1000 Architects et al
This comprehensive collection includes contact details, photographs and brief biographies of architects from around the globe. Provided in two volumes   A-K and L-Z, as a double-volume case-bound boxed set, and is a user-friendly, yet concise international guide.  Images Australia 2004 HB 532pp $A135.00

1000 Years of World Architecture: An Illustrated Guide Prina F & DeMartini E.
Historic styles of the past 1000 years are chronologically organised from the early Romanesque architecture in Europe of the late 10^th century, to the masterpieces of the 20^th century. Paying most attention to the development of architecture in Western Europe, each entry is a detailed summary of buildings, events and people that best represents the period. Includes a biographies section and a glossary. T& H 2006 UK 429pp PB $59.95

20^th Century Design History Teasley S. & Watabe C.
Carefully explaining the iconic designs that represent the 20th century, this title has presented items in an easy-to-use format. Classed as not just a design dictionary, it aims to allow the reader to draw connections between genres and the larger political and social background of each era. TOTO Japan 2006 PB 176pp  $A68.20

20 Years 010 1983 - 2003 Olderwarris,H`
Over the pat twenty years, 010 publishers has produced more than 400 books on spatial planning, landscape architecture, urban design, architecture, interior design, industrial design, photography and graphic design. The illustrations in this book show the complete catalogue of all books published by 010 from 1983 - 2003. 010, Neth 2003 HB 293pp $A 72.05

306090 a journal of emergent architecture + design issue 04/03/2003
The latest issue is now available. 306090 is an independent are architectural journal published & distributed biannually that seeks to publish diverse, inquisitive projects by students & young professionals that have not been published  elsewhere. Princeton Architectural Press 127pp PB $A 28.50

30609006 - Shifting Infrastructures
Shifting Infrastructures, edited by Patricia Acevedo, Martha Merzig, John Riker, and Jeremi Sudol, focuses on the influence of communication systems, data and material distribution, and other new technologies on existing physical and cultural infrastructures. Princeton Architectural Press US 2004 PB 90pp $A 24.00

32 Beijing/New York Issue 1 et al
A new architectural journal developed as an instrument for critical and theoretical exchange, 32 posits architectural and spatial ideas against a political, economical, cultural, and technological backdrop. Using illustrative and literary elements, a multiplicity of interaction and inherent unexpectedness entices alternative thinking, broader discourse, and deeper research. The journal evolves from the collaboration of its editorial group: Michael Bell, Yung Ho Chang, Steven Holl, Li Hu, Andrew Mc Nair and Yehuda Safran. 32 is published three times a year in English and Chinese. In addition to contributors from the editorial group, this issue also contains writing by Kenneth Frampton and Mark C. Taylor as well as artwork by Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Robert Slutzky, and Xu Bing. PAP, USA 2003 32pp PB $A 26.50

32 Beijing/New York Issue 2 et al
Following the success of the inaugural issue of 32 Beijing New York, this second volume continues to explore global relationships in architecture. This second issue features writings by Lebbeus Woods, Abalos-Herreros, Li Hu, Dai Jinhua, Zhang Yiwu, Yehuda Safran, Andrew Mc Nair, Michael Bell, Charles Elred, Hou Hanru and Yung Ho Chang; architectural works by MVRDV, Zaha Hadid, No Mad, Liu Jia Kun and Stanley Saitowitz as well as artistic works by Roxy Paine, Francois Boue and Wang Jianwei among others . . .PA , USA 2003 32pp PB $A 26.50

32 Beijing/New York Issue 3
A collection of writings by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Michael Leyton, Sylvia Wallis, Reinhold Martin, Sanford Kwinter, Michael Bell, and Fabrizio Gallaniti, an architectural project by Preston Scott Cohen; and artwork by Cai Guoqiang and Enrique Walker  32 Beijing/New York is a new "non-thematic, non-hierarchical" journal developed as a platform for critical & theoretical exchange in architecture PAP USA2003 PB $A22.50

40 Architects under 40 Cargill Thompson, J
This new book looks at the work of forty international architects and practices, set to be the next generation of designers to shape the next century. Showcases the work of some architects you know, and introduces some you don't. Includes local practice Engelen Moore, as well the work of Shigeru Ban, Asymptote, Mathias Klotz, Simon Ungers, MVRDV, Gigon/Guyer, Neutelings Riedijk and much more. There are also practices from New Zealand, South Africa, France, Iceland, Norway and more. An excellent resource for the current and future state of architectural design. Taschen, Germany, 2000. 560pp PB $A 85.00

40/40 Young architects from Finland
Compiled by Roger Connah.40/40 is a contemporary mapping of new architecture, the 'hip', 'hop' and 'house' of young Finnish architects and painters.' Hip' might be cool, 'hop' might be a transition, and 'house' might be the destination of architecture which must envelope us in the future. And besides musical nuances, 'house' is the destination for architecture often, at present, only partially defined. A place like infinity where things happen that don't. Deepening what Finnish architects achieved in the last century, can young architects turn their own influence and passion for new ideas and other disciplines into deeper, imaginative architecture? 239pp PB$A85.00

40 The New Generation of International Architecture
Another book to bring us the very best of young architect's, but with so much more. As with all Skira publications, it's crisp format, beautiful paper and flawless editing make it a pleasure to read. Refreshing and clever, the projects herald a new era in architecture and it is here we can discover who the leaders of this movement are. collected from around the globe the book includes familiar names such as Greg Lynn and Shuhei Endo as well as Australia's own Kerstin Thompson and FIELD Consultants. Selected as entrants for the International 'Borromini Prize for Architecture, these young architect's are certainly inspiring and worthy of being published at such a young age. Skira, Italy, 2002 238pp PB $A 70.00

51N4E Space Producers
Peter Swinnen, Johan Anrys, & Freek Persyn call themselves 51N4E, a name that refers to the geographic coordinates of their place of business, located in Brussels, Belgium. The somewhat immodest subtitle that underscores their cryptic collective moniker--Space Producers--has been justified by their transformations of dwelling spaces, their recent renovation of the Groeninge Museum in Bruges, & their most important commission to date, the conversion of an old brewery in Mechelen into a cultural centre. One of the most talented & promising architecture bureaus in northern Europe, their collective has recently been awarded the prestigious Maaskant Prize for young architects, the most important prize in the Netherlands. NAi Pub Netherlands2004PB $A55.00

6^th Spanish Architecture Biennial
A collection of the 17 different finalists from the Spanish Architecture Biennial, including the Enric Miralles Prize. The book has been beautifully composed. Photographs, and drawings present the vast array of projects and is the main source of information provided for these works. Including Architectural and Landscape projects from a theatre to a new concept of cemetery. These award-winning projects are the “new” language of Spain, and remarkably seen by the fact that all the finalists were under the age of 45 . . . an interesting look at what Spanish Architecture may be becoming. ACTAR, Spain 2002. PB 254 pp $A 65.00

7th Spanish Architecture Biennial
A total of 254 buildings were submitted for this Biennial, presenting themes, works, photographs of what was considered special or novel, models, & thought-provoking new projects by young, not so young, well-established or much acclaimed architects. Featuring works from Mansilla+Tunon, Abalos & Herreros, Campo Baeza, RCR Aranda and FOA. ACTAR Spain2003 PB 308pp $A60.00

14 Student Projects with Valerio Oligiati 1998 - 2000 et al
A multifaceted design task is convincingly solved by the use of a simple but consistently applied concept. The individual study projects are clearly but unobtrusively regulated by the arrangement of illustration, model and plan. The book is not broken up, yet does justice to each architectural study. Quart Verlag Switzerland 2004 74pp $A 37.50

AA Files 49: London Postcolonial City
Including Mohsen Mostafavi, Salman Rushdie, Sukhdev Sandhu Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ori Gersht, Paul Gilroy, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Patrick Keiller, Michael Keith, Hanif Kereishi, Neil Leach, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Colin MacCabe, Sunand Prasad, Claudia Roden and Alexandra Stara.
The purpose of the essays presented is to open up the debate around the theme of post-coloniality and the city, with the aim of both developing a better understanding of the ways in which immigration has changed the physical, social cultural and political urban landscape of London. AA UK 2003 104pp $A 52.00

AA Files 50
Including Akira Suzuki, Iñaki Abalos and Juan Herreros, Irénéé Scalbert, Michael Dickson, Helen Castle, TTechno-Cloud Designers (Mirco Becker, Siriyot Chaiamnuay, Ramón Gómez and María José Mendoza), Nial Hobhouse (with texts by Will Alsop,rem Koolhaas and Alistair McAlpine).
Architectural Association, UK 2004 88pp $A 52.00

AA Book: Projects Review 2007
The all important annual compendium to one of the most prestigious club’s; The Architecture Association – including photojournalism, reviews, reading lists and projects from the entire academic year + DVD. AA Publications London 2007 374pp. PB A $68.00

AD Off the Radar Guest edited by Brian Carter and Annette LeCuyer. This issue of AD deals with current architectural developments in countries not normally explored such as Iceland, Guinea, Chile and India. Countries in which the extreme weather conditions or remote and difficult terrain has pushed the architect to the periphery.
Academy 2003 UK 127pp $A66.95

AD 162: Surface Consciousness guest editor Taylor, Mark
"Surface" is the current buzz word in contemporary architecture. Rather than seeking to define a new movement, this title demonstrates that for architecture, surface is now far more than a 'crust' or 'decorative strategy', setting up a meaningful relationships between contemporary methods of visioning, making and fabricating. Featuring mostly local Melbourne work by the likes of, ARM, Lyons, Minifie/Nixon, Wood Marsh and BKK, there is also work by Herzog& de Meuron dECOI & Ushida Findlay UK2003 PB $A66.95

Abalos & Herreros, Recycling Madrid
presenting unusual projects, techniques and places that seek to materialize a vision of the contemporary city with which to recycle established beliefs about architecture and the role of the architect. Madrid appears as a metaphor of the world. It is a privileged space in which to test new ways of the understanding the limits between public and private, natural and artificial, identity and hybridization.
Actar, SA, 2000, 212pp+, PB $A 64.00

Afterwards: Remaking Landscapes Rosell, Quim
The projects collected in this book describe the new kinds of architecture emerging in former war zones, geological workings and land masses, and in marginal urban settings that were once home to heavy industry. The book is virtually un-categorical for it deals with many of the layers we might find in contemporary architecture: site, history, context, meaning...Theoretical and technical, it draws reference from photographs, drawings and computer graphics. GG Barcelona, 2001, PB 183pp, PB $A 80.00

AKJAA: Statements by Young Architects in Germany
Through both interviews and documentation of their projects, this publication looks at Germany and the young architects shaping the built environment. Divided into North, South, East and West, the book covers every noteworthy architect under forty in this progressive nation.
Birkhauser, Berlin, 2002 191pp, HB $A 66.00

All American, Innovation in American Architecture, Carter.B and Lecuyer.A 
The architects whose work is presented here provides evidence of the type of innovation currently be explored in America. While their pre-occupations are wide ranging, the quality of their work represents a narrow bandwidth in the spectrum of building production in America. Including Architecture Research Office, Diller + Scofidio, Leslie Gill, Thomas Phifer + Partners SHoP, Rick Joy Greg Lynn and many more. Thames and Hudson USA 2002 HB $A 75.00

Archilab Japan 2006: nested in the city Suzuki A. & Terada M. (curators)
The year 2006 saw Archilab inviting a whole country to participate in the biennale, bringing together the best of contemporary Japanese architects and exhibiting their innovative projects in the City of Orléans. Showcased in this catalogue are mostly small scaled domestic projects, by architects such as Hitoshi Abe, Shigeru Ban, Atelier Bow-Wow, SANAA, Takaharu + Yui Tezuka amongst more than 30 practices, where each architect gives a statement on their design philosophies and comments on their own work. Also includes nine essays concerning architecture in Japan and biographies for the architects. HYX 2006 France 289pp PB $A105.00

Archiprix 2003 - The best plans by Dutch Students et al
The Archiprix Foundation is a collaboration between higher educational institutions in the Netherlands in the fields of architecture, urban design and landscape architecture. The winning entries shown represent the diversity and state of play present in Dutch design education during 2001 -2002. There is no common design task, scale, issues, presentation all of these differ per plan. 010 Publishers, Neth 2003 PB $A 40.00

Archi Speak - an illustrated guide to architectural terms. Porter T.
A guide to the definitions of architectural language, this illustrated, pocket sized version is cross referenced and suitable for anyone unsure or curious to where some of those definitions come from. Spon UK 2004 PB 218pp $A 64.00

Architects Today  Rattenbury K., Bevan R. & Long K,
Offering both an insight & introduction to the key contemporary architects as well as giving a snapshot of the varied nature of architecture today. L.K. UK 2004 240pp HB $A60.00

Architectural Association Project Review 2002/03
This book demonstrates a cross section of projects carried out at the AA during the 2002/03 academic year. Its publication coincides with a major exhibition of student work at Bedfotrd Square and online, at www.aaschool.av.uk/projectsreview.
Architectural Association, UK, 2003, 364pp, PB, $A 75.00

Architectural Details (Details D'Architecture) -CRAFT 2002
The research centre for ceramics and enamel applications in art and design (CRAFT) invited four architects to explore the theme for the third edition of their publication, ceramic network. Brought together beautifully with text and intertwined with stunning projects, the work is fresh and innovative and deconstructs the boundaries between the craft arts and contemporary architecture.CRAFT, Limoges, 2002, PB $A 50.00

Architecture Annual 1997-1998: Delft University of Technology
A fascinating insight into the world of the faculty of Architecture at Delft University. It shows examples of the research, projects and processes from both lecturers and students and the faculty as a whole010 Publishing, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1999, 208pp, PB $A 39.05

Architecture Annual 2001-2002: Delft University of Technology
Offering a selection of articles on the school's progress in research & education, as well as embracing a large range of topical issues, including a good cross-section from a faculty that plays a leading part in Dutch architecture, urbanism & planning. 101 The Netherlands2003 PB 208pp $A 40.70

Architectural Association Projects Review 02/03 et al
Architects have a primary responsibility to imagine better alternatives to what already exists - homes, places of work, spaces of leisure etc And since we judge our speculations about the future against the past, our imagination necessarily operates in response to the world it both refigures and prefigures. This book,  a collection of the AA's public events that mirror the schools imagination. events, exhibitions, evening lectures and symposia held in 2002/2003. AA 2003 PB 363pp $A 75.00

ArchiLab Radical Experiments in Global Architecture the original publication
Out again in paperback ! Thames  UK, 2001 PB 528pp $A 70.00

Archilabs Earth Buildings  Brayer, Marie- Ange and Simonot, Beatrice ed
The third volume in the successful series featuring young architecture and design. This book turns it focus to building with the land and nature. The projects confront and offer proposals and solutions to such issues as dwindling natural resources, land engineering, the city as ecosystem and the sensitive development of brown sites. Thames & Hudson UK 2003 PB 300pp+ $A 75.00

Archilab's Future House Radical Experiments in Living Space, Brayer & Simonot
Digital technology and the Internet may have changed our lifestyles over the last decade, but so far they have had very little impact on our dwelling. Looking at the most innovative talents from around the world, Future House presents ninety private and community housing projects that challenge the accepted norms of our living spaces and offer a dazzling array of ingenious solutions to meet the widely changing needs and desires of our global society. Against the background of globalization and urbanization, these designers confront such issues as individualizing collective housing and some have also included theoretical essays on a new design agenda.Thames & Hudson, UK, 2002, 256pp, PB $A 88.00

Archiprix International Istanbul 2003, Rotterdam 2001
010 Publishers Neth 2004 PB 112pp (plus CD) $A 52.25

Architects 49: selected & current works Ryan, K & Hope E. (Eds)
Apart of the multi-disciplined firm 49 Group, Architects 49 output is of staggering proportions. Projects vary in scale from mega-complexes & tall buildings to houses of marked individuality. Most of the locations are in Thailand & China. Images Australia 2002 HB 256pp $A 89.95

Architecture 03 - the RIBA Awards ed Merrell
The annual Royal Instititue of British Architects Awards celebrating the best contemporary architecture by British architects building in the UK and elsewhere in the European Union.  Merrell UK 20003 PB 198pp $A 37.95

Architecture Annual 1998-1999: Delft University of Technology
010 Publishing, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2000, 232pp, PB $A 42.90

Architecture in Photography Rosselli, Paolo
Skira, Italy 2001, 142pp, PB $60.00

Architecture in the Netherlands 2003 Yearbook
Showcasing thirty-two of the best built projects in The Netherlands in 2002, the yearbook presents little known designers in the beginning, and ends with projects with such familiar luminaries as Hertzberger, KCAP, MVRDV & de architectengroep (whose project is featured on the front cover). NAi Belgium 2003 PB 176pp $A90.00

Architecture Now! Jodidio P.
Taschen, Germany, 2001. Flexible 576pp $A 85.00

Arte all Arte et al
In this sixth edition art, architecture and territory is  explored to find new balances between our local and global worlds. The itinerary of this exploration starts in 6 cities and places in which art and architecture has stimulated new contact points and balances  with what the past has sent down to us through the works of previous artists. The artists each year in each town are invited as guests to show the towns in which they are participating their culture. Gli Ore, Italy PB 224pp $A 63.80

The Artificial Landscape Contemporary Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape
Architecture in the Netherlands. Ibelings, Hans Ed.
"Nowhere in the world are designers so aware of the artificiality of the landscape onto which they project their ideas as in the Netherlands. In recent years this awareness has generated a particularly strong sense that everything is permissible and that everything is possible". This book looks at the amazing range and creativity of over 130 projects by over 60 architectural offices. There are 9 chapters examining the features of this design culture, as well as a selection of the most important critical texts about Dutch architecture published in recent years. This brilliant book exposes and explains the current state of Dutch architecture. NAI, Holland, 2000. PB 302pp $A 100.00

A/S/L
The first yearbook produced by the Academy of Architecture Amsterdam/Maastricht, divided into three parts: an essay part, an educational part and a part presenting graduation work. It aims at striking a dialogue between the three disciplines of Architecture, Urban design & Landscape Architecture.010 N.L.2002 HB $A42.90

Automobiles by Architects Margolius, I.
Automobiles, along with furniture, have long touched  architects'  imaginations. Wright, Loos, Gropius, all tried their hand, Boulanger and the Citroen, Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion car, and today, Foster's Solar Electric vehicle, Kaplicky's Superbus, Piano and Rice's Fiat, and Starck's Lama Scooter.  Margolius looks at the  history of this phenomena, its successes and failures. Academy, UK, 2000. 160pp PB $A 82.50

Architecture and Animation AD Profile No 149, Fear, Bob
AD Vol. 71, No. 2, John Wiley and Sons, April, 2001, 113pp, PB $A 61.95

Architecture & the Sciences: exchanging metaphors. Picon A. & Ponte A. (Eds)
The essays in this volume examine various points of exchange between architecture & the sciences from both historical & contemporary perspectives. Written by leading scholars in the fields of both architecture & the history of science, they offer startling insights into the character & consequences of such interdisciplinary borrowings. Princeton University Press, USA. 2003 PB 360pp $A 64.50

Arqcat 1
Between July 2004 and March 2005, the Catalan Architects Association hosted three series of lectures showcasing the sense of self belief and maturity of young architects practising in the region. Volume 1 includes the work of RCR Arquitectes, Willy Muller, Aldayjover Arquitectos, Bopbaa amongst others.
COAC 2007 103pp. PB A $28.00

Arquitecturanimciaon (Architecture and Animation)
This quirky little brick book introduces new relationships between the animated and architecture. Blurring the boundaries between the third and fourth dimensions, it is topped up with heavy loaded text as it is a light and unbiased collection of ideas. A series of stills runs throughout the book across the top of the pages and creates a welcome diversion to the dense text as well as offering examples of it's themes. Includes a CD-rom.Actar, Spain, 2002, 448pp PB $A 75.00

Architects on Stage and Exhibition Design in the 90's    Azara, Pedro / Guri, Charles
 GG,  Spain, 2000, PB 143pp. $A 67.00

A/S/L (Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape)
This annual gives an overall view of education at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam. Shedding light on how theory and professional skills are conveyed, it also shows how a new generation of architects, urban designers and landscape architects adopts a design stance and relates it to current design briefs. 010  Netherlands 2004 256pp HB $A 41.80

Atmosphere: The shape of things to come. Architecture, Interior Design and Art. Kamphuis, A & van Onna, H
This book is a seven-part exploration into nature as an inexhaustible source of inspiration as it delves into a renewed interest in handicraft, creases and crinkles as generators of form that encounters an age of computer aided design and baroque extravagance. Birkhauser Germany 2007 238pp. HB A$139.50

Bauart Quartier Ecoparc Neuchate
Two buildings commissioned for the Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Birkhauser Germ 2004 PB 104pp $A 97.00

Before Object, After Image: Koshirakura Landscape 1996-2006 Egashira S.
Over the past decade 200 students have participated in a summer workshop led by Shin Egashira with the AA School of Architecture in a village in the mountains north of Tokyo. The highly refined small structures and interventions are a result of seeing architectural thinking surrender to existing conditions, showing a rare sensitivity to the local processes of change. The aging village has now enjoyed revitalisation in various collective spaces and this is a documentation of the works, drawings and memories of the workshop. AA 2006 UK 227pp PB $A75.00

Below Ground Level
Creating New Spaces for Contemporary Architecture. von Meijenfeldt, E et.al
This book explores the character, use &design of underground space as a space of its own. Interviews with Norman Foster, Emilio Ambasz, Floris Alkemade of OMA, Francine Houben of Mecanoo, John Carmody & others convey the views of the architects themselves on the subject. Various essays reflect on the cultural aspects, planning conditions, design considerations, technical requirements & sustainability aspects of building below ground level. Birkhauser Swiss 2002HB 264pp $A 140.00

Big Ideas [XS] Small Buildings
This book is a celebration of the small, the compact, the unexpected little buildings we encounter in the land or city-scape that give us pause to ponder their meaning or that make us appreciate the elegance of their creation. From the spectrum of functions and styles of these structures, it is clear that size imposes no limits on creativity and utility is no constraint to beauty. Including projects such as the GucklHupf(Austria) and Endo's zincalum bicycle shed Japan), it is a fun and interesting little book that will fascinate and inspire.

Blobitecture Waveform architecture and digital design Waters, JK
From apartments that evolved from "genetic manipulation" to womblike office cubicles, from a museum with layered and luminous "skin" to a house with walls that serve as thermodynamic "organs", from torso shopping bags to jellyfish barstools from blobobjects to globjects to the superblob, this book takes readers on a riveting tour of the imaginative landscapes in contemporary architecture and industrial design. Rockport US 2003 HB $A 65.00

Bodyscape Guest Editor: Jong Jin Kim
An international selection of experimental design projects which explore the relationship between body and space. It questions how the human body is directly related to design, and is investigated through various fashion, furniture, architecture and interior projects.
Damdi 2007 HB 430pp AU $141.90

Bright: Architectural Illumination and Light Installations Frame
Bright features 38 exterior lighting designs from around the world. An explanation on how the design reflects the identity of the clients sits beside large scale photographs of the various works. An additional 34 pages is dedicated to basic lighting knowledge. Frame Amsterdam 2008 352pp HB AU$130.00

Building Conversion & Renovation. Mostaedi, Arian
Each of the projects found in this book were selected for having successfully found that difficult middle ground between personal expression & respect for the past; at once highlighting the best in an old structure& bringing it up to modern standards with the addition of new elements and functions.LinksSpain 2003HB230pp $A155.00

Building a New Millennium Jodidio, P.
.Taschen, Germany, 1999. 553pp PB $A 76.95

Rose, Colin: Edge to Edge Thompson, Ian & Vaizey,Marina
Over the last 30 years, the sculptor Colin Rose has gone from small scale parodies of daily to large scale public works, combining natural materials with geometric forms. His acclaimed public works, renowned for their subtlety and humour, are made in dialogue with their surroundings, creating striking interventions into both rural and urban landscapes. Edge to edge is the first monograph on Colin Roser, providing an extensively illustrated overview of his career from his early conceptual pieces to recent commissions, situating his practise within the traditions of land art and site specific art. Black Dog, 2002, UK, PB 187pp+ $A 70.00.

California Crazy & Beyond - Roadside Vernacular Architecture. Heimann, J
 Chronicle, USA, 2001. PB 180pp $A 39.95

Capitalist Realism project Russia 24
Russia's leading publication on architecture and design. Magazine format.  Since it is the only bi-lingual publication on this subject in the former Communist block, it gives foreign readers a unique insight in developments in the built environment in the region after the collapse of Communism. This issue looks at how hunger for authenticity cannot be filled by contemporary buildings, but only nostalgia, and instructs that it is not so important what this nostalgia relates to: a wooden hut . . . A-Fond Publishers. Neth 2003 HB 96pp $A 49.50

Casa Americana: Single-family houses in Latin America Larranaga E.
Presented so as to show the rest of the world that there is more to Latin American architecture than the masters of the twentieth century, Barragan, Niemeyer & Costa. Larranaga introduces us to the most exciting collection of contemporary single-family houses built in recent years. The end product shows us the knowledge & understanding of cultural diversity, regional character, materiality & technology that is emerging in the twenty first century in Latin America.Spain2003PB172pp$A 65.00

Charcos (Puddles) Bernado, Jordi
Actar, Spain, 2001, PB, $A 50.00

Cities: People, Society, Architecture: 10th International Architecture Exhibition - Venice Biennale
This large two-volume catalogue documents the exhibition of the10th International Architecture Biennale in Venice. Presenting an anthology of ideas focusing on this year's theme: the meta-city, curated by Richard Burdett, the focus is on the transformations of cities around the world, featuring New York, London, Berlin, Moscow, Tokyo, Shanghai, Mumbai, Mexico City, São Paulo Beirut, Istanbul, Johannesburg, and Lagos. This book will be the ultimate catalogue of what is perhaps the most important architecture exhibition in the world.Rizzoli USA 2006 PB $A160.00

The Colour of Time: The Photographs of Sean Scully
Snapshots of façades, windows, & doors are never straightforward recordings of architectural elements. By depicting fading walls, cracked surfaces, rough edges, & the deep shadows created by them, images capture beauty in decay, & evoke the basic contradiction of nature & life: solidity & fragility, timelessness &change. Painter, photographer, watercolorist, & printmaker Sean Scully roams the world with his camera, capturing its surfaces in places as far-flung as Mexico & the Aran Islands, as close to home as his own studio. Steidl Germant2004HB 207pp $A 115.00

Conceptual Architecture. Perez-Guerras R.
Creativity as a motor of architecture is expressed in each of the designs of this book, showing their functionality and adaptation to the environment. This book follows the whole creative process of each building, paying special attention to its evolution from their conception to their construction. Incorporating photographs, plans and construction details, Perez-Guerras explains his internationally important built works. Spain 2003. HB 179pp $A 99.95

Concrete Architecture Croft C.
Another book that showcases the popular & inspiring contemporary uses of concrete in 21^st Century architecture around the world. BY asking questions like: What is concrete? What is its history? How is concrete used? The book goes on to look an enormous range of building types. All the examples chosen celebrate the intrinsic qualities of concrete and how they work to make the places in which we live, work, and play. Includes examples by UN Studio, Campo Baeza, Donovan Hill, Ando & Herzog de Meuron L.K UK 2004 HB 240pp $A135.00.

Congress, Convention and Exhibition Facilities Lawson, Fred
 Architectural Press, UK, 235pp, PB $A P/A

Contemporary Design in Detail: Small Environments Chen Y.
Organised around strategies that architects employ to design small residential spaces, this publication offers a visual tour of international projects that are characterised by its dealings with the site and outdoors, spatial boundaries, internal organisation, surfaces and textures, and all of which are under 120square meters. Includes projects by Shigeru Ban, LOT-EK, Sean Godsell and Arakawa + Gins plus many other emerging and established practitioners. Rockport 2007 USA 192pp $A88.00(19/03)

Contemporary Windows Baillieu A.
Recently numerous architects of note, including Koolhaas, Ban, Nouvel, Rogers and Gehry have experimented with the window & its design potential. Beginning with an introductory history of windows, here we survey over forty of the finest examples from around the world, exploring the unprecedented range of designs. The context of each window within the specific type of building is examined & the materials, design & construction described. The five chapters - "Blurring the Limits", "Colour and Illusion", "Framed Landscapes", "Public Expression" & "A New Agenda", provide case studies of some of the most inventive domestic, public, commercial & retail architecture from around the world. MB, UK, 2003, HB, 176pp. $A 75.00

Contemporary World Architecture Pearman H.
Recently reissued in paperback, this huge book follows the paths and strains of architectural development from the 70's through to the end of the 20th century. It is a survey of over 600 international projects arranged into 13 building types. Phaidon, UK, 1998 (reprinted in PB, first printed 1998). 510pp $A 120.00

Contemporary Exhibition Design Pegler, Martin
Visual Reference Publications, NY, 2001, 175pp, HB $A 95.00

Content: Perverted Architecture Koolhaas, R (OMA), Brown, S. and Link, J.
Inspired by the ceaseless fluctuations of the 21st century, Content, inevitably, bears the marks of globalisation and the market, ideological siblings that, over the past twenty years, undercut the stability of every facet of contemporary life. This book is born of that instability. Content is a follow-up to SMLXL, an inventory of seven years of OMA's tireless labour. In many ways it is structured according to what its predecessor is not - dense, cheap, disposable...Taschen, UK, 2004, 542pp, PB. $A 32.95

 
Contested Metropolis-Six Cities at the Beginning of the 21^st Century  INURA
Berlin, Brussels, Florence, London, Paris, Toronto, Zurich – fascinating western metropolises which are all sophisticated icons of international commerce, finance, tourism, though in very different ways. Striking appearances & successful structures are, however, only one side of the reality. On the shadow side, there are the insidious changes, which have come about primarily for reasons of quick profit & consumerism; social & ethnic ghettos are on the increase. INURA – an International Network for Urban Research and Action – published Possible Urban Worlds in 1998 to draw attention to contemporary urban renewal. Now they are publishing Contested Metropolis, which looks at these seven cities, presenting the most important critics & alternative urban projects. Birkhauser Swiss 2004 PB 301pp $A110.00

Continua: Architectural Screens & Walls Hauer E,
If we rarely think of walls as works of mesmerizing beauty, Erwin Hauer can hardly be blamed. This book resurrects the extraordinary but little-known work of this Austrian-born sculptor, whose designs of perforated & modular structures caused quite a stir in the 1950s, are symphonies of measured elegance. With a collection of stunning photographs of these works, many of them now destroyed or no longer accessible, this book is perfect for anyone that is passionate about interior/exterior wall details. PAP USA 2004 HB 105pp $A80.00

Cool Architecture
Put together by the Images Publishing Group here in Australia, the aim was to make cold-climate architecture more accessible to a wider readership. Documenting architecture that deals with issues from site orientation & materials, it is an insightful collection of work from all over the globe that experience temperatures from cold to extreme sub-zero.Images Aust2004 191pp HB $A59.95

The Creative Community: Designing for Life Sawback V.
A journey through ideas & places, stretching our imaginations & inspiring us to move beyond our out-dated & dreary patterns of production-driven sameness. This book is both an invitation & a guide to giving our best to the future by first creating it for ourselves & creating a positive vision for the twenty-first century.Australia 2003 HB 272pp$A 89.95

Critical Regionalism: Architecture & Identity in a Globalised World  Lefaivre L. & Tzonis A.
The latest book in the Architecture in Focus series, this beautifully illustrated & designed book reconsiders critical regionalism & brilliantly demonstrates the global viability of one of the most visible trends in contemporary architecture. As globalisation increasingly enters every facet of our lives, its homogenizing effects on architecture, urban spaces, & the landscape have compelled architects to embrace the principles of critical regionalism, an alternative theory that respects local culture, geography & climate. In this important re-examination of critical regionalism, two prominent architectural critics argue for a truce between the seemingly antithetical philosophies of critical regionalism & globalisation. PrestelGermany2003PB159pp$A112.99

Dan Graham
Phaidon, NY, 2001, 160pp, PB $A 59.95

Designing the World's Best Children's Hospitals Kromiske. B (ed.)
  Images, Australia, 1999. 160pp HB $A 104.50

Design is Super Busch, Akiko (Ed)
Words, things, people, buildings and places. "Something like inspiration, or maybe even information. Whatever the case, this is a fantastic book about nothing much other than design and related issues, which, I guess, is pretty much everything." Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2002 PB $A 75.00

Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby
Birkhauser, Switzerland, 2001, HB $A 77.00

Design Research Downton, Peter
"Design is a way of inquiring, a way of producing knowing and knowledge; this means it is a way of researching. That is the central proposition of this book. . . It looks at the relationship of research to design and considers them both as ways of inquiring about the world and as ways of contributing to individual knowing and disciplinary knowledge. . . " Research and works by Peter Downton. RMIT Press AUS 2003 PB 136pp $A27.50

Designers on Designers: The Inspiration Behind Great Interiors Hadley A.
Susan Gray lets the world's top designers tell their own stories about who & what influenced their work. With colour, wit & passion, this book sensuously captures the essence & inspiration of the mastery of interior design. On designers & by designers, it is a sumptuous work that architects, amateur decorators, & designers themselves will be powerless to resist. McGraw Hill USA 2004 HB 243pp $A87.95

Details in Contemporary Architecture Killory C. & Davids R.
This is the first volume of a new series titled “AsBuilt”, which aims to better relate architectural form to construction and technology for professionals as well as students. The twenty-five projects presented cover buildings of various scales, are in photographs, text and technical drawings illustrating details that are significant or specific to the building, and case studies include Alsop Architect’s Sharp Centre for Design, OMA’s Seattle Public Library and Caltrans District 7 Headquarters by Morphosis. Princeton 2007 USA 206pp HB $A110.00

Dinner for Architects: a collection of Napkin Sketches  Nerdinger, W

To celebrate the opening of the Munich Museum, the museum invited architects of international standing to contribute a sketch and greeting on a napkin. Contributors include Tadao Ando, Mario Botta, Steven Holl,  Dominique Perrault, Venturi, Scott Brown. Norton USA 2004 PB $A 30.95

Do Not Inflate Ded Associates
A wonderfully abstract series of graphics associated to the design of airplane instructional cards. The use of 2D techniques create wonderfully 3D spaces over which we peruse and imagine the possibilities of ....Air Travel? Who knows, but it is a very cool book, especially the bright yellow plastic cover. Laurence King Publishing, London, 2002 PB $A 45.00

Dutch Design 2000/01 Dutch Designers BNO
Showcase of industrial design from Antwerp, beautifully presented as a survey of members of the Association of Dutch Designers BNO and their work. Includes photographs of built works and prototypes, digital images, designer's statements of intent and critiques. BIS Publishers, Amsterdam, 2000, HB $A 79.95

e2 exploring the urban condition et al.
e2 as a group is formed by recently-graduated architects, an in-between-practicing collective interested in defining a field of research, publicising it and, eventually, generating work possibilities in a stagnated, competitive market. Making their concerns public, by means of the e2-contest, thus calling for the participation of as many people as possible in a productive discussion. Featuring interviews with Tschumi, Perrault and more. France2002 PB $A75.00

EARTHQUAKE! A Post-Biblical View Woods, Leebus (RIEAeuropa Concepts Series book 1)
Springer Wien, New York, 2001, 52pp, PB $A 35.00

Emporio Armani Chater House Hong Kong. Fukasas, Massimiliano & Mandrelli, Doriana O
The Emporio Armani Project in Hong Kong is born with the insight that global culture is an experimental territory of many identities. The building main ambition is to be attentive of the “empty” space rather than the formation. Opened in October 2002, this book is complied of photographs and brief text to showcase what the architects call “A skin-deep architecture”. ACTAR, Spain, 2003. PB 150pp+ $A 55.00

Ětre Archi Bien / Edifying Architecture Loze P.
Features nine destinations that offer comforting and pleasurable environments including the Thermes Vals by Peter Zumthor in Switzerland, MVRDV’s Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy in the Netherlands and Hotel Marques De Riscal by Frank O. Gehry in Spain. Photographs by Serge Brison, this publication is highly visual and captures rare moments in these desired locations. Prisme Editions 2007 Belgium 186pp HB $A114.40(24/05)

Europan 7: Suburban Challenge: Urban Intensity
The biennial competition for young architects organized by a dozen European countries, reaches its seventh edition with a call for ideas to revitalize suburban life in Europe. NAi Netherlands 2004PB128pp $A50.00

European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture + Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2003
Featuring the winner Zaha Hadid's tram station in Strasbourg as well as the forty runners ups. This book in total presents the reader with the entire 269 applicants & their selected projects. It is concluded that the architecture that is most interesting in Europe is that which searches for a new way of making architecture in Europe. Actar Spain2003 PB 272pp $A68.00

Expanding the Gap
Following the success of "Daring the Gap", this little book looks at the work of three design firms and their projects of designing for the small spaces between buildings. Also referred to as 'slot' architecture and becoming increasingly common in Tokyo, the publication deals with the preliminary sketch design stage right through to the finished products. cute and innovative work is documented in a beautiful book which double as a design object. Edition Axel Menges, London, 2002, 112pp, HB $A 38.50

EXPO 2000 Hanover: Architektur Architecture Cantz, Hatje
Prestel Verlag, Germany, 2000, 287pp, PB $A p.o.a.

Expodach: Roof Structure at the World Exhibition, Hanover 2000 Herzog, Thomas
.Prestel, Germany, 2001, 73pp, PB $A 75.00

Faster And Bigger
Projects and discussion; diagnosing a rapidly changing Korean society. A collection of university academics and students from around Korea have put together this publication of essays and projects.
Space Korea 2007 331pp PB $A47.85

Featherweights: Light, Mobile & Floating Architecture Herwig O.
Covering everything from pre-fab houses to inflatable buildings, Teflon membranes to zero-gravity designs, utopian architecture to virtual cities, this fascinating exploration of lightness in architecture offers exciting glimpses into a future in which gravity is optional. Prestel Germany 2000 PB 160pp $A128.50

Five Minutes City architecture and [im]mobility, forum & Workshop Rotterdam 2002 Maas,Winy
The world is on the move. We communicate and travel faster, further, and more frequently. We move and even migrate more times in our lives. This desires access. Access requires physical improvements that has dramatic implications on architecture. It also demands political and societal flexibility in planning, real estate, urbanism and architecture. An interesting book that attempts to tackle these question. By using data and hard facts students produced the work without losing their intelligence and imagination. Including MVRDV, Berlage Institute, Institut Francais D'Architecture, Fundacio Mies Van Der Rohe. Episode, Neth 2003 PB $A 50.60

Flexible: Architecture that Responds to Change Kronenburg R.
Flexible looks into buildings which are designed to respond to changes throughout its lifetime, and examines the cultural context of flexible designs. The first part of this volume is an overview of the many agendas of flexible architecture and explores its historical context, while projecting the potentials of accommodating designs to public buildings and urban situations beyond the usual experiments on residential architecture. Projects in the second part are categorised into four characteristics of flexible architecture: adaptation, transformation, movability and interaction, where areas concerning technology, materials, sustainability and economy often dictate aspects of the design. Drawings, photographs, images and references are included. Lking 2007 UK 239pp HB $A90.00(24/05)

Floor Plan Atlas/Floor Plan Manual-Housing Schneider F.
Birkhauser Germany 2004 PB 311pp $A 105.00

freshmadrid Cantis A.
A pocket size publication on works by young Spanish architects from an exhibition sponsored by COAM (Architects Association of Madrid) held in May 2006. This small chunky book consists largely of ambitious images illustrating concepts, perspectives of various unbuilt works, diagrams and photographs; this undoubtedly gives a fresh impression on the city and of its new energy. GG 2006 Spain PB 262pp $A35.00

FREUDENBERG: a masterpiece of European architecture Lichtenstein C. & Schwarz M.
A DVD & a book introduce a fascinating work of architecture: the Freudenberg High School in Zurich, Switzerland (architect Jacques Schader, 1959). The outstanding characteristic of the complex is the multifarious communicating structure that connects the individual sections. The result: the tectonics of a modern acropolis. LarsMuller 2003 PB $A 83.00

Future City: Experiment and Utopia in Architecture Alison J., Brayer M., Migayrou F. & Spiller N.
Future City is compilation of ideas and experimentations inspired by the city, formed by architects from several generations. In a compact format this publication consists of chapters looking into what has been researched, imagined and constructed over the years, and includes works by the Metabolists, the many players in deconstruction and those active in pursuing contemporary processes in their experimentations, such as MVRDV and Dillier + Scofidio,  amongst the 60 architects featured. Opens with an essay on experimentation, each entry consists of photographs and captions of selected projects and concludes with a detailed index of the architects and their works. T&H 2006 UK 336pp PB $A59.95(30/03)

GENO(V)A: developing & rebooting a waterfront city. Edited by Carnevali G. et al
Of all European cities, Genoa is perhaps the one which has undergone the most radical changes in appearance over the last decade. This book combines the original ideas for the master plan, by the likes of MVRDV, Foreign Office Architects, OMA & Tschumi, with the final international competitions winners UN Studio & their three-dimensional plaza that provided the city of Genoa with both a port and a heart for their city. Netherlands 2003 282pp PB $A100.00

Global Creative Architecture Schulz D
A collection of buildings that survey a range of different styles, functions and needs. With photographs, floor plans and text, the six chapters: office, industrial, public, housing, residential and museum, provide a great creative resource. Page One Singapore 2008 271pp HB AU$99.95

Haarlemmermeer Pavilion Floriade 2002 by asymptote.
The choice of Haarlemmermeer as location for the Floriade 2002 coincides with the celebration of the 150^th anniversary of the celebration of the 150^th anniversary of the reclamation of the Haarlemmermeer polder. From an International Competition the  innovative and avant garde architecture of Asymptote was chosen to design its municipal pavilion as a signifier of history and ambition. In less than a year, the building was erected and will remain as the figurehead of Haarlemmermeer. The book is comprised of photographs, text and interviews. BIS, Netherlands 2003 100pp HB $A 34.95

Histaormina Workshop 2001 Woods, Lebbeus & LaFranchi, Guy
Led by the radical experimental nature of Woods and LaFranchi's process and design philosophies, a group of international students explore the hillside town of Taormina and how design could mediate the history of the town with tourism. In a two week workshop, a series of solutions were researched and they are documented here in a whimsical and poetic way through photographs and writing. Fascinating stuff - best left to those with a highly theoretically driven process. (In collaboration with the Research Institute for Experimental Architecture)Springer2002, PB $A 39.50

Home. Lars Tunbjork
A book that contains images of Lars Tunbjorks home town in Sweden that are absolutely personal, not only does he present images of the surrounding area but also of his childhood home & its rooms. Through the camera, he turns our attention to matters overlooked. Steidl  Germany 2003 HB  $A70.00

House of Concepts Design Academy Eindhoven
A history of the theory and conceptual techniques used by students of Industrial Design at the Design Academy of Eindhoven. House of Concepts ‘casts a light –through words and pictures – on the 60 year history of the academy.’ FRAME Holland HB AU$135.00

Hunch 6/7:
 109 provisional attempts to address six simple & hard questions about what architects do today & where their profession might go tomorrow. Featuring the who's who of architecture design& theory. Berlage, Netherlands 2003 PB 540pp $A 66.00
hunch 8: Double Dutch  The Berlage Institute.
This latest issue of the journal "hunch" explores the implications of doubling the Dutch population through studio work directed by Raoul Bunschoten, Bart Lootsma, Winy Maas and Elia Zenghelis. The projects are organized around six themes: Suburb, Urbanism, Scenario, Between & Elsewhere. Including texts by economic geographer Bert van der Knaap; critic & theorist Andreas Ruby; architectural historian Wouter Vanstiphout & design theorist Robert Somol. Berlage Neth 2004 PB 188pp $A31.90(11/12)

IDEA & FORM Houses by Szyszkowitz + Kowalski Wilhelm K.
Putting together Austrian's Szyszkowitz + Kowalski work, who formed their business in the seventies with their first project for the Olympic complex for 1972 & founded "Grazer Schule", Wilhelm describes their work as rejecting the  ideas of prefabricated architecture to instead create "situational architecture" & the New Graz Architecture. This book is filled with many images of their built residential & single family housing schemes from the last thirty years. Germany 2003 HB 223pp $A 142.00

INDEX Architecture Tschumi & Berman (Eds)
Index Architecture documents the extensive cross-fertilization of ideas that can occur between architectural practice and education. Through work developed by students and the faculty at Columbia University's School of Architecture, it offers not only an archive of avant-garde work but a record of architectural discourse at a time when the design studio has been radically altered by digital technology. MIT USA 2003 PB $A65.00

INCHOATE: an experiment in architectural education Angeltl M.
It seems at the moment that it has become quite popular for architectural courses, both universities & technical collages, to be promoting & publishing their findings on the process of education from within their institution. INCHOATE continues in this vain by informing the reader of the educational process, primarily the first year design course, at ETHZ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. Guest lectures featured in this book are Gehry, Libeskind, Geuze, Lynn, MVRDV, Hadid & Eisenman. Spain2003 HB 565pp $A 87.00

International Architecture Centres Ford H. Sawyers B.(Eds)
Providing a definitive guide to the network of architecture centres established in the UK, Europe and North America. Featuring papers presented at the conference "The Value of Architecture Centres" at the British Museum, London. It is accompanied by case studies of three centres and a series of specially commissioned essays by key cultural commentators. Wiley UK 2003 PB $A89.95

International Architecture Yearbook 8/2002
Images Publishing Australia 2002 256pp, HB $A 99.95

The International Design Year Book 2004

A showcase of leading International domestic design. Tom Dixon surveys the world of design and identifies new, original and interesting work in many spheres. A good reference book that focuses on innovative and challenging uses of form and material. LK UK 2004 HB 240pp A$135.00

In the Midst of Things Nigel Prince and Gavin Wade
August Media, London,  2000, 128pp PB $A O/P

In Transit: mobility, city centre & urban development in Rotterdam. Meurs P. & Verheijen M.
This book uses word & image to examine the social significance of Mobility. Having an enormous impact on city culture & urban development, Mobility is not solely a logistical or technocratic challenge in the modern city, but also a key conditioning factor in urban development. The authors draw on Rotterdam examples to illustrate links between mobility & urban development. NAI Publishers Belgium 2003 PB 192pp $A80.00

intricacy: a project by Greg Lynn FORM Institute of Contemporary Art, Uni of Pennsylvania
From the exhibition "Intricacy" this booklet features work by FOA, Reiser + Umemoto, Coop Himmel(B)lau, & Eisenman to name but a few. Uni of Pennsylvania USA2003 PB  $A60.50

Installation Art in the New Millenium Oliveira, Oxley and Petry
Directors of the Museum of Installation in London, Nicolas de Oliveira, Nicola Oxley, and Michael Petry have—as critics, teachers, exhibition organizers, and artists—pioneered the systematic study of Installation art. Their first book on the subject, called "thrilling," "invaluable," and "spectacular" by the critics, has become the key text for the early history of Installation. Thames and Huson, UK 2003 HB 208pp $A 90.00

la Biennale di Venezia 7: Less Aesthetics More Ethics - 4 Publications
Less Aesthetics More Ethics: International Architecture Exhibition
. Marsilio, Italy, 2000. 448pp + 190pp + Cover (PB) $A P/A

Less Aesthetics More Ethics 7: Expo On Line Various + CD Rom
 Marsilio, Italy, 2000. 364pp PB $A 95.00

Citta: Third Millennium: International Competition of Ideas Various + CD Rom
 Marsilio, Italy, 2000. 632pp PB $A 90.00

Austria- Area for Action for International Architects Biennale di Venezia 2000
 Austria, 2000 64pp PB $A 52.80

LA CLIMBS: Alternative Uses For Architecture Hartley A.
Continuing where George Winthrop-Young left off with his 1899 publication The Roof Climbers Guide to Trinity, Hartley takes us across the US looking at its architectural masterpieces as well as some its more vernacular architecture & guides us as if we were mountaineers. Beautifully diagrammed images of how one could climb, abseil, & skateboard your way over American architecture. Also informs the adventurer of the ramifications of ones exploits, eg fines, deportation etc. BlackDogPubUSA 2003 PB 173pp $A63.50
 

Light Construction Reader, Source books in Architecture 2. Gannon, Todd and Kipnis, Jeffery
An ambitious collection of 28 essays exploring the themes and issues that surround this important exhibition. Included here are essays by exhibition curator Terence Riley as well as Peter Eisenman, Anthony Vidler, Greg Lynn and Robin Evans. The complete transcripts of the Light Construction Symposium, held at Columbia University in conjunction with the exhibition, are also included. Colin Rowe and Robert Slutzky's widely influential essay "transparency: Literal and Phenomenal" is presented here for the first time together with its lesser known sequel of 1971. Also represented are Italo Calvino, Jacques Derrida, Jean Starobinski, and many others. Monacelli Press, USA, 2002. PB 437pp. $A 98.00

Light; Re-interpreting Architecture Transformations Gardner & Molony
.Rotovision, Switzerland, 2001, 160pp, HB $A 92.00

Lightbook - The Practise of Lighting Design Ulrike Brandi & Christoph Geissmar-Brandi
Birkhauser, Switzerland, 2001, 255pp, HB, $A 175.00

Little Big Houses: working with architectural models Jetsonen, Jari
Rakennustieto, Finland, 2001. 175pp PB $A 80.00

Living Large in Small Spaces Marisa Bartolucci
Examines 33 small living situations from New York to Los Angeles. The sizes range from a miniscule 100sqft, through to a more bearable 1000sqft. As one would expect, there are amazing transformations, space-saving devices, designers tips and tricks, all intended to create welcoming, creative spaces for living and working. Each home and owner has a story to tell, which makes this book an inspirational read for those who want a bit more out of their current situation. The book is organised into homes registering either 100sqft, 200sqft, 300sqft, 350sqft, 400sqft, 450sqft, 500sqft, 600sqft, 750sqft, 800sqft, 900sqft, 1000sqft. You'll be amazed at some of the solutions. Thames + Hudson, UK, 2003. PB 398pp $A 70.00

Logique/Visuelle; The Architecture of Louis Vuitton
Two books combining the shops for Louis Vuitton. Vuitton, 2003 HB $A 96.25

Lost Architectures Spiller, N
AD, UK, 2001. PB 128pp $A 61.95

Makers of Modern Architecture: From Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry. Filler, M
Everyone knows what modern architecture looks like, but few understand how this revolutionary new form of building emerged little more than a century ago or what its aesthetic, social and even spiritual dimensions were. Through his illuminating studies, veteran critic Martin Fuller offers a clear, concise and often encyclopedic cross-section of the leading lights in modern architecture i.e Sullivan, Aalto, Kahn, Foster and the Venturi’s amongst others. Surveying such current urban design sagas as the reconstruction of Ground Zero and the reunification of Berlin, Filler trains his eye on some of the biggest names in architecture today, puncturing many an overinflated reputation while identifying the true masters who have built for the ages. NYBR USA 2007 323pp HB $A45.00

Manuscript: Essentials for the Everyday Use of Interior Architects and Designers Müller-Schöll A.
On representational methods, tectonics and statics, planning of interior fittings, graphic standards and other essentials, useful formulae, colour systems plus other odds and ends for interior architects and designers, all of which are condensed into a handy notebook format. This is a meticulously detailed reference guide that is both easy to understand as well as to carry around and features pages that open up to allow for jotting down of personal notes. Birkhäuser 2007 Germany 304pp HB $A69.50

Material Process: Young Architects_4 et al
What new materials are available to architects today ? A book that showcases the work of six young firms exploring the methods and meanings of new materials. This is the fourth in an annual series of publications featuring winners of the Architectural League of New Yorks annual Young Architects competition. Previous volumes in this series include SCALE, SECOND NATURE and CITY LIMITS. Princeton Architectural Press, US, 2003. PB 176pp $A 59.50

Mapping HK Guiterrez, L & Portefaix, V
 Hong Kong, 2000, 167pp, PB $A 76.45

Mass Studies  Architect 00
Looks at the influence of mass production in a contemporary and overpopulated urban society. Also explors spatial qualities, building materials and techniques through both built and unbuilt projects of the practice. Space Publishing Co. 2007 PB 140pp AU $44.00

Masters of Rietveld, Sandberg Institute
Masters of Rietveld contains an overview of notable designers that have emerged from the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. Works of individual students and an overview of courses are provided giving an insight on Dutch design education in the 21^st Century. All Media, The Netherlands, 2008, 390pp AU$108.90

Maximalism Kliczkowski H.
By gathering the objectives of designers, who are constructing a new, complex & eclectic modernity. A careful selection of public buildings, commercial & residential spaces humbly contradicts Mies 'maxim "less is more" & establishes that more is never enough. Featuring Hadid, Coop Himmelb(l)au & many more. HK Spain 2003 PB 95pp $A 35.00

Micro: Very Small Buildings Slavid R
Cute, eccentric, futuristic, rustic, mobile, experimental, and some even liveable. All projects included in this excellent collection are classified as 'micro'. A brief introduction is followed by five thematic chapters: Public Realm, Community Spaces, On The Move, Compact Living and Extra Space. Case studies include a park bench that transforms into a shelter in Australia, an inflatable treetop structure for observing rainforests, sleeping tubes in an Austrian Park, a moveable church in Finland and a suspended office in France. 
LKing 2007 221pages HB $A59.95

Mies van der Rohe Award 2007: European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture. Gray, D
2007 marks the 20th anniversary of the Mies van der Rohe Award; a prize that acknowledges the varied and rich panorama of architectural production in Europe. The prize supports emerging new architects, encourages work across the European Union and fosters trans-national commissions. The selection of the jury for this edition ranges from private houses, public housing, museums, cultural and sports facilities to large-scale urban and infrastructure projects that contributes to the construction of the city. Actar Spain 2007 333pp. PB $A80.00

Mindscapes: Private and Public; Mapping the boundaries Hassink, Jacqueline
The Mindscapes project contains an investigation into "what is private and public in Japan and US". Hassink explores how the information society has influenced the values of private and public life in the minds of CEOS, executives and employees of fortune's global 500 corporations. The book consists of 6 separate projects: 100ceos - 10 room, personal coffee cups, cubicles, training Center for salary men, the shoe project, and VIP fitting rooms. Birkhauser, Switzerland, 2003, HB 196pp $A 95.00

Minimal Architecture Ruby, Andreas, Sachs, Angeli & Ursprung, Philip
Focussed not on the original minimalism movement - but it's interpretation in contemporary architecture, this book is an inspiring and beautiful publication. Drawing examples of work from such architects as Herzog & de Meuron, Sejima/Nishizawa and Dominique Perrault, it showcases beautifully detailed, sleek and modern buildings of the 21st century. Arguably categorized as Supermodernism rather than minimalism, these projects are both aesthetically beautiful and technologically challenging. As a monograph, it explores the notion and meaning of 'minimal architecture' for contemporary culture.Prestel, Germany 2003, PB 176pp $A 120.00

Minimalism/Maximalism Cuito Aurora
The history of architecture, like that of all art forms, has fluctuated over the years between two very marked trends: austerity and opulence of form and concept. Minimalism/Maximalism presents a resplendent collection of buildings that illustrate these two very dissimilar styles. Filled with 370 lavish color images and 50 architectural plans, this guide compares and contrasts an array of minimalist and maximalist examples. Readers will find impressive homes, offices, and shops created by Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Ettore Sottsass, and 20 other designers. Plus, clear, descriptive text details how minimalism/maximalism influenced other disciplines such as graphic design. Whether one is an architect, interior designer, contractor, or homeowner, Minimalism/Maximalism is a never-ending source of style and inspiration.  Hearst, USA, 2002. PB 216pp $A 55.00

Mobility: a room with a view et al
Documenting for posterity the first International Architectural Biennale Rotterdam, Mobility brings together the contributions of university researchers, architects, urban designers, spatial planners & designers who exchanged experiences & discussed new strategies. This book presents the results & provides an insightfully tangible tour of mobility as seen from a global perspective. NAi,Netherlands 2003 PB 447pp $A80.00

Mobile - The Art of Portable Architecture Siegel, Jennifer
A really cool book that is destined to become on of 'those' books which everyone   has seen and everybody loves. Documenting portable architecture, in every sense of the world, it is light and simple but inspirational and informative just the same. Photographs and drawings supported by captioned text shows a variety of projects including trade fair pavilions, art installations, air balloons and, of course, trailers.Princeton Architectural Press, USA, 2002 127pp, PB $A 48.50

Modern Architecture: Structures that shaped the modern world. Glancey, J
Divided into nine broad sections that represent a compound of styles and thoughts from the 1900 onwards, acclaimed architectural writer Jonathan Glancey provides a framework to understand the immense and inexhaustible story of modern architecture, its political and theoretical underpinnings and fanciful realities that have shaped the modern world. Beautifully photographed and in full colour. Cameron House Australia 2007 448pp. PB A$ 29.95

Modern Living Bringing Modernism Home. Weaving A, Freedman L
 Chronicle, USA, 2001. HB 192pp $A 69.95

Modern House 2 Melhuish, Clare
Phaidon, UK, 2000, 240pp HB $A 95.00

Morphê RIEA
Produced by the Research Institute for Experimental Architecture, Morphê documents research undertaken exploring patterns, paths, morphologies, program and architectural tectonics.
Springer/Verlag Austria 2008 74pp PB AU$69.50

MORPHOSIS Mayne T
This book publishes for the first time all of the completed work from Morphosis , showcasing 35 buildings & installations in bold, documentary-style colour photographs with selected plans & drawings. The work ranges from the firms early residential & restaurant projects in Los Angeles to its most recent work beyond Californian & the US, in Canada, Taiwan, Korea, Japan & Austria. Phaidon UK 2003 HB 288pp $A140.00