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![Image for The Luberon Garden : A provencal story of Apricot Blossom, Truffles and Thyme [used book]](/assets/images/product/0091880955_1)
Price: $8.00
Publisher: UK, Ebury Press: 2002
Seller ID: 0091880955
ISBN: 0091880955
Condition: Good
'The rollicking adventures of an English garden designer in Provence' Independent. 'Escapist reading-magic' The Times. Alex Dingwall-Main left London with his wife and dog nine years ago for the Luberon region of the South of France. A landscape gardener of international renown he was in search of a challenge - a new climate, a new way of gardening and a new way of life. This is his account of gardening his way round Provence, and in particular, of attempting to restore the secret garden of M-nerbes. Situated high on the plains of the Luberon region, M-nerbes is a famously beautiful village ... View more info
By: Allan Staines
Price: $29.99 $23.95
Publisher: Australia, Pindedale Press: 2014
Seller ID: 9781875217045
ISBN: 1875217045
Condition: New
This book with its easy show me how style reveals the secrets that can turn you into a confident landscape sketching artist. The beginner is led from beginner sketching step-by-step, choosing equipment, visualizing perspective, creating tonal values and understanding composition. Covering not only landscapes but also all the elements found in the landscape as well as seascapes on to buildings and architectural renderings in pencil or pen and ink. Skilled artists will appreciate the many new landscape ideas and even the Allan Staines style, enabling them to broaden their approach and... View more info
By: Bruce Munday with photographs by Kristin Munday
Price: $39.95
Publisher: Australia, Wakefield Press: 2012
Seller ID: 002266
ISBN: 1743051255
Condition: New
Beautiful stone was nature's gift to South Australia, and an irresistible building material for early settlers. Many stone walls, without mortar or with no more than mud as glue, have defied gravity and the elements all these years. Or did gravity combine with deft balance to sustain them? Join Bruce and Kristin Munday as they traverse South Australia in search of these walls, finding historic masterpieces and insights into rural life in the years following settlement. Those Dry-stone Walls is rich with beautiful imagery of these walls, the stories behind them, and advice to inspire you to fol... View more info
Price: $78.95
Publisher: USA, Oxford University Press: 1978
Seller ID: 001679
ISBN: 0195019199
Condition: New
You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction. After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Structure are now publishing a major statement in the form of three books which will, in their words, "lay the basis for an entirely new approach to architecture, building and planning, which will we hope... View more info
Price: $29.95
Publisher: USA, Storey Publishing: 2015
Seller ID: 9781612123530
ISBN: 1612123538
Condition: New
Created by an assembly of leading designers, architects, and bloggers, these 57 unique and innovative designs will show you the limits of what is possible. All of the designs include beautiful full-colour photos along with floor plans and building tips; 15 of them include flushed-out concept sketches; and five include step-by-step building plans. You'll also find guidelines on building with recycled and salvaged materials, plus techniques for making your small space comfortable and easy to inhabit. View more info
By: Editors of Fine Homebuilding Magazine
Price: $29.95
Publisher: USA, Taunton Press Inc: 2014
Seller ID: 000228
ISBN: 1627107452
Condition: New
This is an inspiring guide to maximising the potential of small homes and spaces. Harnesses a bestselling topic: home construction solutions for limited space. It looks at a variety of houses as well as a selection of sheds, studios, and other small structures. Just because a home is smaller doesn't mean it can't serve all the purposes a larger home did - it just takes careful planning and some smart strategies which are provided in Cabins & Cottages and Other Small Spaces. In this collection from Fine Homebuilding magazine, the authors look at houses both new and remodelled, urban and rural, ... View more info
By: Graham de Gruchy
Price: $59.95
Publisher: Australia, Boolarong Press: 2012
Seller ID: 9781921920998
ISBN: 1921920998
Condition: New
This book updates the original book published in 1988, Architecture in Brisbane. It continues the examination of Brisbane's buildings and the design changes from 1988 to 2011. Now retired Assoc Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Dr Graham de Grucy pprovides a picture of design changes and technological advancements over the last 20 years. Complemented by many photos and plans this book is a must for any historian or student of architecture. View more info
By: Graham de Gruchy
Price: $49.95
Publisher: Australia, Boolarong Press: 1988
Seller ID: 9780864390783
ISBN: 0864390785
Condition: New
Ass Professor Graham de Gruchy examines the architecture of Brisbane from early settlement to 1988, Brisbane's Expo year. This book provides a comprehensive look at buildings - commercial and residential with images and plans. View more info
By: John W. Wrigley and Murray Fagg
Price: $49.95
Publisher: Australia, Reed New Holland: 2009
Seller ID: 9781877069406
ISBN: 187706940X
Condition: New
This concise edition makes it even easier to choose Australian native plants for your garden. This concise edition of the phenomenally successful Australian Native Plants (now in its fifth edition) makes it even easier to choose Australian native plants for your garden. It includes: More than 1500 species and cultivars that are easy to obtain and grow, many illustrated with colour photographs. Plants divided into chapters: Ground Covers, Rockery Plants, Water Features, Shrubs, Trees, Annuals and Bedding Plants, and Climbers recommended planting zones for every plant. Symbols indicati... View more info
By: Katie Hutchison
Price: $49.95
Publisher: USA, Taunton Press: 2015
Seller ID: 003653
ISBN: 1631864408
Condition: New
Though the median size of a new single-family house is back on the rise--after a brief decline during the 2007-2009 U.S. recession--many are now choosing to live small deliberately. They're building smaller, more environmentally and economically friendly homes. The New Small House presents small-house design strategies as well as whole-house case studies from across the U.S. and Canada for homeowners eager to simplify, and remodelers, builders, architects, and designers looking for inspiration. The ingenious and attractive designs of these 24 small houses (ranging in size from 500 square feet ... View more info
![Image for Grand Designs Handbook: The Blueprint for Building Your Dream Home [used book]](https://sdi3.chrislands.com/sdi/978/00/07/3/9780007307425.jpg)
By: Kevin McCloud
Price: $15.00
Publisher: UK, Harper Collins: 2009
Seller ID: 004043
ISBN: 000730742X
Condition: Good
TV's architecture and design guru Kevin McCloud shares his passion and expertise in this brilliant guide to designing and building your own home, illustrated with the most memorable houses from the award-winning Channel 4 series. The book goes way beyond the confines of the usual TV tie-in. Over the 11 years that Grand Designs has been on our screens, Kevin has had plenty of opportunity to formulate his own strong views on what makes truly brilliant architecture. For the first time he can share those views fully, showing that 'houses too can be architecture' and giving any aspiring self-builde... View more info
By: Peter Maddison
Price: $34.95
Publisher: Australia, Harper Collins: 2013
Seller ID: A1108
ISBN: 0732296889
Condition: New
An inspirational and practical guide to building exciting, beautiful and extraordinary homes, Grand Designs Australia Handbook is a must-have book for all homeowners, builders, renovators and dreamers. Showcasing the striking homes - from streamlined, sleek modernist homes to rustic country getaways - that appeared in Grand Designs Australia television series 1-3, this book is packed with practical guidance, advice and ideas for people who are considering building or renovating their home. From the initial vision through to the planning, construction and finishing stages, Peter Maddison ... View more info
![Image for How to Design The Aestetics of Town Scape [used book]](/assets/images/product/0864390319_1)
By: Robert J. Goakes
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Australia, Boolarong Press: 1987
Seller ID: 0864390319
ISBN: 0864390319
Condition: Very Good
Used book in very good conditon.The author is a Quenslander who has spent his working career spanning forty years as a local authority engineer and a consulting engineer and town planner. As a director of a large consulting group, he was responsible for the Division of Urban and Environmental Planning. He has travelled widely, ever curious as to aspects of planning and engineering as practised by others. His interest in aesthetics springs from a concern that modern town planning is being frustrated by a lack of understanding of "what makes a city tick" - Aesthetics of Townscape falls into t... View more info
By: Rod Fisher
Price: $39.95
Publisher: Australia, Boolarong Press: 2016
Seller ID: 9781925522235
ISBN: 1925522237
Condition: New
In a single timely tome, Rod Fisher packs a lot of what’s known about the history of the timbered house in Qld: the sum of research, writing and practice over four decades. While breaking new ground on its origin and development, the first 4 chapters concern several key themes: 1. the evolution of a Vernacular class of housing in the north of Australia: from aboriginal to modern day, comprising a series of styles and the means of identifying each one by era and attribute 2. the historical context to traditional housing: using census data and contemporary testimony to amplify its configurati... View more info
By: Toby Hemenway
Price: $39.95
Publisher: USA, Chelsea Green Publishing: 2015
Seller ID: 003402
ISBN: 1603585265
Condition: New
Permaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed and desired than in our cities. The Permaculture City provides a new way of thinking about urban living, with practical examples for creating abundant food, energy security, close-knit communities, local and meaningful livelihoods, and sustainable policies in our cities and towns. The same nature-based approach that works so beautifully for growing food connecting the pieces of the landscape together in h... View more info
By: Victoria Carey (Editor) and Country Style (Designed by)
Price: $39.95
Publisher: Australia, Harper Collins: 2015
Seller ID: 000147
ISBN: 0732299969
Condition: New
A beautiful book of stunning images of the prettiest, most charming and best-loved Australian country homes, drawn from the pages of one of Australia's favourite magazines, Country Style. From the pages of Australia's favourite magazine, Country Style, comes a beautiful book featuring the most charming and appealing Australian country homes. From rustic hideaways to stately rural mansions, from quaint coastal cottages to converted churches, from romantic getaways to much-loved family nests, this book will have you yearning for your very own country home. Featuring stunning photography and th... View more info
