An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
$24.99 AUD
Category: Modern & contemporary | Reading Level: very good
It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated painter Masuji Ono fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson, and his evenings drinking ...Show more
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
$19.99 AUD
Category: Modern & contemporary | Reading Level: very good
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is ...Show more
Infinity House: An Endless View by IMAGES PUBLISHING
$70.00 AUD
Category: Modern & contemporary | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
There's something especially beautiful about being able to look to the full expanse of a horizon, something that speaks to the most ancient part of our soul. With the continuing build up of our surroundings, that precious ability to gaze into the unfettered distance is one we all appreciate and savour. ...Show more
Houses: Residential Architecture by EDITORS
$19.99 AUD
Category: Modern & contemporary
There is almost nothing that compares to feeling comfortable in one’s own home. Since the time when the nomads started to settle down, the house has been a reflection of those who live in it and shows the personal taste and lifestyle of its occupants. This series contains comprehensive compilations of f ...Show more
Minimalism by Editors
$34.99 AUD
Category: Modern & contemporary
A beautiful book which combines a multitude of exquisite images of important minimalist design around the world. This series shows different ways of interpreting and expressing minimalism in interior design and architecture. Illustrated throughout
Architecture Now! Houses: v.1 by Philip Jodidio
$24.99 AUD
Category: Modern & contemporary
No place like home. This title features new houses of elegance and distinction from around the world. Beyond the fundamental notion of shelter, what defines a house? The broad-ranging selection of extraordinary dwellings in the Architecture Now! Houses series shows the concept to be infinitely malleable ...Show more
Stunning Houses by EDITORS
$45.00 AUD
Category: Modern & contemporary
Whether you are looking for new ideas for planning or building a house on a large budget or just want to let your imagination run wild, this book will show you an impeccable selection of dream homes. This richly illustrated volume shows examples of the most amazing houses designed in recent years. Locat ...Show more
The Sub/Urban Idea - From Terraced Houses to Residential Estates by Lisa Baker
$80.00 AUD
Category: Modern & contemporary
As the Pet Shop Boys already said: Where the suburbs met utopia. Since 2008, for the first time in human history, more people reside in cities than in the countryside. As a result, suburban housing development is one of the most important construction tasks of our times. Architects and urban planners fa ...Show more
This Brutal World by Peter Chadwick (Artist)
$59.95 AUD
Category: Modern & contemporary
A curated collection of some of the most powerful and awe-inspiring Brutalist architecture ever built This Brutal World is a global survey of this compelling and much-admired style of architecture. It brings to light virtually unknown Brutalist architectural treasures from across the former eastern blo ...Show more
The French Art of War by Alexis Jenni
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern & contemporary | Reading Level: very good
It was the beginning of the Gulf War. I watched it on TV and did little else. I was doing badly, you see. Everything was going wrong. I just awaited the end. But then I met Victorien Salagnon, a veteran of the great colonial wars of Indochina, Vietnam and Algeria, a commander who had led his soldiers ac ...Show more
The Apartment House by Cameron & Butler Bruhn
$70.00 AUD
Category: Modern & contemporary
Explores some of the best examples of contemporary multi-residential projects. Speaks to a twenty-first century lifestyle where smaller and closer living is the new dream.
Architecture Inside + Out - 50 Great Buildings Revealed by John Zukowsky; Robbie Polley
$49.99 AUD
Category: Modern & contemporary
From ancient palaces and glorious cathedrals, to futuristic homes and striking skyscrapers, architecture continues to play an important role in the development of history and culture. Architecture Inside + Out examines fifty of the world's most impressive buildings and uncovers their structural secrets ...Show more