Rooms to Love : Style Inspiration for Every Home by LeeAnn Yare

$30.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Discover your inner stylist with the help of this gorgeous book that showcases creative ideas for every room. Drawing from inspirational New Zealand home interiors, stylist LeeAnn Yare and photographer Larnie Nicolson, authors of New Zealand Interior Style, share clever styling tricks for living areas, kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms through to those often neglected spaces such as hallways, laundries and home offices. With decorating ideas catering to every budget,Rooms to Loveis a must-have for anyone seeking to transform their home into something more stylish. ...Show more

Victorian Bank Architecture in New Zealand by Robin H. Griffin

$30.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

A book which explains the history of banking, the history of architecture and the place of Victorian bank architecture in its historical context.

The Bach: Cribs & Baches - A New Zealand Journey by Stephen Robinson

$15.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Kiwis have always liked to get away from it all, and preferably to a little place of our own - our bach by the beach, our crib in the hills - a place to swim, fish, play cards, barbecue or just relax with a drink and a good book. "The Bach" is a pictorial journey around some of these cribs, the New Zeal and originals that still nestle in quiet places overlooking perfect ocean views. This book will allow you to take a lingering look at a way of life we are in danger of leaving behind. ...Show more

Bloody Marvellous: George Haydn 1915 - 2005 by Dinah Holman and Christine Cole Catley (eds)

$14.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

George Haydn so loved life, and lived it with such gusto, that his trademark response was either "Marvellous" or "Bloody marvellous". Sent away by his large and loving family in Hungary to escape Hitler, he arrived in New Zealand in 1939, alone except for one cousin. Together with business partner Georg e Rollett, he started Haydn and Rollet in March 1946. The stories in this book tell how, through the power of his personality and character, he attracted a large and devoted following of family, friends and work colleagues. ...Show more

Living in Paradox: A History of Urban Design Across Kainga, Towns and Cities in New Zealand by Garth Falconer

$40.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

How can we develop better urban environments for New Zealanders? Is it a straightforward matter of better planning and applying more resources? Do we have to settle for second best? What of the lessons learned from those who have come before us? In this first book on the contradictions and paradoxes of the design of New Zealand's urban places, Garth Falconer suggests that these are exciting times to be thinking about such issues. With better understanding of our unique context, together with broad collaboration across all sectors and a commitment to creative, resourceful action, there are alternatives to accepting soaring house prices, congested traffic, a bland and illegible urban landscape, growing gaps between different peoples, and hopelessly complicated urban planning regulations. Living in Paradox explores the dynamic and intriguing story of this young, vigorous and intriguingly complex country. It is an optimistic, far-reaching book which documents the rich history of earlier visions, analyses many of the various trials and pitfalls of the past, and paints an engaging picture of the way things could be in New Zealand's towns and cities. ...Show more

Vintage Wellington by Charles Fearnley

$35.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design by Douglas Lloyd Jenkins

$40.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Taking the first decade of the twentieth century as its starting point, At Home joins the story of the New Zealand house just at the point when its inhabitants begin to ask whether a distinctive, uniquely New Zealand house might be possible. It then charts the way in which imported movements, fashions a nd styles in twentieth-century architecture and design were adopted, or adapted, by New Zealanders to create a house environment whether international in its style or an attempt at something more distinctly local. At Home goes behind the scenes of architectural history to look at the way 20th century New Zealanders lived in environments created for them by architects, designers and craftspeople united in the pursuit of the contemporary New Zealand home. First published 2004. ...Show more

Thinking it Through by Tony Watkins

$35.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Thinking it through was originally published in Home and Building from 1988 to 1996 when Kirsty Robertson, then editor for “Home and Building” invited Tony Watkins, who had for many years been a contributor to the magazine, to begin a new column called simply, “Thinking it through&rdqu o;. She also invited Haruhiko Sameshima to contribute a photograph for each column. Haru had never met Tony. For each issue Tony sent an article to Haru and Haru replied with a photograph. Tony in turn responded to each photograph with another article in the next issue. This book is the story of that conversation between an author and a photographer. Tony Watkins’ multifaceted career includes architect, author, educator, activist among others. In his role as educator and through various organisations Tony has helped form local and global policy on sustainable development and architecture. He is one of the founders of International Architects Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility, initiator of Agenda 21, and the Peaceful Cities concept at the UN Habitat II Conference in Istanbul in 1996. As co-director of the International Union of Architects Sustainability Work Programme, representing more than 27 million architects globally, he advocated vernacular architecture which sustains the life of the planet and does no harm to stories, traditions, culture and place. Tony has also authored numerous books and articles including: “The Human House,” “Piglet the Great of Karaka Bay,” and “Vernacular – An architecture for the RMA and Agenda 21. This is a unique book featuring 46 essays that richly profile Tony’s accumulated philosophies on sustainability, architecture and environment, each illustrated by Haru’s photographs. ...Show more

Britomart The Story by Carol Du Chateau

$65.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Carroll du Chateau describes how the opportunity to restore the site and the heritage buildings was nearly lost late last century, as major demolition plans had already been put in place. Fortunately for Auckland, that never happened and instead Cooper and Company were selected to join with Auckland Cou ncil to transform the area through a public/private partnership.  With a beautiful photographic record of the redevelopment and anecdotes from many of those involved – our favourite tells of a squatter hotwiring one of the historic buildings – the book celebrates the history of this pivotal Auckland waterfront precinct.  ...Show more

Architecture Uncooked: An Architect Looks Around New Zealand Holiday Houses by Pip Cheshire

$55.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good

So much has been written about that national treasure, the traditional Kiwi bach. Here's a book that approaches the subject in a fresh and unique way. Pip Cheshire, a former partner in Jasmax and now an architect with his own highly regarded practice, has designed some of New Zealand's most significant public and private buildings. In this book he partners with leading architectural photographer Patrick Reynolds to visit seven holiday houses that represent bach living and bach architecture. The dwellings range from an isolated mountain bach in the South Island to a new small house in Northland. Each house and its hinterland is lovingly and expertly photographed by Patrick Reynolds so the reader feels as though they are really standing there on site. Lyrical and lovely, the text still gets to grips with the issues facing baches in this era of soaring coastal property prices, building consents and look-at-me aspiration. ...Show more

New Zealand House and Cottage by Don Donovan

$15.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Art Deco Napier - Styles of the Thirties by Peter Shaw; Peter Hallett

$25.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good