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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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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, ...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 ...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 ...Show more
Art and Craft for the South Pacific by Gordon Tovey
$15.00 NZD
Category: Maori & Pacific | Reading Level: very good