History of architecture

The pocket-sized visual guide to the great buildings and structures of the modern age from around the world by an architecture expert. Explore over 500 masterpieces of modern architecture in this celebration of the most iconic buildings in the world.  ...

This book tells the story of the architects and buildings that have defined Australia’s architectural culture since the founding of the modern nation through Federation in 1901. That year marked the beginning of a search for city forms and better...

This inspiring book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped architecture. Entertainingly written by an expert on architecture, it provides a concise history of the subject, and offers a fascinating resource to dip into for the general...

Combining a fascinating, thought-provoking and – above all – readable text with over 800 photographs, plans, and sections, this exciting new reading of modern architecture is a must for students and architecture enthusiasts alike.  Organized largely as...

Big and bold or soft and sculptural, or a mix of the two, it's not until you get up close that you feel brutalism's radical roots. Brutalist architecture hit Sydney in the late 1950s when local archi­tects and their international peers experimented with...

An unparalleled catalogue of the most amazing, famous, and intriguing buildings and monuments ever created by humans Discover and explore the most incredible statues, monuments, temples, bridges, and ancient cities with this unparalleled survey of the...

Here is the definitive guide to Australian Indigenous architecture, comprehensively updated to showcase the flourishing Indigenous design practices reshaping Australia's architectural landscape. The award-winning Gunyah Goondie + Wurley: The Aboriginal...

MMXX tells the story of architecture in Australia in the first two decades of the 21st century. Shaped by unprecedented prosperity, urbanisation, uncertainty and internationalisation, the past two decades have produced some of the most significant and...