Tag: Books

Images from Hightide: Flight Deck bench by Surya Graf.
Talks | 9 Aug 2013

Hightide: Australian design culture in a global age

The launch of Hightide by Jason Bird.

Solitaire by Alexander Lotersztain; from Hightide.
Talks | 8 Aug 2013

Hightide: Australian design culture in a global age

The launch of Hightide by Jason Bird.

A private garden in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, by Piet Oudolf.
Discussion | Claire Martin | 3 Jul 2013

Piet Oudolf: Landscapes In Landscapes

A showcase of 30 years of work by landscape’s pioneer of “new wave naturalism,” Piet Oudolf.

Making Landscape Architecture in Australia by Andrew Saniga.
Discussion | Christopher Vernon | 25 Jun 2013

Making Landscape Architecture

In a remarkable act of recovery, this book by Andrew Saniga unearths the history of landscape architecture in Australia.

Making Marks
Discussion | Peter Salhani | 13 Jun 2013

Making Marks

Architect Ken Woolley’s book of travel sketches from Siem Reap to Rome, and home in Australia.

One of a series of provocative rendered images that explores the potential of connection from inside out and vice versa.
Discussion | Endriana Audisho | 16 May 2013

Porosity: The Architecture of Invagination

A publication by Australian artist and architect, Richard Goodwin, aims to change our view of cities.

The oeuvre of Edmond and Corrigan
Discussion | Rory Hyde | 6 May 2013

The oeuvre of Edmond and Corrigan

Cities of Hope: Remembered/Rehearsed looks at this confronting, yet humanist architecture.

Designer Suburbs: Architects and Affordable Homes in Australia
Discussion | Keith Cottier | 16 Apr 2013

Designer Suburbs: Architects and Affordable Homes in Australia

The story of the project home in Australia, from its prewar influences to its 1980s demise.

Author’s rendition of Macquarie Street’s layering of public buildings over time.
Discussion | Camilla Block | 8 Apr 2013

Continuity and evolution in public Sydney

Camilla Block reflects on themes of on continuity and evolution contained in the new publication, Public Sydney: Drawing the City.

View to Sydney Harbour Bridge from Circular Quay, from Public Sydney: Drawing the City.
Discussion | David Holm | 8 Apr 2013

Public Sydney: Drawing the City

A milestone publication sets a new benchmark in navigating the historic layers of Sydney’s CBD.

Peter Hall Architect: The Phantom of the Opera House by Peter Webber.
Discussion | Anne Watson | 5 Apr 2013

Peter Hall Architect: The Phantom of the Opera House

A biography by Peter Webber of the architect who finished the Sydney Opera House.

Kerry Hill at the Vola Celebrates dinner at Dedece, Sydney, March 2012.
People | Laura Harding | 1 Mar 2013

Dinner with Mr Hill

A dinner and a new book celebrates the work of architect Kerry Hill.

Future Practice by Rory Hyde.
Discussion | Marcus Trimble | 11 Feb 2013

Future Practice

Marcus Trimble reviews Rory Hyde’s debut book Future Practice: Conversations from the edges of the profession.

A drawing from Drawing for Landscape Architecture: Sketch to Screen to Site.
Discussion | Emma Wood | 4 Feb 2013

Drawing for Landscape Architecture

A book by landscape architect Edward Hutchison on the importance of hand drawing in landscape architecture.

Rethink The Way You Live
Discussion | 1 Feb 2013

Rethink The Way You Live

A book that asks reader to reflect on how they live and reconsider how to design their homes.

New Modern House: Redefining Functionalism
Discussion | 1 Feb 2013

New Modern House: Redefining Functionalism

A book that looks at residential architecture that sits outside the box.

Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture
Discussion | 1 Feb 2013

Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture

Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture.

Living Modern Tropical: A Sourcebook of Stylish Interiors
Discussion | 1 Feb 2013

Living Modern Tropical

A source of ideas for interiors in tropical climates.

Urban Wildscapes
Discussion | Mary Mann | 1 Feb 2013

Urban Wildscapes

A book exploring abandoned and marginal spaces that have evolved, rather than been designed or planned.

Le Corbusier and the Occult by J.K. Birksted
Archive | 22 Jan 2013

Le Corbusier and the Occult

Documents in newly discovered family and local archives argue that Le Corbusier was in cahoots with the Freemasons.

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