Garden Architecture in Europe 1450-1800 - From the villa garden of the Italian Renaissance to the English landscape garden by Torsten Olaf Enge and Carl Friedrich Schroer

$25.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Series: Big Art | Reading Level: very good

The photographs in this book provide a magnificent record of some 30 European gardens and parks which date from the glorious days of the Renaissance, the Baroque and the 18th century and which in many cases have now been painstakingly restored to their original condition. The illustrations are complemen ted by essays tracing the history of ideas which accompanied the flowering of garden design, ISBN: 9783822805404 Title: GARDEN ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE 1450-1800 Author: TASCHEN ROLF Year: 1990 Format: PAPERBACK Price: $10.00 Pages: 240 Dimension: 300mm X 240mm ...Show more

Beach Houses - The best of Beach and Bay Living by .

$15.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good

Showcases some of Australia's most beautiful houses by the sea. This book contains photographs of each house - the kitchen, the bedrooms, the living rooms and the terrace. The spectacular views, the interiors and the decorating ideas will provide inspiration to those looking for a sea change.

Low Budget Houses

$45.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: near fine

One of the toughest challenges for architects and interior designers is providing a high-quality product whilst juggling with a budget. The delicate economic climate in many countries across the globe has further reinforced this trend, or need.

Old New Zealand Houses 1800-1940 by Jeremy Salmond

$60.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Necklines - The Art of Jacques-Louis David after the Terror by Ewa Lajer-Burcharth

$30.00 NZD

Category: Artists | Reading Level: very good

This book examines the crucial period in the painter's career as he struggled to save his neck and recast his identity in the aftermath of the Reign of Terror. Burcharth assesses his works in the context of the larger cultural and social formations emerging in France concluding with an interpretation of the unfinished portrait of Juliette Recamier. ...Show more

Extensions by Adam Mornement

$35.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good

The vast majority of architects cut their teeth designing small-scale additions to private homes. Extensions can be added to roofs, gardens and underneath buildings or can even be strapped on to the sides.Following a brief introduction, the book is divided into chapters featuring 40 projects that extend spaces up, down, to the rear, to the side, on the roof, internally and outdoors. Each case study explains how the architects faced design challenges while at the same time meeting their clients' needs. Details covered include choice of materials, planning issues, time and cost.The book also raises issues that clients ought to consider when commissioning an architect to design an extension, from developing a brief to the finished product. At the end of the book there is practical advice for anyone thinking about extending their own property.It includes: Armadale House, Melbourne, Australia - Jackson Clements Burrows Architects; Brooklyn house, New York, USA - Baumann Architecture; Furniture maker's bedroom, Lille, France - Isabelle Menu and Luc Saison; Lightweight penthouse Stuttgart, Germany - Hartwig N. Schneider Architekten; Photographer's penthouse New York, USA - Christoff: Finio Architecture; House Ray 1, Vienna, Austria - Delugan Meissl Associated Architects; Rooftop bedrooms, Montrouge, France - Tectone; Underground entertainment space, London, UK - Granit Chartered Architects; Vermont Avenue House, Moss Beach, California, USA - Aidlin Darling Design; Villa at Lake Bled, Slovenia - Ofis Arhitekti; Violin House, Melbourne, Australia - Cassandra Complex; Symbiont Friedrich extension, Merzig, Germany - FloSundk; 57 South Hill Park, London, UK - Robert Dye Associates; Bell-Simpson House, Stirlingshire, UK - NORD Architecture; and Caristo House Sydney, Australia - Sam Crawford Architects.It also includes: Clifton Hill rear extension Melbourne, Australia - Adam Dettrick; Lee Residence, La Jolla, California, USA - Public; Patio House, Nantes, France - Michelle Pasquier; Rear family room, London, UK - Map Projects Ltd; Solar Umbrella, Venice, California, USA - Pugh + Scarpa; Tall Acres, Pittsford, New York, USA - Studio for Architecture; 50 Pilgrim's Lane, London, UK - Eldridge Smerin; Artist's studio, Vidreres, Spain - Josep Llobet; Casa A-F, Vallvidrera, Spain - exe.arquitectura; CG Annexe, Caldetas, Spain - Francesc Rife SL; Dirk Cove House, County Cork, Ireland - Niall McLaughlin; Frankfort House, Brussels, Belgium - Atelier d'Architecture Pierre Hebbelinck; New Cabana, Girona, Spain - Hidalgo Hartmann; and Santa Barbara Ranch House, Santa Barbara, California, USA - Nick Noyes Architecture.It also features: Villa 57+, Dortmund, Germany - ArchiFactory.de; Dr Gabka House, Munich, Germany - Landau + Kindelbacher Architekten; Duane Street Live/Work Space, New York, USA - Marpillero Pollak Architects; Manhattan roofterrace New York, USA - Studio Rinaldi; Terrace and swimming pool, Nantes, France - Murisserie Parent-Rachdi; Casa pR34, Mexico City, Mexico - Rojkind Arquitectos; Dragspelhuset, Lake Ovre Gla, Sweden - 24H Architecture; Loftcube, Germany - Studio Aisslinger; Rucksack House, Germany - Stefan Eberstadt; and Suspended bedroom, Paris, France - Emmanuel Combarel Dominique Marrec Architectes. ...Show more

Big Ideas for Small Houses by Catherine Foster

$30.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: near fine

A look at a range of small houses around New Zealand, and the strategies the owners used to get a toehold in the tight housing market. From building a secondary dwelling on an existing family section, to tiny houses on pocket handkerchief pieces of land, these approaches to housing will give ideas and i nspiration to all wondering how it can be possible to own a first home in the twenty-first century. Each entry begins with a statement about the strategy the owner used to achieve a home of their own. The houses range in size from 100 square metres right down to a very cosy 24 square metres! Beautifully photographed, and including plans and costs, the houses presented are in Puhoi, west and north Auckland, Raglan, Tamahere, Taupiri, Whanganui, New Plymouth, Wellington and Christchurch. ...Show more

L' Amour Fou - Photography and Surrealism by Rosalind E. Krauss; Jane Livingston; Dawn Ades

$55.00 NZD

Category: Photography | Reading Level: very good

Much has been written about Surrealist painting and sculpture, but most of the erotic, disorienting, and exquisite Surrealist photographs of Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, André Breton, Brassaï, Salvador Dalí, André Kertész, and Hans Bellmer have remained all but unknown -- until now. Traditional c riticism has viewed Surrealist photography as a pale imitation of authentic Surrealist work. The assumption has been that photography, a "realistic" medium, is fundamentally incompatible with a cause devoted to the wildly subjective, the world of dreams, and the unconscious. As a consequence, Surrealist photography, a major body of twentieth-century art, has remained largely unexplored. L Amour fou is the first book to study the crucial role photography did in fact play in the Surrealist movement. It shows how photographers enlisted into the service of "subjective" Surrealism their mediums very claim to "objective" reality. Of greatest interest, of course, is the books abundant reproductions of the fantastic and distorted photographic creations that must be acknowledged as an important part of the Surrealist oeuvre. Rosalind Krauss, a professor of art history at Hunter College, CUNY, New York City, is a widely published author of books and articles on art subjects, including Surrealism. Jane Livingston, former associate director and chief curator of The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., has written major books and exhibition catalogues on art and photography. Dawn Ades has written several art books, including Abbevilles The 20th-Century Poster. ...Show more

Yan Pei-Ming by Yan Mei-Ping; Francesco Bonami (Editor); Hou Hanru (Contribution by)

$65.00 NZD

Category: Artists | Reading Level: very good

The first monograph on important Franco-Chinese contemporary artist Yan Pei-Ming, whose work blends Eastern and Western cultural influences. Yan Pei-Ming is one of the most important figures in contemporary art. His large-scale, monochrome paintings--portraits of politically charged figures such as Mao, Pope John Paul II, Barack Obama, and Vladimir Putin, as well as cultural icons Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Bruce Lee, and Picasso--are the result of a powerful combination of conceptual rigor and the passionate, dynamic gestures with which he "attacks" the canvas. Having grown up in Shanghai during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and resettled in Dijon, France, Yan Pei-Ming's work stands for an entire generation that has experienced and survived the dramatic changes that global geopolitics have undergone since the end of the Cold War. Yan Pei-Ming's art is in the collections of a number of prestigious institutions--including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Honolulu Museum of Art, Museum Ludwig in Cologne, National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, National Gallery of Australia, and the Shanghai Art Museum. This significant volume is the first comprehensive book on Yan Pei-Ming's practice and is prepared by the internationally renowned curator Francesco Bonami. ...Show more

Antony Gormley by John Hutchinson

$35.00 NZD

Category: Artists | Series: Contemporary Artists Series | Reading Level: very good

Recipient of the 1994 Turner Prize, Antony Gormley is an internationally acclaimed artist who has revitalized the human figure in sculpture. His public sculpture projects, such as the "Angel of the North", have continued to grow in scale and ambition, as well as popularity. This book is published to coi ncide with a major solo exhibition of his work at SITE Santa Fe in New Mexico in November 2000, and on tour in the US in 2002. Fully revised and expanded, this edition has 52 extra pages documenting new work from 1995-2000, including a new update essay, new artist's writings and an expanded chronology. ...Show more

Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death by Corinne May Botz

$35.00 NZD

Category: Photography | Reading Level: very good

"The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death" offers readers an extraordinary glimpse into the mind of a master criminal investigator. Frances Glessner Lee, a wealthy grandmother, founded the Department of Legal Medicine at Harvard in 1936 and was later appointed captain in the New Hampshire police. In th e 1940s and 1950s she built dollhouse crime scenes based on real cases in order to train detectives to assess visual evidence. Still used in forensic training today, the eighteen Nutshell dioramas, on a scale of 1:12, display an astounding level of detail: pencils write, window shades move, whistles blow, and clues to the crimes are revealed to those who study the scenes carefully. Corinne May Botz's lush color photographs lure viewers into every crevice of Frances Lee's models and breathe life into these deadly miniatures, which present the dark side of domestic life, unveiling tales of prostitution, alcoholism, and adultery. The accompanying line drawings, specially prepared for this volume, highlight the noteworthy forensic evidence in each case. Botz's introductory essay, which draws on archival research and interviews with Lee's family and police colleagues, presents a captivating portrait of Lee. ...Show more

Art and Craft for the South Pacific by Gordon Tovey

$15.00 NZD

Category: Maori & Pacific | Reading Level: very good