Tag: Books
The disruptive urbanist
Many see greater density as key to less car-dependant cities. Planning maverick Paul Mees showed this belief is a delusion.
Tokyo Void book launch
The launch of Marieluise Jonas and Heike Rahmann’s book, Tokyo Void.
Furniture, Structure, Infrastructure: Making and Using the Urban Environment
Nigel Bertram’s book explores the link between urban observations and design research.
Repose: Dirk Bolt monograph
Architectural historian Philip Goad reviews a new monograph exploring previously undocumented work.
Garden Voices
This book celebrates the contribution of talented Australian garden designers.
Architecture as Material Culture: The work of Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Elizabeth Farrelly reviews a monograph on Australian architecture practice, Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp.
Exchange: Collaboration, Convergence, Conversations
A monograph on urban transformations by one of Australia’s largest practices, Hayball.
Multitudes: Hassell 1938–2013
Leon van Schaik assesses the merits of this book, which marks seventy-five years of work by Hassell.
Minimono: Paul Morgan Architects
Carey Lyon reviews a new monograph on the work of Paul Morgan Architects.
Creating a difference
The launch of a guide to help creative people improve their business or creative practises.
The changing landscape of architecture book publishing
Is the architectural monograph losing its relevance, or can it still engender critical debate?
Future Park
Amalie Wright provides an analysis of contemporary trajectories in urban park design.
Made in Australia: The future of our cities
Richard Weller and Julian Bolleter postulate how our cities might accommodate predicted urban growth.
Designing to Heal
As designers we aspire to know more, and to know better, than the client. After all, that is why we are hired. This aspiration also …
Le Corbusier Redrawn: The Houses
A series of Le Corbusier designs, redrawn using CAD.
Lisa Diedrich: European landscape architecture
Professor Lisa Diedrich speaks with Ricky Ricardo in Melbourne.
Kerry Hill: Crafting Modernism
A richly illustrated monograph brings together more than thirty years of architectural work.
Public Sydney: Drawing the City
Professor Philip Goad reviews the seminal work by Philip Thalis and Peter John Cantrill.
The Biggest Estate on Earth
Shaneen Fantin reviews Bill Gammage’s publication on how Aborigines made Australia.
The Biggest Estate on Earth
Claire Martin reviews Bill Gammage’s ambitious book on how Aborigines made Australia.
