Peter Zumthor Therme Vals by Sigrid Hauser and Peter Zumthor

$75.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good

Graphics and Space by Wang S

$35.00 NZD

Category: Graphic Design | Reading Level: very good

When monochromatic and dull repeated patterns no longer satisfy our visual hunger, designers use graphics to transform otherwise cold spaces into works of art.From retail shops to restaurants, museums to offices, this book focuses on the graphics of spaces .  The effective use of chairs, wallpaper, tabl es, lighting fixtures, carpet, shelving and more.Curated case studies from designers around the world show that even windows can become graphics - whether they have designs painted on the glass, or if the glass itself has been shaped into a graphical element.Designers everywhere can find inspiration, whether in the use of negative space to create shapes, or the carving of walls to form images such as the dark silhouette of a face. Graphic and interior designers alike will learn how graphics can be futuristic or naturalistic, and serve different purposes, whether to add beauty and calm to a room or fun to an otherwise dull environment.This unique visual feast showcases designers from around the world and details the concepts behind their designs for Siemens, Ralph Lauren, Tibi, Nike, Hugo Boss and more. ...Show more

Federation Square by Andrew Brown-May and Norman Day

$18.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: good-very good

Next Generation Architecture - Contemporary Digital Experimentation and the Radical Avant-Garde by Joseph Rosa

$16.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good

A generation of architects is pushing digital technology to its limits and continuing a tradition of organic architecture, often labelled blobitecture. This volume defines the generation and captures contemporary trends in architecture.

Gusto - A Journey Through Culinary Design by Bridget Vranckx; Erin M. Sellers

$25.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good

Gusto picks up on the latest culinary trends and presents some of the most original bar, restaurant and cafe concept from around the world. With over seventy projects, this book is an inspiration for both designers and connoisseurs, highlighting what's in vogue and showcasing spectacular interior design , and creative branding by renowned designers and newcomers alike. The presentations include full-colour photographs of the interior design, drawing and floorplans, menus, tableware and signage, a brief project description, and other collateral branding such as logos and business cards. Projects featured vary from Bar Lobo in Barcelona top Pearls & Caviar in Abu Dhabi to the Street Sweets mobile bakery that tours the avenues of New York City. Colour throughout ...Show more

10.10_2: 100 Architects 10 Critics by Miguel Adria

$65.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good

Like its successfu1 predecessor (published in 2000), 10x10 (Volume 2) is a comprehensive overview of new architecture today. This generously illustrated volume presents 100 of the world

French Style by Suzanne Slesin and Stafford Cliff

$20.00 NZD

Category: Interior design | Series: Style book series | Reading Level: very good

Architecture in China by Philip Jodidio

$30.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good

TASCHEN's new architecture series brings a unique perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. Each book features 15 to 20 architects - from the firmly established to the up-and-coming - with the focus on how they have contributed to very recent architecture in the ch osen nation. Entries include contact information and short biographies in addition to copiously illustrated descriptions of the architects' or firms' most significant recent projects. Crossing the globe from country to country, this new series celebrates the richly hued architectural personality of each nation featured. Architects featured include: Atelier Deshaus, Atelier Feichang Jianzhu (FCJZ), Atelier Zhanglei, EDGE Design Institute, Fake Design, Herzog & de Meuron, HHF architekten, Arata Isozaki, Jiakun Architects, Kengo Kuma, Li Xiaodong Atelier, MAD, MADA s.p.a.m., Michael Maltzan Architecture, NODE - Architecture, OMA/Rem Koolhaas, Studio Pei-Zhu, Toshiko Mori Architect, URBANUS Architecture & Design, Wang Hui, X-urban Associates, and Zhu Xiaofeng/Scenic Architecture. ...Show more

Renzo Piano Building Workshop Complete Works: Volume 4 by Peter Buchanan

$40.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good

As Peter Buchanan has shown in the first three volumes of Renzo Piano Building Workshop, the architect follows no fashions of form or theory, nor is he confined to a personal idiom. Instead he concerns himself with the specifics and potential of a particular situation and moment, meeting the challenges of the programme, pushing the limits of technology, and yet always responding sensitively to the topography or urban fabric of the building's site. This fourth volume provides an illuminating study of Piano's working method, with particular focus on his regard for context, followed by a detailed presentation of his projects from 1989 to 2000. These range from urban works such as the Potsdamer Platz masterplan in Berlin, a science museum in Amsterdam and high-rise towers in Rotterdam and Sydney, to the acclaimed Beyeler Foundation, and the Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia. Technical drawings and descriptive analysis explain innovative solutions to structural problems. A strong sense is given of Piano's acute sensitivity to site and local tradition, combining traditional materials and techniques with those from the cutting edge of technology. ...Show more

A History of Architecture - Settings and Rituals by Spiro Kostof; Gregory Castillo (Revised by)

$30.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good

When the late Spiro Kostof's A History of Architecture appeared in 1985, it was universally hailed as a masterpiece--one of the finest books on architecture ever written. The New York Times Book Review, in a front cover review, called it "a magnificent guided tour through mankind'sarchitecture," and The San Francisco Chronicle wrote that "Kostof...has enthralled a generation of students.... Now he has done the same thing for the public at large, in an extraordinary book that is a new kind of architectural history."This magisterial work has now been revised and expanded by Greg Castillo, Kostof's colleague and literary executor. Insightful, engagingly written, and graced with almost a thousand superb illustrations, the Second Edition of this classic volume offers a sweeping narrative that examinesarchitecture as it reflects the social, economic, and technological systems of human history. The scope of the book is astonishing. No mere survey of famous buildings, Kostof's History examines a surprisingly wide variety of manmade structures: prehistoric huts and the TVA, the pyramids at Giza andthe Rome railway station, the ziggurat and the department store. Indeed, Kostof considered every building worthy of attention, every structure or shelter a potential source of insight, whether it be the prehistoric hunting camps at Terra Amata, or the caves at Lascaux with their magnificentpaintings, or a twenty-story hotel on the Las Vegas strip. The Second Edition features a new concluding chapter, "Designing the Fin de Siecle," based on Kostof's last lecture notes and prepared by Castillo, as well as an all-new 16-page color section. Many of the original line drawings by RichardTobias, as well as some 50 photographs, have also been updated or replaced, for improved clarity.Visually and intellectually stimulating, this book is at once a compelling history and an indispensable reference on all aspects of our built environment. It achieves for architecture what Janson's history accomplished for visual art. ...Show more

A World History of Architecture by Marian Moffett; Lawrence Wodehouse; Michael Fazio

$40.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good

Updated with expanded coverage of non-western architecture, this new edition uniquely comprises a detailed survey of Western architecture as well as architecture from the Middle East, Africa, Central and South America, India, Russia, China and Japan. Written in clear and engaging style, the text encoura ges readers to examine the pragmatic, innovative and aesthetic attributes of buildings. Artistic, economic, environmental, political, social and technological contexts are discussed. The global reach of the text is matched by a rich assortment of photographs from around the world and a greater array of detailed line drawings than in any architectural survey. The authors have created a formidable body of work that ranges over much of the world's architectural heritage and testifies to some of the world's greatest achievements of the human spirit. ...Show more

RTA Studio - 15 Years: 15 Projects by John Walsh; Andrew Barrie; Andrea Gillian Hotere; Patrick Reynolds; RTA Studio Ltd. Staff (Contribution by)

$25.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good