make the best use of local natural resources and ...Show more
Homes For Our Time. Contemporary Houses around the World. 40th Ed. by Philip Jodidio
$58.00 NZD
Category: architecture | Series: 40th Anniversary Edition Ser.
Across small cottages and lavish villas, beach houses and forest refuges, discover the world's finest crop of new homes. This cutting-edge global digest features such talents as Shigeru Ban and Marcio Kogan alongside up-and-coming names like Aires Mateus, Xu Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia, Desai Chia, and Shunr ...Show more
Hundertwasser in New Zealand - The Art of Creating Paradise by Andreas J Hirsch
$70.00 NZD
Category: architecture | Reading Level: near fine
'New Zealand is for me a kind of promised land.' Austrian-born artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser arrived in New Zealand in 1973, seeking refuge from a world out of kilter with nature. After travelling and exhibiting, he settled at Kaurinui, the land he bought and restored in the Bay of Islands. Wishing ...Show more
Living Big in a Tiny House by Bryce Langston
$55.00 NZD
Category: architecture
Many of us dream of having a life free from rent, mortgages and utility bills. For some, this can be achieved by living in a tiny house, which offers a low-cost, environmentally friendly path to home ownership. The author of Living Big in a Tiny House, Bryce Langston, has developed a large international ...Show more
Mid-Century Living: The Butterfly House Collection by Christine Fernyhough; Damian Skinner
$60.00 NZD
Category: architecture
An incurable collector shares her astonishing collection of vintage New Zealand art, objects and design and her classic 1960s seaside bach. For over 30 years, philanthropist and best-selling author of The Road to Castle Hill Christine Fernyhough has built an extraordinary collection of over 4000 everyd ...Show more