David Adler, Architect The Elements of Style
Yale University Press, USA, 2003, 224pp HB $A128.00  

Josef & Anni Albers: Design for Living  Fox-Weber, N. & Filler, M.
A comprehensive book on furniture, textiles and other works of two of the most important and influential artists of the twentieth century. Merrell, USA, 2004, 160pp, HB. $A69.95 (11/04)

AALTO, Alvar
Alvar Aalto  Ray, N.
Offering an account of Aalto’s life, including his friendships with such twentieth-century masters as Gropius, Le Corbusier & Lloyd Wright. Six of Aalto’s most important building are examined, among them Baker House in Boston & the concert hall in Helsinki. General themes relating to Aalto’s work &philosophy are also explored. YUP, USA, 2005, 212pp, HB. $A65.00
Alvar & Aino Aalto: Design  Kellin, T.
Featuring work from the Bischofberger collection, this publication looks at the collaborative work of architect Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto &designer Ehefrau Aino Marsio. Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2005, 224pp, HB. $A77.00
aaltoMANIA: Reading Against Aalto? Connah, R.
Building Information, Finland, 2000, 144pp, PB $A50.00
Alvar Aalto Weston, R
Phaidon, UK, 1995. 240pp PB $A59.95
Alvar Aalto Houses - Timeless Expressions Lahti. M & Sanaksenaho. M,
 A + U, Japan, 1998. 231pp PB $A POA
Alvar Aalto Masterworks Schildt, G.
 Thames, UK, 1998. 240pp PB $A 49.50
Alvar Aalto works and projects. Fleig. K
GG, Spain, 1974.  261pp PB $A 38.50
Alvar Aalto -  A gentler Structure for Life Lahti, Markku
 Finland Rakennustieto 2000 175pp HB $A 130.00
Alvar Aalto Apartments  Jetsonen. Jari & Jetsonen. Sirkkaliisa
Rakennustieto Finland 2004 PB 160pp $A 105.00
Alvar Aalto through the eyes of Shigeru Ban Pallasmaa J. & Sato T.
A century after his birth, renewed interest has been generated in Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, inspiring various exhibitions around the world that re-examine and celebrate the works of a master of modern architecture. A long awaited publication produced from an exhibition at the Barbican in London, guest curated by Shigeru Ban, this is a unique perspective into Alvar Aalto from an architect of a different generation, culture, economic and technical background. Aalto’s architecture transcends all aesthetic perceptions as Ban acknowledges the late architect’s architectural visions and design philosophy. Ban also highlights the growing relevance of Aalto’s balance of natural materials and modern technology in today’s environmentally conscious society, reasserting the potential of design to better the conditions of human life. In photographs, drawings, interviews and surveying architectural projects, furniture and objects selected by Ban, this publication concludes with three essays by Alvar Aalto. black dog 2007 UK 270pp HB $A98.50

Alberto Kalach & Miquel Adria Ricalde H.(Intro)
Bringing together the most recent works & projects by the Mexican architect Alberto Kalach, with a special  emphasis on his initial conceptual ideas & drawings. This book illustrates his ideas form their embryonic stages to their realised reality. Featuring projects from single-family houses to large communal housing, as well as his prize-winning project from the 2002 Venice Biennale. GG Spain2004PB 168pp$A100.00

Allen, Stan  Points and Lines; diagrams and projects for the city
PAP, US, 1999. PB 153pp $A 82.00

ALSOP, Will
Will Alsop Book 2 1990-2000    Powell, Kenneth
King, UK 2003 304pp HB $A210.00
Will Alsop Book 1 1968-1990    Powell, Kenneth
LKing, UK 2001 208pp HB $A140.00
Alsop & Stormer: Selected Current Works Master Architect Series 3
Images, Aust, 1999. 256pp HB $A 104.50
Malagarba Works McLean, Bruce & Alsop, William
Wiley Academy, UK, 2002. 240 pp PB $A 74.95

ANDO, Tadao
Tadao Ando Weidong M.
A solo exhibition for Ando held in Shanghai in 2003 inspired this publication some of Ando’s most significant projects, and for the first time compiled and edited by the Chinese for the Chinese. In Chinese, English and Japanese descriptions, featuring 18 projects illustrated in photographs of built works and models in full page spreads, plans and some detail drawings, it sums up neatly the Ando’s continuing pursue for dialogues between architecture and nature. Includes projects such as Church of Light, Shanghai Design Center and Langen Foundation in Germany. Ningboo Publishing 2006 China 205pp HB $A108.90(3/11)
Tadao Ando: Light and Water (Introduction by Kenneth Frampton)
Presenting the architects masterful meditations on the physical & metaphysical qualities of existence. Ando personally selected the thirty-five projects that best embody his belief that the interplay with nature defines architecture & the passage of time moulds architecture. All are shown in spectacular, specially commissioned colour photography. Birkhauser, 2003, Italy, 276pp, HB. $A 140.00
Tadao Ando Complete Works Dal Co, F.
 Phaidon, UK, 1995. 524pp, PB $A 89.95
Colours of Light: Tadao Ando    Pare, R.
Phaidon, UK, 1996. 263 pp HB $A 165.00
El Croquis 44 + 58 Updated 1983-2000 Tadao Ando
Spain, 2000  $A160.05
Tadao Ando
GG, Spain, 1999.  63pp PB $A POA
Tadao Ando: the nearness of the distant Blaser W.
Presenting three of Ando’s buildings; the Vitra Seminar House, the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum & Fabrica, Benetton Communication Research Center, this small book is accompanied by black & white photographs that aid in the concept of “seeing history through the proximity of our time, through the here & now.”  Nigli, Switzerland, 2005, 84pp, HB. $A57.50
Tadao Ando: Sunken Courts Blaser W
A photographed exploration of the works of Tadao Ando concerning projects termed as ‘sunken’ architecture. This book includes projects such as Invisible House, Gelleria Akka and the Shibuya Project. Projects are explored through photography, sketches, hand renders and working drawings.
Niggli Germany 2007 130pp HB $A 75.00

ANDREU, PAUL
Paul Andreu Architect Jodidio P.
Known most notably for his work with the Aeroports de Paris, most memorably with Charles de Gaulle Airport, this architect & engineer has been described as a craftsman of solutions who has mastered the larger scaled buildings better than almost any other figure of his generation. Birkhauser Germany HB204pp $A130.00
This book recognizes at last the great contribution that Robert Hooke made to science & to London. Sutton UK 2003 HB 274pp $A49.95
Paul Andreau The Discovery of Universal Space (Beltrami, F intro.)
l'Arcaedizioni, Italy, 1997. 141pp PB $A 79.95

Annink Ed
Ed Annink – Designer
010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2002 HB $A 80.30

ANTFARM
Antfarm: 1968-1978 Lewallen, C. M. and Seid, S.
This book provides a critical overview of Ant Farm, the architecture collective established in 1968. Its vision encompassed creations for a nomadic lifestyle, including inflatable structures and radical environments. University of California Press, US, 2004. 188pp PB $A 55.00
Living Archive 7: Ant Farm Scott FD
The book revisits the architectural, art, video and inter-media practices of the experimental collective Ant Farm. An illustrated investigation of the group’s early ideas is presented through the inclusion of sketches, photographs and text. Actar Spain 2008 320pp PB $A90.00

A Guide to Archigram 1961-74
The reprint of the 1994 edition by Academy Editions in the same format. This small and chunky publication is a must for anyone interested in this group of architects who’s work and graphics is currently having a renaissance of sort With Chinese translations. Garden City Taiwan 2003 PB 488pp $A23.10(28/10)
ARCHIGRAM: Architecture without architecture  Sadler, S.
In the 1960s, the architects of Britain's Archigram, who were both a group & the producers of an avant-garde magazine, turned away from conventional architecture to put forward their individualist concepts of the city & architecture. With graphics that inspired both pop art & psychedelia, architecture became futuristic like never before. Here the author has produced an informative history of the group that looks a their ideologies, techniques, their rethinking of social spaces & building technologies. MIT, USA, 2005, 242pp, PB. $A 59.95
Archigram Cook. P (ed.) and supported by Chalk. W, Crompton. D, Greene. D, Herron. R and Webb. M
PAP, USA, 1999. 144pp PB $A70.00
A Guide to Archigram 1961-74
The reprint of the 1994 edition by Academy Editions in the same format. This small and chunky publication is a must for anyone interested in this group of architects who’s work and graphics is currently having a renaissance of sort With Chinese translations. Garden City Taiwan 2003 PB 488pp $A23.10(28/10)

ARETS, Wiel

Wiel Arets: Works & Projects Faiferri M. (Ed)
The first publication since a 2002 here we have presented 31 projects in chronological order, from the Beltgens Fashion store in Maastricht (1986-87) to a competition for the redevelopment of the Monjuic district of Barcelona (2002). Although most of his projects are in The Netherlands, the book includes an unbuilt project in Ghana, a competition for Sydney, Australia, & three projects in Spain. A favourite among students as well as much talked-about figure in today's architectural circles, Wiel Arets is very highly regarded in his native Holland as an architect who works in the modernist tradition yet whose innovation a& influence defy comparison & categorisation. Electra Italy 2004 HB $A120.00

Atelier Bruckner >> form follows content. Morgan, Conway Lloyd
 AvEdition, Germany, 2002. HB 159pp $A 92.00

Canal Front: Urban renewal in Brussels  Atelier D’art Urbain Architects
This latest book from the “streetscape series” highlights the work &creations by the Atelier d'Art Urbain Architects. With a series of projects along the canals in Brussels, Belgium, their work recalls not only the industrial, but more port-influenced architecture of the surrounding district that you may expect to see from the proximity of the canal. But it also incorporates the typically eclectic style to be found throughout Brussels. Images, Aust, 2004, 128pp, HB.      $A 69.95

Atelier Pro Koster, Egbert
 010 Publishers, Netherlands, 2001, 272pp, HB $A 79.20
 

ASYMPTOTE
Haarlemmermeer Pavilion Floriade 2002 by asymptote.
 BIS, Netherlands 2003 100pp HB $A 34.95

ATELIER BOW-WOW
Graphic Anatomy Atelier Bow-Wow
A catalogue of houses by Atelier Bow Wow, depicted through usual house illustrations such as plans and sections, transformed by a spatial depth and composition reflective of daily life.
TOTO Japan 2007 153pp PB $A58.30
Post Bubble City Atelier Bow-Wow
From the same people who brought us the cult favourite, Pet Architecture Guide Book, this latest publication is a comprehensive study of seventy small scale housing projects.  As with their previous work, this latest offering investigates architecture and its interactions with the complexities of dense urban environments. Peppered with photographs of models, plans, sketches and elevations, this is ideal for both, the student and professional, as well as anyone who is interested in the thoughtful design of space. INAX Japan 2006 PB 380pp $A67.10

AULENTI, Gae
Gae Aulenti Petranzan,Margherita
This new publication illustrates Aulentis complete oeuvre and includes the world-famous Muss d'Orsay, stage designs for theatre and opera, a villa in St Tropez, exhibition designs for the 2001 Milan Triennale, and the remodelling of the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, among many other highly visible designs.SkiraUK 2003PB $A60.00

BAEZA, Alberto Campo
Campo Baeza: light is more Blanco M. Prolog by Frampton K
Light is probably the feature that best characterizes the architecture of Campo Baeza, above & beyond his emblematic More with Less that so fittingly disclosed his ability to achieve a maximum effect with the minimum use of elements. Campo Baeza's use of light as the principal variable charactering his architecture moved me to enounce so the essence of his work, as light is more. Manuel Blanco TF EDITORE 2003 PB 182pp $AO/P
Alberto Campo Baeza: Works and Projects. Pizza, A 
 GG, Spain, 1999. 172pp PB $A O/P
Alberto Campo Baeza Contemporary World Architects series Ojeda, G.
Rockport, USA, 1996 131pp PB $A O/P

BAN, Shigeru
Shigeru Ban McQuaid, Matilda
Beautifully presented monograph on the acclaimed young Japanese architect, Shigeru Ban. His focus is still on the use of organic materials, bamboo, engineered wood, & the paper rolls that bought him to world attention in his student days, but he continues to test the limits of these materials in all his work and experiment with skins & the use of prefabrication. Phaidon, UK, 2003 HB 240pp $A129.95
Shigeru Ban Editor Bell, E.
PAP, USA, 2001.148pp PB $A 88.00
Shigeru Ban intro Buck, D.
GG, Spain, 1997 63pp PB $A 40.00
Shigeru Ban Projects in Process to Japanese Pavilion, Expo 2000 Hanover.
Toto, Japan, 2000. 88pp PB $A 52.80

BALMOND, Cecil
Informal - Cecil Balmond with Januzzi Smith
Prestel Verlag, Germany, 2002. HB 393pp $A 80.00
Informal, Cecil Balmond Smith J
A pocket guide to Cecil Balmond’s manifesto, theory and templates. Projects are shown with prefaces by Jencks and Koolaas. Prestel Germany 2007 PB $A48.50(13/06)

BARRAGAN, Luis
Barragan The Complete Works
This revised edition of Barragan’s work (102 buildings and 12 additional projects) – contains new photographs and an updated bibliography. Superb illustrations demonstrate the complexity and scope of Barragan as both an architect and a landscape designer. Over 300 illustrations including Barragan’s drawings; photographs of his work; re-drawn plans, elevations, and scale models of important projects; texts by Alvaro Siza, Antonio Toca, and J. M. Buendia, as well as an essay by Barragan himself; and an unabridged transcription of his Pritzker Prize acceptance speech. PAP US 2003 224pp HB $A 95.00
Barragan: guide Barragan Foundation. Federica Zanco & Ilaria Valente
 Switzerland 2002, PB 184pp $A 42.00
Luis Barragan: The Life and Works of:
Julbez, J. etal  Rizzoli, USA, 1996. 248 pp HB $A 116.00
Luis Barragan 2nd Edition  Yutaka, S.
Toto, Japan, 2004, 258pp, PB $A 157.85
Luis Barragan's Gardens of El Pedregal Eggener K, Treib M, Foreword
Princeton Architectural Press, USA, 2001. HB 161pp $A 98.50
Luis Barragan: The Quiet Revolution. Zanco F. Ed
Skira, Italy, 2001. HB 318pp $A 175.00
Barragan: space & shadow, walls & colour Dan Pauly
Birkhauser, Germany, 2002, HB 232pp $A 158.00
Barragan: Armando Salas Portugal photographs of the work of Luis Barragan
Rizzoli, USA, 1992. 167pp HB $A 107.15

BATES SMART
Bates Smart 150 Years of Australian Architecture Goad, Philip
Featuring stunning drawings and photographs, Bates Smart: 150 Years of Australian Architecture Charts the development of a nations architecture through the work and personalities of a single architectural practice. With a diverse range of projects and varying scales, the firm that has developed from Joseph Reed in 1853 to Bates Smart today, this book as a great collection of a their huge body of work. T&H Aust 311pp HB $A120.00 (27/11)

Batille I Roig Architects Bernado J. (Ed)
The architects Enric Batlle & Joan Roig's way of making, thinking & seeing - describing - architecture is given form in this book through a compilation of photographs, plans, drawings & paintings which add up to an ongoing reinterpretation of their oeuvre. Actar Spain2003 PB 144pp $A49.00

James Barnet Johnson, C. Kohane, P Bingham-Hall, P.
For nearly 30 years James Barnet served as colonial architect for the colony of NSW. Nearly 1000 buildings throughout NSW stand as testament to his skill and vision of a neo-classical aesthetic. Several of Bingham-Hall's beautiful black and white photos are given a double page fold-out. Pesaro, Aust., 2000 96pp PB $A 49.95

Feiko Bouman Architecture
Represents a selection of projects, built and unbuilt, by a Sydney architect, who came into public prominence a decade ago with his competition design for the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame & Outback Heritage Centre.
WrightLight AUS 2007 205pp PB $A60.00 (29/09)

BAUMSCHLAGER & EBERLE
Baumschlager & Eberle 2G
2G, Spain, 1999, 145pp, PB. O/P
Baumschlager & Eberle 1996-2002  Waechter-Bohm, L.
Springer-Verlag, Germany, 2002, 192pp, HB. $A107.00
Baumschlager & Eberle: Communal Housing 
Birkhäuser, Switzerland, 2000, 192pp, HB. $A100.00
Carlo Baumschlager Dietmar Eberle  Waechter-Bohm, L.
Springer-Verlag, Germany, 1996, 152pp, HB. $A99.60

BAWA, Geoffery
Beyond Bawa: Modern Masterworks of Monsoon Asia Robson D & Powers R
Sri Lanka’s master architect for over 30 years, Geoffrey Bawa has left a legacy that will influence young architects for generations. Innovative designs that seamlessly blended the traditional with the contemporary epitomise his work. The first half of this book summarises Bawa’s life and is liberally illustrated with personal photographs, drawings and building details. It then presents the work of 24 architects in Sri Lankan, Bali and Singapore that confirms his ongoing influence on architects of the region Exceptional  photographs throughout. Thames UK 2007 264pp HB $120.00
Geoffrey Bawa (rev. ed.) Taylor. B,
T & H, UK, 1995.  189pp PB $A 88.00
Geoffrey Bawa's Complete Works. David Robson
Thames & Hudson, UK, 2002. HB 278pp $A 135.00

BEHNISCH, Gunter
Behnisch & Partners 50 Years of Architecture.
Gauzin-Muller, D. Academy, UK, 1997. 312pp HB $A 135.95
Gunter Behnisch Jones, B
Birkhauser, Swiss, 2000. 192pp HB $A 60.50

BEHRENS, Peter
Peter Behrens & a new Architecture for the Twentieth Century Anderson, A
"Most histories of 20th century architecture cite Peter Behrens's influence on three of his protoges - Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier.... Now Behren's full contribution to the history of 20th century architecture is finally told, in Stanford Anderson's indispensible guide to one of the great designers of our century".MIT Press, USA, 2000. 429pp PB $A 129.50

BELL, Guilford
Life & Work of Guilford Bell, Architect 1912-1992 van Schaik, L editor
Bookman, Aust., 1999. 303pp PB  O/P

BELLINI, Mario
The Building
A small publication showing the metamorphosis of The National Gallery of Victoria, from Roy Grounds to Mario Bellini.
NGV Aust 2004 PB 80pp $A24.95
Mario Bellini:: Architect & Designer NGV
A lovely little publication put together by the NGV on the architect/designer behind the updating of the St Kilda Road Gallery. Providing an overview of his work in architecture, interior architecture & industrial design.  NGV Pub Italy 2004 PB $A29.95

Bennetts Associates: Four commentaries  Carolin, P. & Duffy, F.
Since its foundation in 1987, Bennetts Associates has established itself in the UK as one of the leading architects of its generation. This is the first book to examine the firm’s ethos & the themes behind its buildings. Four aspects of Bennetts Associates’ work are considered in depth: formal & structural considerations within the architectural tradition, the process behind the practice’s thinking as applied to one building type, the role of art within its work & experimental qualities of its completed buildings. Black Dog, UK, 2005, 208pp, PB.$A80.00

vanBERKEL, Ben & BOS, Caroline (UN STUDIO)
MOVE Imagination, Techniques, Effects  van Berkel. B & Bos. C
Three books in a purple box = MOVE, which examines the architect's new role in an environment of technological, publicand economic change.  The redefinition of organisational structures is the common thread running through the three books. UN Studio, The Netherlands, 1999.316pp PB, 220ppPB , 268ppPB+ one box.$A 107.25

BILL, Max
Max Bill 2G N0 29:
Max Bill's work as a painter, sculptor, graphic designer, theorist and educator has been widely publicized, especially since his death in 1994. The same thing hasn't occurred with his work as an architect, notwithstanding Max Bill's own lifelong commitment to this facet of his creative undertaking. Peter Smithson classified Bill as a "silent architect" from the second-generation of the Modern Movement because despite the importance of his oeuvre it didn't get the recognition it deserved. This publication brings all of Max Bill's architectural work together for the first time, along with texts by the foremost experts on his oeuvre (Stanislaus von Moos, Hans Frei, Karin Gimmi, Arthur Ruegg and Jakob Bill) and new documentary photos by the Swiss photographer Georg Aerni. GG Spain 2004 PB 276pp $A 120.00

BLACKWELL, Marlon
An Architecture of the Ozarks: The works of Marlon Blackwell  Lee, L.
In the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, it is a place considered to be in the middle of nowhere, yet ironically close to everywhere. It is an environment of real natural beauty and, simultaneously, one of real constructed ugliness Marlon Blackwell is a passionate polemicist & a very gifted architect, the projects in this first monograph on the "radical ruralist," offer a new architectural language that at once celebrates the vernacular & transgress the boundaries of the convention.  Some of the projects, featured include his widely acclaimed Keenan TowerHouse, the award-winning Moore HoneyHouse, 2Square House, & Flynn-Schmitt BarnHouse. PAP, USA, 2005, 191pp, PB. $A 79.50 (23/04)

Ricardo Bofill Works and Projects. Cruells, B
GG, Barcelona, 1992 256pp PB $A 41.60

BOLLES + WILSON
Bolles + Wilson NORD/LB, Magdeburg Werner, Frank
The concept for the new cathedral quarter in Magdeburg, which was just like creating a little town within a town, The cathedral by the firm generates spatial sequences like stage sets, forming a basis for decoding the compositional strategy. Voluminous folds in the roofs break up the austere geometry of the facades below them. many photographs and drawings. Axel Menges 2003 HB 60pp $A 68.00
Bolles Wilson
 Birkhauser, Switzerland, 1997 128pp, HB $A 110.00
Bolles + Wilson Recent Buildings and Projects
Birkhauser, Switzerland, 1997.  127pp HB $A P/A
Bolles + Wilson, Nieuwe Luxor Theatre, Rotterdam Lars Lerup, Mirko Zardini
Detailing the winning design for the Luxor Theatre, Bolles + Wilson have created a "house of illusion" with a building that is a full-scaled camera obscura, with a spectacular bridge, city & harbour panoramas choreographed into the unfolding interior landscape. Germany 2003 HB 120pp $A 98.00

BORLAND, Kevin
Kevin Borland: Architecture from the Heart Evans D., with Boland H.C. & Hamann C.
A monograph of Melbourne architect, designer and educator Kevin Borland, whose belief in the potential of architecture to better human living becomes an admirable characteristic that persisted throughout in his architecture. Active after the second world war, Borland completed domestic projects, notable being the Rice House in Eltham before co-designing the winning proposal for the Olympic Swimming Stadium for the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. Other selected projects are illustrated with photographs and drawings, with contributions by Dr. Conrad Hamann and also features personal tributes from family and friends. RMIT 2006 Aust 129pp PB $A45.00(

BOTTA, Mario
Mario Botta. Pizzi, E.
Birkhauser , Switz., 1998 259pp PB $A not avail in English
Mario Botta Works and Projects. Pizzi, E
GG,  Barcelona,1997 256pp PB $A 35.00
Mario Botta Public Buildings
Molinari, L(ed), Skira, UK, 1998. 228pp PB $A82.50

BOYM, Constantin
Constantin Boym: America  Boym, C.
An exceptional figure in the design world.  Born in Russia, an émigré, to the USA, Boym has made American culture his prime source of inspiration. Working for companies such as Authentics, Swatch, Swarovski & Vitra, he has carried out projects that range from an armchair to a souvenir plate, by way of storage boxes, bathmats & a watch.Birkhäuser, Swiss 2005, 152pp, PB. $A 60.00
Curious Boym: Design Works
Though best known for his "monuments to disasters" series (tiny metal souvenirs of buildings like Three Mile Island, the Watergate and most recently the World Trade Centre), Boym has been designing a broad range of products, furniture, and installations for the last 20 years. All of it-from sofas made out of parts from Sears catalogues to dishes modelled after frozen food trays-reveals his delight in design. Curious Boym explores all the varied mediums that Boym explores. He has designed products for Alessi, Droog, Swatch, and Vitra. A great book with great ideas. PAP, USA, 2002. HB 219pp $A 92.50

B & K Brandlhuber & Kniess + Index Architecture, Lootsma Bart & Raeder, Marc
Photographer Marc Raeder has captured in this book the particular inventive/collective process pursued by this firm. The book itself is a kind of invention, an index with chapters entitled landscape, material structure, object and tools. A manual which can be used as a set of instructions and which demonstrates the processual nature of the their work. Actar Switzerland 2003 PB 240pp $A 80.00

Edgar Brandt Master of Art Deco Ironwork Kahr.J
In the forefront of the development of French decorative arts and design, Brandt manipulated the art of ironwork to incorporate a variety of materials to achieve delicate and intricate designs epitomising the art deco style of the early twentieth century. Small interior and exterior pieces  are complemented by large scale public projects such as the Grand Theatre Municipal in Nancy and the ocean liner Paris. This is a large and richly   illustrated edition which celebrates the achievements of an artist-craftsman.   Abrams, USA, 1999. 240pp HB $A 110.00

Luxury Living: Projects by BGP for individualized house construction and 9 essays. Edited Solt, Judit
This Swiss based firm have produced a book of their architectural projects that address the issues of housing , residential space & urban design. Bob Gysin & BGP's ethos is based in the 70's, when many were criticising the overdevelopment of the environment & the ramifications for spatial planning. This book shows great examples of mass public housing and how their designs create a complex blend of public & private spaces in an urban context. Switzerland 2003, 176pp, HB$A115.00

BREUER, Marcel
Architecture Without Rules The Houses of Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard Masello, D
W. W Norton, U.S.A, 1993. 169pp $A 41.95
Breuer Houses Driller, J 
This stunning new book documents 25 of Marcel Breuer's houses in America, England and Europe, as well as unbuilt work. More than a monograph, this book critically assesses Breuer's residential philosophy. With comprehensive research, bibliographical information, photos, drawings, and other documentation, this book is the best reference on Breuer and his residential architectural work and methodology. A must for anyone interested in the Bauhaus and Modern architecture. Phaidon, UK, 2000. 272pp HB $A 95.00
2G: Marcel Breuer, American Houses
With an introduction from Antonio Armesto, the 17th volume of 2G looks at 15 built projects of renowned American modernist, Marcel Breuer. With the beautiful photography and well-researched details Editorial Gustavo Gili consistently delivers, these 15 houses in the universal style embody the principles of modernism and values of Breuer and provide a fabulous source of reference for housing in the future.Editorial Gustavo Gili, Spain, 2001, PB 144pp $A 60.00
Marcel Breuer, Architect The Career and the Buildings. Hyman, Isabelle
Architectural historian Isabelle Hyman has written this timely study utilizing for the first time extensive unpublished archival material and collected hundreds of photographs, sketches, notes and plans. A number of the photographs were made especially for the book, and others, never before published, are from the personal collection of Mrs. Marcel Breuer. Hyman covers his entire career as an architect and documents his built as well as unbuilt work. The volume is at once biographical and critical as well as having a summary of each and every known project. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 2001, 397pp, HB $A 195.00
Breuer Cobers A
A snapshot of the work of Marcel Breuer from 1902-1981. He was described as one of “The 20^th Century Form Givers”, and at the age of 23 he made design history by creating tubular steel furniture. Taschen Germany 2007 96pp PB $A24.95 (18/08)

BRU, Edward
Coming From the South: Edward Bru Rita Pinto de Freitas
A superb collection of essays, drawings, photographs & computer imaging documenting the projects & ideas of Edward Bru. Focussing on the South of Europe & a more democratic, de-capitalised approach to architecture & landscape design, Bru puts forward a program of action, contrasting this with other programs currently being undertaken which tackle architectural discourse for the third & the increasingly apparent second world. A fresh & insightful look at a thinking architecture oriented toward specific conditions & projectural responses to particular geographical & programmatic situations.Actar Barcelona 2001 PB 335pp $A 75.00

Areal: Joachim Brohm Steidl
Joachim Brohm undertook a photo-urban project of long-term observation. For roughly a decade, from 1992-2002, he took photographs of the same location-on the outskirts of a German city-as it was being redeveloped from a 1950's commercial/industrial district into a gentrified post-industrial services centre & living area. In a meditative return, Brohm cartographically captured the premises, their buildings & materials, & chronologically documented the changes & developments during this period. His photographs simultaneously depict & dissolve the outside world, lending the transitory, hovering state of reality & meaning a powerful pictorial form. Steidl Verlag Germany 2002 263pp HB $A77.00

Brunet & Saunier - Urban Sites Redecke, S
This new monograph presents over 50 works of the practice committed to modern architecture filtered through abstraction, complex languages and the influences of minimal art to create a fashion-free architecture. Birkhauser, Swiss, 2001. PB 144pp $A 98.50

Marianne Burkhalter + Christian Sumi
Dynamic Swiss architects whose great diversity in design ranges from industrial design, public buildings, apartment buildings, conversions and reutilisations-changing faces to a strong concern for reconsidering a new ethic in the philosophy and use of timber. Birkhauser, Switzerland, 1999.  207pp HB $A POA

Burle Marx: The Lyrical Landscape Montero, Marta Iris (Foreword by Martha Schwartz)
Roberto Burle Marx was unquestionably one of the most influential landscape and garden designers of the twentieth century. His sweeping forms and painterly approach to planting were revolutionary when they first came to public attention in the 1930's, and many designs today owe his vision a great debt. At a time when landscape design is more lively and important than ever, this tribute to a master of popular modern design is destined to inspire gardens, landscapes and outdoor spaces in same way it will inspire the reader of the finely written and detailed text. Thames and Hudson, UK, 2001, 208pp, HB $A 105.00

CALATRAVA, Santiago
Calatrava Bridges  Tzonis, A.
Having revolutionised the idea of bridges over the last two decades, Santiago Calatrava has taken the idea of bridges from utilitarian, mechanical instruments into elegant objects that combine technology with poetry to enhance the sense of place & community of their settings. Here over thirty of his bridges, from around the world, sit alongside never-before-published projects. T&H, UK, 2005, 272pp, PB. $A50.00
Santiago Calatrava's Creative Process Tzonis, Alexander ed.
In two volumes, this package provides comprehensive documentation of the creative processes which underlie Santiago Calatrava's unique and prolific architectural output, featuring his personal thoughts, unique documents and analyses. The first volume, "fundamentals", presents Calatrava's doctoral thesis which combines the varying disciplines of engineering, mathematics and architecture. In the second volume, "sketchbooks", three of Calatrava's key sketch books are presented, capturing the essence of his experimental, biomorphic, surreal, metaphorical and analogical thought processes. In this publication, the editors, examine the hypothesis that both analytical and analogical creative tendencies are evident in Calatrava's works. These volumes provide a unique glimpse into the mind of this architect where both opposites seem to form a rare synthesis, producing works of the highest quality and integrity. Birkhauser, Switzerland, 2001, 2 Volumes: 463pp & 367pp,HB $A 295.00
Santiago Calatrava Public Buildings: Tischauser, A & von Moos, S
 Birkhauser, Switz. 1998. 392pp HB $A 209.00
Santiago Calatrava Poetics of Movement. Tzonis, A
Thames, UK, 1999. 240pp PB $A 45.00
The Making of Calatrava's Bridge in Seville Pollalis. S Drawings by Diaz-Hermidas.
MIT, USA, 1999.  HB $A 72.00
Santiago Calatrava: The Architect’s Studio
The catalogue produced in collaboration with the publisher, Henry Art Gallery and Kirsten Kiser for the exhibition Santiago: The Architects Studio. A small book of hand drawings with accompanying text.
Arvinius Forlag Sweden 2007 88pp PB $A69.95
Santiago Calatrava Artworks, Levin, M
A beautifully illustrated book featuring sketches, sculpture and photography by the architect Santiago Calatrava. Each is paired with descriptions of how they relate to his architectural work.
Birkhauser, Germany, 2008, 270pp AU$120.00

Campanas  Rosas, H. & Cipolla, R.
The vanguard work of Campana brothers, Ferando and Humberto, spans almost twenty years – embodying Brazilian style and values, world and local identities. Bookmark, Brasil, 2004, 445pp, PB. $A 90.00

Achille Castiglioni - Complete Works Polano, Sergio
This thorough volume even include in depth his domestic designs such as lamps and telephones.Electa Architecture, Milan, 2001, 476pp HB $A 140.00

Central Office of Architecture Rotondi, M (forward)
Contemporary World of Architects Series, Rockport, U.S.A, 1998 131pp $A 39.95

Suitcase House Chang, G.
As part of 11 other radical houses for an Artists Commune in Beijing, this house is like living inside a popup book. This prototype house is a 40-meter long, 250 square meters of empty space that can be divided into smaller spaces by a series of folding partitions, but lift one of the pneumatic panels in the floor & up pops a bathroom, a kitchen, a bedroom, or cabinets. MCCM, Hong Kong, 2004, 167pp, PB. $A 76.00 (23/03)

Pierre Chareau Taylor, B
Taschen, Germany, 1998 160pp HB $A 55.00


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Danish architecture as fabricated by CEBRA (Cutting Edge Basic Research Achievements), a young Danish practice whose designs are expressions of how life can be lived, and are ideas and ways of building are unhindered by classic doctrines. With the majority of the book a collection of a majority of unrealised projects and organised in a chronological order packed with visuals and drawings, the practice have selected works that best reflect their philosophy and development from their early years until the present. Actar 2006 Spain 398pp PB $A90.00

Prototypes: the work of cepezed Vollaard, P
An in depth look at the work of architecture firm cepezed. Prototypes document’s a large number of key projects and deals extensively with the various aspects of product development, building process and architecture.
010 Publishers The Netherlands 2007 PB 264pp AU $ 75.35

CHIPPERFIELD, David
Zusammenspiel: Ernsting Service Center  David Chipperfield Architects
Ediciones Poligrafa, Spain, 2003, 200pp, HB. $A 60.00
David Chipperfield Frampton, K
GG, Barcelona, 1997 96pp PB $A 40.00
David Chipperfield, Architectural Works 1990-2002 
A beautiful book highlighting the talented work of Architect David Chipperfield from 1990-2002. With the introduction by Kenneth Frampton, this book is a concise collection of an impressive body of work. Spain 2003 HB pp343  $A164.50

CLAESSON KOIVISTO RUNE
Claesson Koivisto Rune: The Models  Nanfeldt, M. (Ed)
The office of Claesson Koivisto Rune follows in the classic Scandinavian tradition of multidisciplinary practice, combining the disciplines of both architecture and design. This exhibition catalog presents an insight into an important aspect of their design process - the extensive model making of their studio. Along with introductory essays from critics and the architects themselves, the book features a series of photos of building and furniture models. Gabor Palotari, Spain, 2005, 144pp, HB. $A 51.70
Claesson Koivisto Rune
Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 2001, 96pp, PB $A O/P

Claus en Kaan Building
NAi Publishers, Rotterdam, 2001, 236ppHB $A 130.00

Clogh Williams - Ellis Halslam, R
RIBA Drawings Monograph No. 2
AD, UK, 1996 111pp PB $A 69.95

Jo Coenen: From urban design to architectural detail
The first comprehensive monograph on the Dutch architect Jo Coenen. He is not only an architect, but also a city planner, university lecturer, artist & until very recently, the Dutch Government Architect. Comprising of six interviews with him, each are on central themes to do with his work & extensive documentation. It is an inspiring reference book on an highly individual architect. Birkhauser, Switzerland, 2005, 448pp, HB. $A 170.00 (23/03)

Belt Collins "and the human condition" ed Gruber. Fiona
A landscape design book for people interested in the ideas of large scale commercial works such as resorts and golf courses. The projects are situated in many places of the world. An interesting display of the ways in which Collins has dealt with these chain of hotels and an illusion of a "type" of paradise. Images Publishing Aust 2003 HB 225pp $A 89.95

COMPLEX  The Architecture of KSP Engel & Zimmermann  Flagge I (Ed)
Examining forty projects that represent the exemplary work of the internationally renowned architects' firm of KSP Engel & Zimmermann. The book illustrates the firm's architectural & planning competence in a presentation of projects, including the Federal Press Office in Berlin, the Trade Fair Forum in Frankfurt, Volkswagen Hall in Braunschweig, the Bertelsmann Foundation building in Gütersloh, as well as a number of high-rise projects in Frankfurt. HatjeCantz, Germany, 2004, HB, 240pp. $A 99.00

The World According to Concrete. De Rijk, T
Concrete Architectural Associates is one of today’s most innovative interior design firms endeavouring to provide a total approach to commercial projects. Their methodology incorporates disciplines from architecture, advertising, fashion and product design with an admixture of elements from ‘popular culture’ that results in works that are radical, seductive and richly entertaining. Design critic Timo de Rijk and other authors analyses Concrete’s working methods and the position the firm occupies in the design world. Nai Holland 2007 483pp HB $A115.00

Contested Symmetries - The Architecture & Writings of Preston Scott Cohen
"Scott Cohen's love for geometry as representation is clearly manifested in this astonishing collection. His work uses this discipline as a renewed instrument of architectural inquiry" Rafael Moneo. This long awaited monograph outlines the work of Scott Cohen. Perhaps best known for the Torus House project, his work is placed in the strain that links Gaudi and Le Corbusier - an emphasis on the traditions of geometric design, planning and projection to inform architecture. Includes many projects with diagrammatic analysis, models, computer models, and supporting graphic and textual information. An excellent range of work that will inevitably inform and influence international architecture. Includes a foreword by Rafael Moneo.
Laurence King USA, 2001. PB 173pp $A 88.00

COOK, Peter
City, seen as a Garden of Ideas, The  Cook, P.
Produced by the founding member of the architectural collective Archigram, that were renowned for their drawings of a futurist world. "The City, Seen as a Garden of Ideas" is a survey of Cook's career-long project to reinvigorate the city. Consisting of a series of mediations on contemporary urban conditions in cities, that are as diverse as Tokyo, Edinburgh, & Santa Monica, this publication functions as an informal memoir, in which Cook reveals the influences & his motivations behind a vast collection of seminal projects &  recent projects. Monacelli, USA, 2003,188pp, PB.$A 80.00 (16/04)
A Friendly Alien: Kunsthaus Graz  Cook, P. & Fournier, C.
The Kunsthaus Graz international, designed by two renowned London-based architects, Peter Cook & Colin Fournier, is based on the work to transform a most visionary concept into built reality. Documenting the development of the "Friendly Alien" from an utopian concept to a highly complex functional body. The extensive photographic material includes computer simulations & sheds light on the urban environment & its history, whilst showing the unique architectural features of the building & investigating an "x-ray view" the complex network of static & technical utilities in the "skin", the nerve centre of the "Friendly Alien". Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2005, 250pp, PB. $A 85.00

COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
Get Off My Cloud: Wolf d.Prix Coop Himmelb(l)au - Texts 1968-2005  Kandeler-Fritsch, M. & Kramer, T. (Ed)
Posing provocative questions for architecture, art & politics, Get Off My Cloud gathers together the first representative selection of writings from Coop Himmelb(l)au including programmatic contributions, aphorisms, interviews, polemics, speeches & lectures. Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2005, 526pp, PB. $A77.00
Covering + Exposing: The Architecture of Coop Himmelb(l)au Werner, Frank
This long awaited book investigates the theoretical background and conceptual approach of Coop Himmelb(l)au's buildings and projects. Organised into 6 sections (including a portfolio of projects from 1968-2003), this book is totally comprehensive in its investigation into the theory and culture of this Austrian practice. Includes essays by Frank Werner, Wolf D.Prix, and Helmut Swiczinsky, comprehensive graphic information and photographs, and much more. A beautifully produced book. Birkhauser, Swiss, 2000. 207pp HB $A 125.00

Mario Corea Arquitecturas 1985-2006 Gray D. (ed)
Barcelona architect Mario Corea has contributed to the urban fabric of Spain through his design of public buildings over the many decades active in practice. Sectioned into “Intersections”, “Sutures”, “Borders”, “Topographies” and “Megaforms”, and amongst the 28 projects featured, they are largely community facilities such as schools, health care centres, aquatic and sports facilities, each depicted in drawings and photographs. AproPress 2007 Spain 525pp PB $A100.00

Coussee & Goris architecture Van Synghel K
Overview of twenty years of architectural activity from this Dutch firm. English/Dutch.
Ludion 2007 190pp HB $A89.65 (01/09)

Matali Crasset
By training, Matali Crasset is an industrial designer, but her achievements have taken her into other totally unexpected domains. From scenography to furniture design, graphics to interior design, she has a new way of looking at everyday life and makes meaningful proposals suggesting alternative ways of living. Pyramyd France 2003 PB 96pp $A 25.00

Leaf, Flame, Crystal Cecchetto A
Actar 2007 Spain 223pp PB $A63.00(27/07)

Cutler Anderson Architects  Olson S.
RockportUSA 2004PB 135pp $A44.95

James Cutler (CWA) Wines, J & Bohlin, Peter
Rockport, NY, 1997, 130+pp, PB $A 44.95

De Langtong Rotterdam Frits van Dongen
O1O,  Rotterdam, 1998. 70pp HB $A POA 

Delugan_Meissl 2 Temel R, Waechter-Bohm L
A brilliant 2 volume production, looking at the work of Austrian practice Delugan_Meissl. This Viennese practice is unusual in its determinedly urban, large-scale international/metropolitan & sustainable approach to architecture. This leads to interesting work that treats the building surface as space, develops pathways & access routes, blends nature & building, and commits to public space. This is more than a works &projects book. It includes 10 built &unbuilt works in one volume, & includes theoretical and philosophical work in the other - similar to UN Studio's MOVE.BirkhauserSwiss2001. 2 volume183pp eachHB $A 115.00

Neil M. Denari Gyroscopic Horizons
TH, UK, 1999.  224pp PB $A 82.50

DENTON CORKER MARSHALL
Denton Corker Marshall: Rule Playing & the Ratbag Element. Haig Beck & Jackie Cooper.
Their buildings stand out in the Melbourne and Sydney skylines. Their early works include Australian embassies in Tokyo and Beijing; and their recently completed Melbourne Museum seems destined to become a city icon. DCM have established their position as one of Australia's outstanding architecture firms with a series of projects that are given a timely and well-deserved viewing in this stunning new monograph. Full colour photos of each work show the colour and detail that define DCM's style. Birkhauser, Switz, 2000. 251pp HB  $A O/P

DE LUCCHI, Michele
Michele de Lucchi: From here to there & beyond  Bulegato, F. & Polano, S.
During the period of radical & experimental architecture, Italian architect Michele de Lucchi, was a prominent figure in movements like Cavart, Alchymia & Memphis. He has designed buildings for public & private museums, as well as numerous art & design exhibitions. His professional work has always gone side-by-side with a personal exploration of architecture, design, technology & crafts. Electa, Italy, 2005, 328pp, HB. $A99.95 (24/10)

DESBROWE-ANNEAR, Harold
Harold Desbrowe-Annear: a Life in Architecture Edquist H.
Harold Desbrowe-Annear was an enigma: an architect who counted among his clients some of Melbourne's wealthiest families & among his friends a wide range of bohemian artists & writers. In this beautifully illustrated & highly readable biography, Harriet Edquist explores both the multifaceted work & unconventional life of this intriguing man, a life that was sometimes scandalous & always eventful. MUP, Australia, 2004, 313pp, HB. $A 69.95

DEVANTHERY & LAMUNIERE
Devanthery & Lamuniere: Pathfinders  Abram, J. (Ed)
Documenting the last 15 realised buildings & a selection of 12 projects coming from the architectural office Devanthery & Lamuniere who are active in the French part of Switzerland. These include, the psychiatric hospital in Yverdon & the conversion of the hotel Cornavin in Geneva. In their works, Devanthery & Lamuniere, bring together both expressive & rational architecture, with geometric elements linking the two. PAP, USA, 2005, 164pp, PB. $A103.00

DILLER + SCOFIDIO
Diller + Scofidio