ABC: Twentieth-Century Graphic Design Polano,Sergio
A critical overview of the most influential figures in international design of the 20th century, from artists such as Alexander Rodchenko to graphic designers such as Paul Rand. The book opens with a summary of the main problems faced by a designer working in the field of graphics. This is followed by a series of concise, extensively illustrated sections examining the work of the principal graphic designers of the 20th century, from Peter Behrens to Tibor Kalman, El Lissitzky to Max Huber, and from Alexander Rodchenko to Ed Fella.
Electa Italy 2003 248pp PB $A 59.95

Advertising Outdoors: Watch This Space! Bernstein, D.
Advertising Outdoors analyses this dynamic, exciting exterior medium that has until now remained largely undocumented. It looks at the art and ingenuity of art directors and copywriters who devise the artwork and ideas, and explores how their creative input drives an industry that supplies large-scale frames: billboards, transit shelters, bus sides, train cards, phone boxes, taxis, airships and many other location opportunities.
Phaidon, UK,  2004 (1997), 240pp, PB $A 69.95

Architect's Studio Companion Rules of thumb for preliminary design. Allen, E. Iano, J.
Wiley, USA, 1995. 482 pp HB $A 125.40

Architecture Design Notebook Fawcett A. P
Written by a practitioner and lecturer in architecture at the University of Nottingham, this concise 'notebook' aimed at architecture students covers the broad range of issues a designer needs to address in the formulation of architecture. Referring to historical and current trends in relation to issues such as context, site, structure, services, comfort, and some of the more elusive aspects of appearance, green etc. this book offers more of an introductory overview rather than an in-depth review. Ideal for first and second years or those with an interest in taking up architectural study.
Architectural Press, USA 2004PB 105pp $A57.20 (2/12)

Architecture: Form, Space and Order : 3^rd Edition  Ching F.D.K
A new edition of this classic text for students is now available.
Wiley USA 2007 431pp PB $A66.95(12/06)

Architectural Drawing Course Zell M
Both an understanding of the basic principles and ways in which to master these practices are outlined in The Architectural Drawing Course. Zell introduces readers to the visual language of architecture with a series of instructive tutorials.
Thames & Hudson London 2008 144pp PB AU$39.95 (01/03)

Architectural Drawing 3^rd Edition: A Visual Compendium of types and methods. Yee, R
The third edition of this visually stunning compendium has been thoroughly updated to reflect a wider range of techniques and styles than ever before. Illustrative styles by today’s most noted architects include Tadao Ando, Lord Foster, Massimiliano Fuksas, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Steven Holl, Venturi Scott Brown and many others.
John Wiley Press. Canada 2007 672pp. PB A $95.95

Architectural Working Drawings  3rd Edition Wakita, O & Linde R
John Wiley, USA, 2002. HB 728pp $A P/A

Achitectural Graphics 3rd Edition. Ching. F.
VNR, USA, 1996. 180 pp PB $A 73.95

Architecture Form Space & Order 2nd edition Ching, F.
VNR, USA, 1996. 400 pp PB $A 61.95

Architecture in Pen and Ink Chen, J.
Mc Graw, USA, 1995. 197 pp HB $A 43.95

The Architect’s Studio Companion 4^th ed Allen E & Iano J
John Wiley 2007 USA 480pp HB $A126.95(09/06)

The Architecture of Image - existential space in cinema Pallasmaa, Juhani
 Rakennustieto Oy, Finland,  2001 183pp PB $A 125.00

Architecture's New Media: Principles, Theories, & methods of Computer-Aided Design Kalay Y.E.
Having already changed the practice of architecture, computer-aided design (CAD) technology has the potential to change it even further. Offering a comprehensive overview of the principles, methods, & practices that underline architectural computing. Covering five main topics: design methods & computer technology & the relationship between computers & design; the principles of communication & representation; generative design methods; the advantages of computational methods for predicting & evaluating the performance of design solutions; & current & future developments in technology, including collaborative design, intelligent design assistants, construction automation, & virtual design environments.
MIT USA 2004 HB536pp $A89.00

ArtDeco design on paper: H.Th.Wijdeveld Oldewarris Hans
010 The Netherlands 2003 PB 48pp  $A28.00

AREA: 100graphic designers 010curators 010design classics
Produced by the same people that brought us 10x10. This large volume from Phaidon illustrates the exhibition in a book dedicated to 100 significant who's who of graphic design today. Bringing together ten distinguished curators who have personally picked their favourite up-and-coming designers as well as they're top ten designs.
Phaidon UK2003 HB 400ish pages $A119.95

Armed Surfaces Richter, D
Presenting DRD Lab's investigations into contemporary reality and a new typology for living. An analysis of transitional moments in daily life instigates a re-examination of Modern Functionalism as an ideology of standardisation and normalcy. In the diverse projects which she undertakes, Richter seeks to radically reinvent urban design through a game of 'retracing' and 'restitution'. The book explores new solutions to architecture and planning exposing an alternative view of architecture.
Black Dog UK 2004 PB 64pp $A 34.00

Artists Impressions in Architectural Design Giddings, Bob & Horne, Margaret
Spon Press, London 2002 204pp PB $A 92.00

Barcelona Grafica Sanchez A
GG Spain 2001 495pp HB $88.00

Basic Perspective Drawing: A Visual Guide 4^th Ed Montague J.
Revised & updated this step-by-step guide shows simple drawing concepts, including a new chapter on aerial perspective & an updated chapter with examples of digital perspective drawing to specific tools & methods to achieve these tasks. Visually oriented, the author's illustrated explanations make the drawing process easy to understand how to construct perspective views one step at a time. 
Jwiley USA 2004 PB272pp$A90.95

The Beauty of Life - William Morris & the Art of Design ed Waggoner, Diane
A book that draws upon the rich holdings of the Huntington Library, Art collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, which with the recent acquisition of a major William Morris collection, including fine printed books and the archive of Morris & Company. A significant presentation in word and images of his work.
Thames and Hudson, UK 2003 176pp PB $A 45.00

Joseph  Müller-Brockmann Purcell K.W.
A monograph on the Swiss graphic designer Müller-Brockmann, one of the twentieth century’s most important graphic designers, notably for his functional, objective designs. Based in Zurich all his life, he is best known for the scores of music produced between the 50s and 70s as he moves from an illustrative style to a modern constructivist approach later in his life. Extensively compiled, Müller-Brockmann’s life is illustrated with completed works, photographs, sketches and concept drawings.
Phaidon UK 2006 278pp HB A$120.00 (09/11)

Building Construction Illustrated 3rd (ed) Ching, F.
VNR, USA, 2000. 260 pp PB $A 61.95

Cinemetrics: Architecural Drawing Today McGrath B & Gardner J
Cinemetrics is the first guidebook for architectural drawing with the computer based on an understanding of how digital drawing fundamentally differs from drawing with mechanical pencils on drafting boards. An exciting demonstration of cinematically-inspired, cybernetically-based, architectural drawing systems which embeds architecture in relationships within the world at large.
JWiley 2007 UK 304pp PB $A74.95(02/06)

Colours: Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Norman Foster, Alessandro Mendini Mack, Gerhard
 Birkhauser, Switzerland, 2001, 376pp PB $A 115.00

Colour Drawing  2nd edition Doyle,  M.
Wiley USA, 1999. 352pp HB $A 104.95

Colour is Communication: Selected Projects for Foster + Partners  Arnoldi P.
Detailing 25 projects where Per Arnoldi contributed to Foster’s architecture, educating the practice the strength of colour. Strategic but yet intuitive, Arnoldi reveals and intimately explains his commands of the three primary colours in buildings such as Commerzbank and the HM Treasury in London and various artworks, signage and publications.
Birkhäuser 2006 Switzerland 224pp HB $A115.00(14/11)

Computer Graphics for Architects, Engineers & Environmental Designers Reuter, D. Dayton
Allworth Press, NY 2002 246pp PB $A 89.95

Constructed View Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman. Rosa, J
 Rizzoli, USA, 1999. 224pp PB $A 60.50

Construction Drawings and Details for Interiors Kilmer & Kilmer
Jacaranda Wiley, USA, 2003, PB 246pp $A 84.95

Design Drawing  Book & CD Ching, F.
VNR, USA, 1998. 346 pp PB+ CD $A69.95

Design in Mind Lawson, B.
Butterworth, UK, 1994. 146 pp PB $APOA

Design Media Techniques for watercolour, pen and ink, pastel and coloured marker. Kasprison R.
Wiley, USA, 1999.  214pp PB $A 104.95

3D>2D The Designers Republic's Adventures in and Out of Architecture with Sadar Vuga Arhitekti and Spela Mlakar,
Laurence King Publishing, London, 2001, SB, $123.00

Details in Architectural Rendering
Graphic-Sha, Japan, 1994. 151 pp PB $A 93.50

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

Pierre di Sciullo
His output is extremely varied, ranging from official commissions to the demands of commercial enterprises. In 1995 he was awarded the Prix Charles-Nypels for his typographical research. His experimental work can be seen on the CD-Rom sold with this book.
PYRAMID Italy 2003 PB 96pp$A33.00

Digital Tectonics Leach, N. Turnbull, D. and Williams, C. (Eds)
John Wiley, USA, 2004, PB,  152pp. $A 71.95

Drawing for Designers: Drawing skills, Concept sketches, Computer systems, Illustration, Tools and materials, Presentations, Production techniques. Pipes A
The only comprehensive guide to 2-D and 3-D drawing for product and industrial designers, this practical, step-by-step text covers: Basic drawing skills, tools and materials, computer systems, concept design, presentation drawings and visuals. From general arrangement drawing to production, exploded/assembly diagrams, technical illustration and the future of design drawing.
Laurence King 2007 UK 223pp PB $A59.95(28/07)

Drawing the Landscape 3rd edition. Sullivan, C.
VNR, USA 1997. 326 pp, PB $A82.95

Expressionist Utopias Paradise, Metropolis, Architectural Fantasy Timothy Benson
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA, 2001, 340pp, PB $A POA

Folding Architecture: spatial, structural & organisational diagrams Vyzoviti S.
A beautiful little book that documents the hand construction of small architectural ideas & forms. Showing a variety of medium as well as construction methods this book is a must for anyone that adores conceptual models that explore space in architecture.
BIS Pub Netherlands2003PB144pp$A24.95

Forms Of Inquiry: The Architecture of Critical Graphic Design Kyes Z & Owens M
The work contained in this publication is united by a shared impulse to reframe the circumstances surrounding contemporary graphic practice by using intuitive modes of investigation to explore the relationship between graphic design and architecture.
AA UK 2008 168pp PB A $55.00 (14/03)

Freehand Sketching - an Introduction Laseau,Paul
From basic skills to sketch construction, this book helps you build on your drawings skills. Step by step instructions, with helpful topics on equipment, framing, editing and rendering people. Norton USA 2003 112pp PB $A 27.95

Geometry of Design - Studies in Proportion and Composition. Elam, K.
. PAP, USA, 2001. PB 107pp $A 37.50 see also Elements of Design

Graphiscape Tokyo et al
Graffiti, posters, neon lighting, street art, colour schemes, perspectives and forms are just some of the graphic elements collated as inspiration in this publication. Containing over 400 images, of the tradition, land, craft and state of the art technology. From the night time neon to cartoon characters, this volume shows the delicate extremities and serenity, unique to Japanese culture, (New York City also available) 
RotoVision UK  2003 PB 128pp $A45.00

Hand Book  Lévy J.
Swiss graphic designer Jean-Benoît Lévy has put together a publication which demonstrates the power of the human hand in everyday communication.
Lars Müller  2007 Netherlands 256pp PB  $A35.00

History of Modern Design Raizman, David
An exploration of the parallel development of product and graphic design from the 18th century to the 21st, considering the relationship between design and manufacturing, and the technological, social and commercial context in which this relationship developed. The book also explores the impact of new man-made industrial materials on modern design - from steel to titanium, plywood to plastic, cotton to nylon, wire to transistors and microprocessors to nanotubes.
Laurence King UK 2003 PB 400pp $A 75.00

Home .com/ Architecture For All Johnson, C
A book to that look at the ways in which computer technology is aiding architects to design better buildings. It highlights many champions out in the suburban environment fighting to improve quality.
GAP Australia 2004 PB 163pp $A 33.00

How to draw BUILDINGS Sidaway I.
Aimed at beginners, this essential guide provides the reader with ten easy & fully illustrated lessons that provide the reader with demonstrations that focus on architectural details, techniques & combining those tools to effectively draw any style of building.
NH UK2004 PB80pp. $A24.95

Hybrid Drawing Techniques by Contemporary Architects and Designers Uddin, M
J Wiley, USA, 1999.  212pp HB $A114.30

Integral, Ruedi Baur & Partners
 Lars Muller Publications, Switzerland, 2001, 479pp, HB $A130.00

Interior Design Illustrated 2^nd Ed Ching
With Ching's signature & unique approach, this improved & updated bestseller
is the perfect introduction to interior design. More useful than ever, this reformatted edition is easier to read & has a new section presented in full colour, as well as including new & fully updated information on finishes, furnishings & textiles, lighting, sustainability, acoustics, workstations, to name but a few.
J Wiley USA2004 PB 344pp$A66.95

The International Design Yearbook 2007 Urquiola P (ed)
Laurence King UK 2007 240pp HB $A135.00(16/06)

International Graphic Design Series: Lella & Massimo Vignelli
This Italian design duo believe in "semantically correct, syntactically consistent, pragmatically understandable" design. This concise catalogue of their work covers; lighting design, glassware, graphics, ceramics, interior design, industrial design and architecture that bear out other self penned themes such as; visually powerful, intellectually elegant - very Italian! The book is divided up into 5 year blocks, from the 60's to today. An inspiring picture book.
Images, Aust 2004, HB, 228pp, $A29.95

Japanese Graphics Now Synopsis
Divided into chapters by media type, this visual guide presents a diverse selection of graphics and includes an index of designers, complete with Website addresses and contact information. The accompanying DVD covers a video tour of places to visit in Tokyo.
Taschen UK 2003 PB 608pp $A85.00

Life Style: Bruce Mau Maclear, Kyo & Testa, Bart
More manifesto than monograph, Life Style is the first book to document Mau's creative process and his studio practice. Conceived and designed by the studio, the book is a singular album of playful and critical statements about the visual and cultural trends that influence today's image - driven context. This collection of Mau's essays, observations, anecdotes and project documentation embodies his unique world view and his beliefs that form and content are inseparable.
TPhaidon, UK, 2000, 625pp. HB $A140.00

Massive Change  Mau, B.
Massive Change is a modern illustrated primer on the new inventions, technologies & events that are affecting the human race worldwide. The book is part of broader research by Bruce Mau intended to provoke debate &discussion about the "familiar objects & techniques that are transforming our lives."
Phaidon UK 2004 HB 240pp $A 49.95

The New Complete Illustration Guide  Evans. L,
 VNR, USA, 1997. 347pp PB $A135.95

Open here The Art of Instructional Design Mijksenaar. P & Westendorp. P.
Thames & Hudson, UK, 1999, 144pp PB $A 60.50

Patterns: New Surface Design Cole D.
A compilation of patterns created by various artists and designers from around the world from the year 2000 to 2005, categorised into conversational, abstract, retro, geometric and organic patterns from the most manual methods to the digitally generated and manipulated. Each featured pattern is given a brief description of its design intent and outcome.
LKinga 2007 UK 240pp PB $A49.95(08/05)

Patterns of the Earth Edmaier B.
A compilation of photographs that reveal the surfaces of the earth etched by the many forces of nature. Bernhard Edmaier has photographed earth surfaces for 15 years and this selection of shots are accompanied with commentaries by geologist Angelika Jung-Hüttl.
Phaidon 2007 UK 240pp HB $A35.00(19/05)

Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer’s Journey Guerrero P.
A memoir of a Mexican American photographer who stumbled into his first professional job in 1939 photographing Taliesin West and moving on to become Frank Lloyd Wright’s chief visual interpreter for the next 20 years. 190 of his photographs are included in this publication along with his personal accounts of working with people such as Marcel Breuer, Philip Johnson, Irving Penn and Andy Warhol during the more fruitful times in architecture and art in the twentieth century America.
Princeton 2007 USA 223pp HB $A110.00(24/05)

Playing Colours  Zwimpfer, Moritz
This is a book for those who like to occupy themselves with colours, be it out of sheer pleasure, or because of professional demands. Consisting of a 72 page book, 7 colour cards, and 61 movable colour samples this book is playful, instructive and creative as you blend, mix, compare and relate a variety of colours. With short instructions and tips on how to deal with the impact of colours on the environment and senses, this book is suited to professionals, students and even children. Niggli, Switzerland, 2002. PB 72pp + 7 colour cards $A 57.50

Per Arnoldi 250 Posters ETC. et al
Per Arnoldi (*1941 in Copenhagen) is active in many areas of the fine arts & in his homeland Denmark he is a well-known figure in public life. Arnoldi collaborates regularly with the architect Norman Foster & consequently he was responsible for the colour concept at the Reichstag in Berlin. Illustrated in four colours throughout, this book documents & comments on the highlights of his work from the mid 1970s to his most current projects. Birk Germany 2004 HB 336pp $A135.00.  

Plans, Sections & Elevations: Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century Weston R.
With more than 100 of the most significant & influential buildings of the twentieth century, this book includes both classic works by such seminal architects as Corb, Lloyd Wright, van der Rohe & Aalto, as well as those by more recent masters, such as Foster, Gehry & Koolhaas. Including numerous, accurate scaled plans showing each floor, together with elevations, sections & some site plans. The significant architectural features & influences of the buildings have been pulled out & discussed in a concise text, together with full-colour images. LK UK 2004 PB (CD included) 235pp$A85.00

Playfully Rigid Swiss Architecture, Graphic Design, Product Design 1950-2006 Lichtenstein C. (ed)
This book is a collection of Swiss architecture, graphics, and design from 1950 to the present, viewed in terms of the creative polarity involved with ingenuity and clarity. Numerous individual works, each with distinct characteristics, backgrounds, and meanings, from the three disciplines and from a period of more than half a century have been overviewed and illustrated.
Lars Muller 2006 Germany 300pp HB $A105.00

The Portfolio - An Architecture Students Handbook Marjanovic,  Ruedi Ray, Naa Norle Lokko
Providing a complete guide to preparing, compiling and presenting this crucial element of the architecture course. The authors offer practical advice for the creation of the portfolio covering issues of size, storage, layout and order. The book also has a companion website where full colour representations of the best examples of portfolio work can be accessed.
Architectural Press UK 2003 PB 132pp  $A 53.90.

Portfolio Design 3rd edition Linton, Harold
Updated version, with new chapters on digital portfolios.
Norton USA 2003 HB 200pp $A 57.95

Precedents in Architecture: Analytic Diagrams, Formative Ideas & Partis 3^rd Ed Clarke R.H. & Pause M.
Revised & updated this architectural classic on design analysis provides a vocabulary for architectural analysis that illuminates more than one hundred works of thirty-one leading architects. Aiding novice & seasoned professional architects & designers in creating their own designs. You will find it an invaluable guide in analysing architectural history & the evolutionary process of design.
Jwiley USA 2004 PB306pp $A90.95

Retro Graphics Cookbook: Recreate 100 years of graphic design Raimes J.  & Bhaskaran L.
Depicts the key graphic styles of the past 100 years, where each is analysed and provided with a step by step guide to adopt the graphic style in the modern setting focussing on colours, fonts and compositions.
ILEX 2007 UK 174pp PB $A55.00(24/05)

Responsive Environments A Manual for Designers. Alcock.
Reed, UK, 1998 (reprint). 151pp PB $A 60.50

Scale Models Houses of the 20th Century Kurrent. F (ed.)
This book presents more than 200 scale models of notable 20th century houses by architects;  including Aalto, Asplund, Gray, Le Corbusier, Loos, Melnikov, Schindler and Scharoun. 
Birkhauser, Switzerland, 1999.  436pp PB $A 85.25

Sign Gallery
The examples of signs presented in this collection represent the work of artists from North and South America, Europe, Australia and Asia and have been judged by top professionals in the sign industry.
H.C. UK 2004 163pp HB $A 75.00

Sign Graphics Serrats M. (ed)
Features sections examining “Graphic Identity”, “Interior Artworks” and  “Environmental Signs”, where each signage and wayfinding example shown is explained with text and full colour photography and graphics.
Collins Design 2006 USA 255pp HB $A79.95(12/04)

Signage and Way finding Design Calori, C.
An essential reference for design professionals who must communicate meaningful information in the built environment. Calori includes her proven “Signage Pyramid” method, this approach divides signage into three interrelated focus areas and components making it easier to solve the often complex design problems posed in a comprehensive signage program. A practical guide to both large and small scale signage projects. Wiley 2007 NY 224pp HB $A89.95(04/05)

Sketch: Houses- How Architects Conceive Residential Architecture Bahamón A.
Sketches and models, graphics and modes of representation emerging from the design process are raw and unedited, possibly reflects the character of the author more accurately than the finished building itself. Presenting the process drawings in detail for 30 residential projects from around the globe by architects such as Alberto Campo Baeza, John Wardle and Waro Kishi, this publication not only offers insights in the featured architects but also representational ideas.
Loft 2006 Spain 191pp HB $A80.00

Space Planning Basics 2nd ed Karlen M.
Completely revised to address changes in industry practice & new technologies, this book presents all the necessary tools & know-how to effectively create design programming for both small & large space planning projects. Also featuring discussions of CAD options in the planning process, a variety of new skill-developing exercises & illustrations that reflect current ADA compliance. A valuable learning tool for people from all design fields.
JWileyUSA2004 PB178pp $A74.95

Special Models - 387 Houses of Peter Fritz Croy/Elser
Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2001, 477pp, HB, $A 65.00

Surfaces Visual Research for artists, architects and designers. Juracek, J.
Thames & Hudson, UK, 1996. 335 pp HB $A 169.00

This Way: Signage Design for Public Spaces Truelove, J.G.
Rockport, 2000 USA. 190pp HB $A80.00

Time-saving Techniques for Architectural Construction Drawings Nashed, F.
VNR, USA, 1993. 242 pp HB $A 120.95

tous des K
Twelve years of ideas, stress, laughter & motivation, in short twelve years of shared passion. Our love of "the image" & its meaning is definitely the most difficult thing to convey. With graphics, as with music, it is much harder to do things simply, especially when simplicity has to rime with efficiency.
PYRAMID Italy 2003 PB 96pp$A28.00

Tools for Ideas: An Introduction to Architectural Design Ganshirt C
Text, images and diagrams outline this introduction to Architectural Design. Sections are: A. Design and Research, B. Architectural Design and C. Design Tools. This handy book runs through the fundamentals of generating and communicating ideas.
Birkhauser Germany 2007 224pp $A69.50(12/06)

Tools of the Imagination; Drawing Tools and Technologies from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Piedmont-Palladino S(ed)
This book takes the reader on a 250-year journey through the history of invention and innovation in architectural design implements and technologies. Revealing the manual ways to drawing the circle, complex geometries, perspectives, light and shadows, to the significance of the lead pencil and drawing the simple line, this collection of tools explains the recording of the evolution in the expression of architectural ideas. Princeton 2007 USA 124pp HB $A59.50

Trade Fair Design Annual 2003/2004 Schulte, Karin
In the last few years trade fair design has developed into an interdisciplinary field for architects, scenographers, classical trade fair builders, communication and media designers, advertising and event agencies. In this Annual, Karin Schulte has selected interesting examples in the German-speaking area. She visited the most significant trade fairs and examined small and large stands for Ansorg, Audi, Ellesse, Walter Knoll, Siemens, Speedo, Vorwerk, Zumtobel Staff created by designers like Matteo Thun, Stefan Zwicky, Atelier Brückner, Arno Design, among others.
AVEdition Germany 2003 PB 250pp $A 135.00

Twentieth Century Pattern Design Jackson L
A charting of pattern design over the its most dynamic century.
Princeton Architectural Press 2007 USA 244pp PB $A68.50(27/07)

Understanding Architecture through Drawing Edwards, B.
E & FN Spon, 1994. 185 pp PB $A 30.00

Urban Reflections
The world is filled with examples of urban spaces that retain the vitality for which they were designed. Architectural illustrations captivate the imagination and become the embodiment of the dreams of the public and private sector. For over four decades, the architectural illustrations of Richard Rochon have provided visual evidence of the design and growth of the urban environment around the world. In Urban Reflections: Illustrated World Cities, his illustrations serve as a portrait of the dynamic changes that have occured in urban renewal and of the myriad ways in which successful design projects in architecture, interior design, urban planning and landscape architecture have been realised or are yet to be realised.

Urban Sign Design Pie Books
A multitude of signage, categorised into those found in restaurants, manufacturing, retail and service industries are featured in this book. From the smallest signs in neighbourhoods of Japan, to productions that become the faces of corporate brands, and many more are in this highly visual title. Locations are noted for each photograph and complementing this publication is a CD-Rom containing the published photographs. Pie Books Japan 2005 248pp HB $A150.00

Urban Toys Karam N. & Atelier Hapsitus
Based in Beirut, Atelier Hapsitus, led by Nadim Karam have created temporary and permanent projects for various cities from around the world, such as sculptures at the Todai-ji temple in Nara, Japan, the Travellers on the Sandridge Bridge in Melbourne and various others in Beirut, London and Prague. Highly graphical and visually engaging and littered with personal experiences and stories this publication reflects Nadim’s strong desire to inject joy into the urban realm.
Booth-Clibborn 2006 UK 391pp HB $A55.00

World of Signs: Communication by Pictographs Krampen M Gotte M & Kneidl M
Markets without borders demand a communication that surpasses the national constrictions of language. A comparison of syntax of language and picture shows similar structures. This book offers a semantic order for pictographs, a categorised collection of 1200 pictographs that create a reference book and dictionary. It also discusses the use of animation and includes a CD with examples of the possible uses.
AV edition Germany 2007 HB $90.00

World's sign selection Vich I.
Featuring a selection of sign projects outstanding for their design & technical execution. The 200 works were selected to help encourage the participation of designers in the process of drawing up elements of visual communication. Features signs in a variety of differing scales.
Index books Spain2002 PB 237pp $A99.00

You Are Here Graphics That Direct, Explain & Entertain  Finke
Gallery-Dilworth, L. From the society for Environmental Graphic Design this is an edition that brings together visual / graphic solutions for corporate office spaces, hospitals, sports arenas, stores, restaurants,  museums and public works.
St Publications, USA, 1999.  199pp HB $A 93.50

Apartment Living is Great Siegel L.M.
The catalogue from this photographer’s exhibition, which was at the Outré Gallery, San Francisco, California July 2003, shows the viewer the vast documentation of vintage apartment building signage from across California. Featuring over 2000 black & white photographs in this small but limited edition publication.
Outré Press USA2004 PB$A24.95

A New City: Photographs of Melbourne's Land BoomMorrison I (Ed)
In the summer of 1888-89, professional photographer Charles Bristow Walker ventured out of his studio into the streets & captured the splendour of Melbourne's boom. Little known in his own day & forgotten when he died, Walker's stunning photographs are now published for the first time. These photographs provide a lasting vision of a metropolis imbued with energy & dynamism, a glittering city in the days before the land boom went bust. The informed commentary from historians, librarians & archivists that accompanies the photographs reflects the social, cultural, economic & political significance of the scenes captured by Walker. 
Miegunyah Press Aust 2003 HB 118pp $A39.95

Architecture: Developing Style in Creative Photography Hope, Terry
Rotovision, UK, 2001, 143pp, $A 70.00

Architecture in Photography Rosselli, P.
Skira, Italy, 2001 142pp PB $A60.00

Architecture Transformed A History of the Photography of Buildings from 1839 to the Present  Robinson, C & Herschman, J.
MIT, New York, 1988 203pp PB $A 142.10

Architectural Photography Harris, M.
Focal, UK, 1995. 122pp PB $A 68.20

Building Images: 70 Years of Photography at Hendrich Blessing. Essays by Tony Hiss
With the mantra "Don't make photographs, think them" commercial photographers Hendrich Blessing  revolutionized the way in which buildings are photographed. Over the last 70 years the firm has taken photos of the work of  van der Rohe, Wright, Saarinen, Skidmore Owens & Merrill and others. This book has over 160 images in colour and black & white detailing some of 20th century America's most iconic buildings. Chronicle, USA, 2000. 194pp $A 165.00

Building with Light: The International History of Architectural Photography Elwall R.
Authoritatively written by a world-renowned expert, & with fascinating & stunning images drawn from collections throughout the world, this book will appeal to architects & photography enthusiasts everywhere.
Merrell UK2004HB 240pp $A115.00

Günther Förg. Photographs - Bauhaus Tel Aviv – Jerusalem
Günther Förg's artistic oeuvre encompasses paintings, graphic and sculptural works as well as a great body of architectural photographs relating to such buildings as Villa Malaparte or House Wittgenstein. With distinct reference to these existing sequences, a new series about Bauhaus architecture in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv was shot in 2001. The buildings were designed in the 1930s and 40s largely by architects who had emigrated from Europe. Their intention was to implement the social, technical and aesthetic principles postulated by Bauhaus which had been closed down by the Nazis in 1933. More than 1500 of these buildings still lend a distinct character to the cityscape of Tel Aviv today, the largest ensemble of this particular style world-wide.
Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2002. PB 182pp $A 90.00

How to Photograph Buildings and Interiors Kopelow, G.
PAP, USA, 1998. 200pp HB $A 70.95

Julius Shulman Architecture and its Photography  Gossel, P (ed.)
A collection of beautiful architectural photographs representing decades of modern buildings.  Richly textured, this is a series of both black and white and colour images that capture the intimacy and wider environs of each represented work. 
Taschen, Germany, 1998. 299pp HB $A 39.95

Mindscapes: Private and Public - Mapping the Boundaries Hassink, J.
There are many types of mindscapes, possibly as many as there are individuals. Every individual creates personal values by transforming notions of privacy into rooms or spaces, which co-workers, strangers and close friends are either allowed to enter or not. Mindscapes consists of six separate projects: 100 CEOs - 10 Rooms, Personal Coffee Cups, Cubicles, Training Centre for Salarymen, The Shoe Project and VIP Fitting Rooms.
Birkhäuser, Switzerland, 2003, 195pp, HB $A95.00

Modern Greetings: photographed architecture on picture postcards 1919-1939 Baumann K. & Sachsse (Eds)
This private collection of postcards puts together an authentic picture of avant-garde architecture between the wars. It features world-famous views of modern architecture from Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Cologne & Berlin as well as views of hospital rooms & nightclubs, administration buildings, large-scale housing estates & exhibition pavilions, most of them never before shown in published photographs. ArnoldscheGermany2004HB 216pp $A59.95

Photographing the Building Inside and Out 2nd edition McGrath, N.
Whitney, USA, 1993. 208pp PB $A 49.50

Professional Photography;Photographing Buildings Wilson David
Probably the most recent and comprehensive book of it's type currently available, includes technical information and details for the ultimate in lighting and equipment.
Rotovision, UK, 2001, 144pp $A 80.00

The Photography of Architecture Twelve Views. Busch, A.
VNR, USA, 1993. 227 pp PB $A 54.95

REWIND : Forty Years of Design & Advertising Myerson J. & Vickers G.
Charting the history of design & advertising over the last forty years, this book covers a range of design disciplines that include graphic design, press advertising, radio & television, new media & retail packaging. Comprehensively-illustrated, the material in the book is drawn from extensive archives of the London-based organisation, Design and Art Direction (D&AD), one of the world's leading bodies representing the creative industries of design and advertising. All the work featured in the book provides an invaluable resource.
Phaidon UK2004 PB 512pp $A69.95

Steel Images Piironen, Esa
A book of photographs of contemporary buildings, constructed primarily from steel, in Finland. Sounds boring? The buildings are awesome, the photography beautiful and ideas inspiring - if that's your thing.
Rakennustieto, Finland, 2001 HB 144pp $A 85.00

Strategies of Display: Museum Presentation in Nineteenth & Twentieth Century Visual Culture Noordegraaf J.
As a point of departure this book takes a remarkable look at display history as well as reflecting on the history of presentation in museums in Western Europe & North America. Its numerous illustrations present a parallel history of museum presentation in pictures, whilst comparison with other realms of presentation, in particular commercial presentation in department stores & shopping malls, offers new insights into the relationship between the museum & its audience, both now & in the past. As such it seeks to contribute to the international discussion about the role and function of the museum in contemporary society.
NAi The Netherlands2004 PB 287pp$A63.00

Through the Lens - International Architectural Photographers
Finally, a book dedicated to the pure art of architectural photography. Often published but not acknowledged, the world's best are showcased in this glossy coffee table book. It includes more entries from Australian photographers than from any other country after the USA - suggesting perhaps we not only have some of the most innovative architecture but also some of the most talented photographers to capture it. It includes Trevor Mein, Patrick Bingham-Hall, John Gollings, Tim Griffith, Peter Hyatt, Guy Little and Eric Sierins.
Images Publishing, Australia, 2003, 224pp HB $A 89.95

Digital Architecture -  Architects, Architecture, Theory & Design

ArchiCAD MartensB. & Peter H.
The number of ArchiCAD users continues to increase & has already exceeded 100.000 by far. With this book  it provides comprehensive (background) information & descriptions of the many tools, functions & processes, that explain & document their many practical, research & educational uses.
Springer Austria2004HB 286pp $A103.50

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 onour dwelling. Looking at the most innovative talents from around the world, FutureHouse 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

ArchiLab Radical Experiments in Global Architecture, Brayer & Migayrou
"In this unprecedented laboratory of design talent, the future of architecture is redefined by 60 of the most forward looking architects from around the globe. Engaging the complex issues that digitization and globalization have raised, they are creating solutions that are surprising, challenging and provide new clues to how we might live and work in the information age." The essays and projects included come from leading critics and practises such as MVRDV, Bart Lootsma, Kovac Malone, Kolatan/MacDonald, Lacaton & Vassal, Objectile, NOX, Asymptote, FOA and Shigeru Ban . Thames and Hudson, UK, 2001, 528pp, PB $A70.00 Click here for more Digital Architecture titles...

Architect's Eye Vilsualisation and depiction of space in architecture. Porter, T.
E & FN Spon, UK, 1997. 160 pp PB $A 49.45

Architecture in the Digital Age: Design and Manufacturing Kolarevic B. (ed)
Taylor & Francis 2003 UK 314pp PB $A90.25

Architectural Laboratories Greg Lynn & Hani Rashid
The impact that digital technologies have on architectural form can no longer be denied. Greg Lynn and Hani Rashid, push the boundaries within the design practise to the maximum. Architectural Laboratories takes you into more than thirty projects in search of the interaction between research and design and presents an understanding of spatial configurations and building complexes that go far beyond conventional geometrical definitions.
The Netherlands2002 PB 176pp $A 50.00

Bio-Architecture Senosiain, Javier
This title gives an informative overview of the drive towards organically informed design, both intrinsically and aesthetically, using a wide variety of international examples. Organic architecture offers a design approach arising from natural principles, bringing us back to local history, tradition and cultural roots to give us built forms which are in harmony with nature. It shows how architects can take advantage of the resources that contemporary technology has placed within our grasp.
Elsevier UK 2003 174pp PB $A 125.40

Bits and Spaces: Architecture & Computing for Physical, Virtual, Hybrid Realms/33 Projects by Architecure and CAAD, ETH Zurich. Engeli, M Editor
"Architecture in 2010 will inevitably fall into 3 classes: physical, virtual and hybrid 'bits and bricks' architecture". This book looks at the technologies and methods that will help to create these new classes. With chapters and essays on Design in Space in Time, Learning and Creative Collaboration, Virtual Environments: Paths, People Data, IT and Praxis, and Blurring Boundaries, this book is a comprehensive investigation into the latest technological and software applications and associated theory in architectural design.
Birkhauser, Swiss, 2001. HB 207pp $A 98.50

BLOBMEISTER: Digital/Real: First Built Projects Schmal P.C Editor
This book features the first built works and projects of the "blobmeister's', architects and practices at the forefront of new digital media and software-based design. Whilst most of the work of these architects such as Greg Lynn, Asymptote, Marcos Novak, Oosterhuis and others has to date remained unbuilt, this book details the projects currently being, or about to be, constructed. This book is the result of an exhibition by the German Architecture Museum (DAM), and features the work of the above, as well as Hadid, Gehry, Kolatan/MacDonald, Peter Zellner, Erick van Egeraat, Jacob & McFarlane and more. Features 11 projects, and essays by Peter Zellner, Marcos Novak, Harald Kloft and more.
Birkhauser, Swiss, 2001. HB 272pp $A 133.00

Blurring the Lines: Computer-Aided Design & Manufacturing in Contemporary Architecture  Chaszar A. (ed)
This book draws together the expertise of both architects and engineers who are working at the fore of the CAD/CAM revolution. In addition to essays on key topics, covering the intersection of CAD-CAM techniques, case studies of projects including Gehry’s DZ Bank Conference Hall, Nox Architects’ Son-O-House; Piano’s Paul Klee Museum and Cook and Fournier’s Kunsthaus Graz are featured to bring into focus these pioneering technologies.
Wiley 2006 UK 204pp $A74.95

Contemporary Processes in Architecture AD No145 Rahim, Ali Ed
"This issue explores how contemporary processes, in the pursuit of creativity and fluidity, have become more abstract and experimental, attempting to overcome the pragmatic determinism attributed to more conventional working methods". Architects and practices examined are UNStudio, James Corner, Ed Keller, Kolaton/McDonald Studio, Lars Spruybroek, Oliver Lang, Greg Lynn, Enrique Norton, OCEAN NORTH, Reiser + Umemoto.
Wiley-Academy, UK, 2000. PB 112pp $A 59.95
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Cyberspace - the world of digital architecture
With an Introduction by Mark Burry, this book explores projects built in the digital realm. It is a largely visual statement of cyberspaces as legitimate architectural constructs, and advances it even further through the featured work and words of many of its pioneers.
Images Publishing, Australia, 2001, HB $A99.95

Developing Digital Architecture:  2002 Far Eastern International Digital Design Award Liu Y. (Ed)
Presenting the 67 best projects from architects, students & designers from 26 different countries. Each project is fully documented in text with numerous colour illustrations. New features in the competition this year are the inclusion of animated projects which explore "future space in the digital era"; these projects pool together animators, architects, graphic designers, artists, product designers, film designers & a like, providing a thought provoking insight for all who make use of new media in their work. BirkhauserSwitzerland2003 PB215pp$A105.00

Digital Culture Gere, Charlie Gere
Charlie Gere maps the set of cultural symptoms that gave rise to digital culture-among then the information needs of industrial capitalism in the 19th century, and of warfare in the 20th, as well as counter cultural experimentation and neo liberalism in the post war era - and the responses that they in turn produced: the arrival of cybernetics, artificial intelligence, the personal computer, Arpanet and the Internet, but also Feminism, Structuralism, Deconstruction, Punk and the culture that has grown up around Silicon Valley.
Reaktion Books, UK, 2002. PB $A 49.95

Digital Dreams Architecture and the New Alchemic Technologies. Spiller, N, 
 Ellipsis, London, 1998. 163pp PB $A 69.85

Digital Odyssey "A New Voyage in the Mediterranean" IaN+
The Mediterranean architects in this book share the idea of the hybrid and complex role played by todays cities, with both productive and leisure cycles, social and ethnic components, aperture and connection to the surrounding territory and the continental dimension. The second theme they have in common is territory. The Mediterranean area and landscape is believed as being a facet of an anthropological territory, logically leading to a neo-ecological way of thinking, which is connected to digital thought. 
Birkhauser, Germany 2003 95pp PB $A 26.00

Diversifying Digital Architecture 2003 Feidad Award Liu, Yu-Tung
A book honouring innovative design created with the aid of digital media. It presents 50 of the best projects by architects, students and designers from 29 different countries.
Birk Germany2004 216pp $A 97.50

Designing for a Digital World Leach, Neil (Ed)
For the always-trusty Academy series, Leach has brought together the most recent debates, discussions and projects on the theme of designing in this post digital, pre-nano era we have found ourselves in. How does digital technology affect architecture, how does architecture affect it. How can this technology of a virtual medium be applied to architecture for the better, as we would apply construction or materials technology. A selection of examples dealing and exemplifying these issues have been explores in depth by the editor with essays and imagery. Also including the work of other leading theorists and architect's, this book marks the turning point in architecture few of us can barely grasp. Wiley UK, 2002, 144pp, PB $A 74.95

Developing Digital Architecture:  2002 Far Eastern International Digital Design Award Liu Y. (Ed)
Presenting the 67 best projects from architects, students & designers from 26 different countries. Each project is fully documented in text with numerous colour illustrations. New features in the competition this year are the inclusion of animated projects which explore "future space in the digital era"; these projects pool together animators, architects, graphic designers, artists, product designers, film designers & a like, providing a thought provoking insight for all who make use of new media in their work.
BirkhauserSwitzerland2003 PB215pp$A105.00

E-topia Mitchell, J. William
"E-topia" offers a brilliant and succinct lesson on how the evolution of information and other technologies has altered the way we build workplaces and communities, manage relationships and supply our material wants and needs. It unobtrusively lays digital technology into historical and material context, rendering it this way as something not to fear." (San Francisco Bay Guardian).
MIT, USA, 1999, 184pp. HB $A 43.95   NOW IN PAPERBACK   $A 29.95

Emergence 4: Transmutations Europe Pyramyd
Pyramyd France 2006 186pp PB $A73.50(16/06)

Game Zone - Playgrounds between Virtual Scenarios and Reality Iacovoni,A
The architectural awareness and experience of space, and the creative use can profit greatly from certain aspects of "games" and the related technology. Here the author investigates a fascinating contribution of avant-garde art to the construction of space in the field of electronic games and arcades, beginning with New Babylon, moving through the radical suggestions of the 1960s and 1970s to the commercial and experimental examples of contemporary amusement arcades. Also considered are the virtual worlds of video games which are growing increasingly complex. Birkhauser Neth 2003 PB 96pp $A 27.50 

Greg Lynn Folds, Bodies & Blobs collected essays Lachowsky. M & Benzakin. J (ed.) 
Back in Stock, this publication presents a series of theoretical texts that have  paralleled & influenced his design practice.
La Lettre Volee Belgium1998PB233ppO/P

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