A few new books in the library are listed below. You can also see a list of recent print additions to the library (the list is sorted by dewey decimal number - the most relevant areas for the school of architecture & design might be 307, 711-729, 745, 747 and 749). Also, to search for new books by topic, try your search, refine the results to books and order by publication date - e.g., urban design.
Please send any library requests to Tristan or Vivian for graphic arts.
The other moderns: Sydney's forgotten European design legacy
"... uncovers the work of Sydney's forgotten emigre architects, interior designers, and furniture makers working from the 1930s to 1960s, and reveals their groundbreaking impact on modernist design. Highlighting the direct connections between Sydney and the European design centres of Vienna, Berlin, and Budapest, the book provides a new understanding of modernism.
Profiling the work of architects like Henry Epstein and Hugo Stossel, along with Gerstl Furniture, The Other Moderns tells the story of the network of architects, designers, property developers, retailers, and photographers working together to bring a distinctly European style to mid-century Australia.
Richly illustrated with rare photography, including stunning images from Austrian-born photographer Margaret Michaelis, and furniture from the collection of Hotel Hotel Canberra, the book explores the work of this unacknowledged group of style makers for the first time."
"This is the first book to celebrate the life and work of Grant Featherston (1922–1995), the Melbourne-based industrial designer most well known for his Contour chairs.
Featherston, later joined by his second wife, Mary, designed hundreds of chairs over the next thirty years; however, this astonishing Australian industrial design partnership has gone largely uncelebrated until now. Featherston focuses on the chairs produced between 1947 and 1975 and presents a new biography of the designer, drawn from archival research and interviews with his peers. It is extensively illustrated with over 250 beautiful photographs and includes a selection from the previously unpublished personal achieve of Ian Howard, the former Managing Director of Melbourne-based manufacturer Aristoc."
Robot house: Instrumentation, representation, fabrication
"... features projects produced by the most advanced robotics design studio in the world, often interacting with a wide range of technologies from motion capture to material science? a realm far beyond the capabilities of 3D printing. The book has three central sections: Principles, which sets out the fields and the thinking that underlie the new uses for robotics; Projects, which offers detailed presentations that explore how these principles can be applied and augmented through interactive prototypes and working models; and Platforms, which presents the working tools used for robotic architecture through specially drawn technical illustrations."
Together: The new architecture of the collective
"Housing is scarce, that much has become evident in the last
few years. As real estate prices in big cities continue to skyrocket,
conventional ideas of housing development prove unable to meet demands. The
reaction to these challenges has been a silent revolution in contemporary architecture -
towards collective building and living. Using models, films, and walk-in
displays, the exhibition 'Together! The New Architecture of the Collective'
addresses this global phenomenon by presenting a broad array of collective building
and living projects from Europe, Asia, and the United States. An overview of
historical precedents for the current wave of collectives demonstrates that the
idea of collectivity has been a recurring theme in the history of
architecture, from the reformist ideas of the nineteenth century to
the hippies and squatters of the twentieth who touted the slogan
'Make love, not lofts'."
