A Century of Architecture

$42.50 NZD

Category: Architecture & Design

Hardback with no dust jacket. 29 pages. SECONDHAND

Architects at Home Thirty New Zealand Architects & Their Houses by Adrienne Rewi & Euan Sarginson

$45.00 NZD

Category: Architecture & Design

Hardback with dust jacket. 184 pages. SECONDHND

Architecture in Britain, 1530-1830 by John N. Summerson

$20.00 NZD

Category: Architecture & Design | Series: The\Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Ser.

The author charts the development of architectural theory and practice from Elizabeth I to George IV. Questions of style, technology, and the social framework are resolved as separable but always essential components of the building worlds.

Architecture of Britain by Yarwood

$20.00 NZD

Category: Architecture & Design

A political, stylistic and technical history of architecture from 450 AD to the modern day, including a discussion of the architects who created the most significant buildings during this period.

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

$25.00 NZD

Category: Bay of Plenty, Gisborne & Hawke's Bay | Reading Level: very good

Art Deco Napier - Styles of the Thirties is the story of how Napier, New Zealand, became a world centre for Art Deco architecture after the city was ravaged by an earthquake in 1931.

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

$47.50 NZD

Category: Architecture & Design | Reading Level: near fine

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

Beata Heuman - Every Room Should Sing by Beata Heuman

$155.00 NZD

Category: Architecture & Design

The highly anticipated debut monograph from one of today's leading designers championing playful, original interiors infused with Scandinavian flair. Swedish-born, London-based interior designer Beata Heuman founded her eponymous studio in 2013 after working for Nicky Haslam for nine years. In a short a mount of time her lively interiors and custom furnishings have made her one of today's most in-demand creatives. Heuman's rooms, colorful spaces enlivened by exuberant elements and poetic inspirations, capture her signature quirkiness and Scandinavian attention to detail while staying rooted in practicality. Lauded for international residential and commercial projects, Heuman has also garnered praise for her growing collection of bespoke fabrics, wallpaper, lighting, homewares, and furniture.This beautifully crafted volume presents Heuman's innovative approach in book form for the very first time. Organized according to design principle, each chapter offers fresh ways to think about decorating a home, finding your voice, making ordinary details extraordinary, and forging a truly unique space. Vibrant photographs showcase standout properties--including several London town houses and a Nantucket vacation residence--that are brought to life by cheerful color palettes, unexpected contrasts, and a d gag use of bold patterns and texture. With original drawings and whimsical graphic details, this new tome is a dynamic look into the ethos and work of one of the most exciting names in interior design today. ...Show more

Beauty & Utility by Kari Hoel

$30.00 NZD

Category: Architecture & Design

Big Ideas: 100 Wonders of New Zealand Engineering by Matthew Wright

$35.00 NZD

Category: Architecture & Design

Roads, bridges, dams, railway viaducts, tunnels ...New Zealand is full of amazing feats of engineering. Our number-eight wire mentality has brought about some incredible engineering solutions to create structures and systems to wonder at, from the Manapouri underground power station to Burt Munro's famo us Indian motorcycle. Who designed these amazing things? How were they built? What innovative solutions did their engineers use to overcome problems of terrain, weather, materials and cost? From early Maori and European settlement through the boom days of the late 1900s into the Depression-era projects of the early twentieth century and on to the Think Big years, Wonders of New Zealand Engineering features 100 projects from around the country with informative text, fact boxes and historic photographs. This is a great book to dip into or read from cover to cover, showing the development of New Zealand's fascinating engineering heritage. ...Show more

Bridges: Spanning the World by Binney Marcus

$89.99 NZD

Category: Architecture & Design

Building bridges across rivers, canyons, straits and sea represents one of man's greatest endeavours. It has stretched human ingenuity, engineering and material technology to their utmost limits. Their creation has been driven by man's desire, from the earliest times, to make lines of communication poss ible by foot, horse or engine. Bridges have altered history by joining communities together, extending trade and transporting water to villages and cities. Some are of breathtaking beauty and it is little wonder that they rank among the world's most admired structures. As Marcus Binney writes, 'Each one is remarkable in its own way, each a response to a challenge and perhaps the realization of a dream.' This book looks at more than two hundred bridges spanning the world and the centuries. Here you will find, amongst others, an Inca suspension bridge made from grass ropes; the mile-long Roman aqueduct at Caesarea; the bridges of Venice; France's famous Millau Viaduct; the doubledecker, transporter, lift and stilt bridges produced by German precision engineering; Spain's Acueducto del Aguila (glowing in a bright livery of yellow and terracotta red); the awe-inspiring cantilever bridges built by railway engineers across major rivers in North America and India, and the world's longest suspension bridge at Kobe in Japan. ...Show more

Bridges of New Zealand by HUDSON, Patrick

$30.00 NZD

Category: Architecture & Design

Bridges are one of the oldest, if not the oldest form of engineering in the history of mankind. This book for the first time presents a history of the best-known bridges in New Zealand, structures that were intended to be functional but which also have their intrinsic beauty of design and form, harmoniz ing with their environments. From huge railway viaducts to simple but picturesque footbridges, this book portrays in words and 63 excellent photos (9 in color) the architecture and engineering behind 120 years of bridge building in New Zealand. Patrick Hudson relates the stories behind the impressive, and at times intriguing, structures, including the reasons for their choice of design and materials, personalities involved and general anecdotes. ...Show more

Bridging the Gap Early Bridges in New Zealand 1830-1939 by Geoffrey Thornton

$75.00 NZD

Category: Architecture & Design

Hardback with dust jacket. 311 pages. SECONDHAND