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25.01.2022 (The cover is even brighter in the flesh) Sharp Words: selected essays of Dennis Sharp commemorates the life and work of British architect, professor, architectural historian and critic, Dennis Sharp (1933-2010). Known particularly for his contribution to the profession during his time at the AA School, London, International Academy of Architecture in Sofia, Bulgaria, and as Vice-President of the Royal Institute British Architects, Sharp was also the author of a number of bo...oks on 20th century architecture. This group of selected essays touches on Sharps ongoing architectural fascinations the use of glass architecture, cinemas and theatres, masters of concrete and English modernism. Punctuating these are some of Sharps editorials from his days at the editor of the Architectural Association Quarterly journal. Introduction by Paul Finch. @aa.publications

25.01.2022 A highly anticipated restock arrived this week. We have a number of favourites including A Dictionary of Color Combinations (volume 1), the @macguffinmagazine issue on The Desk, monographs on Lina Bo Bardi and Studio Mumbai, The Office On The Grass - a 2017 publication collating paradigm-changing buildings, still relevant today, and more. @ideabooksnl #architecturebooks #architecturebookstore

24.01.2022 It makes such a difference to see a book in its physical form. Witness the vibrancy of Rogue: Art of a Garden by @rickeckersley , with photography by @willsalterphotography , first hand. This artwork, ‘Rhythm and Flow’ by @cathyquinnart was created in response to the garden at Musk Cottage. The artist notes in their statement Rick's Musk Cottage is etched into my memory and still flows through my brush when I least expect it.... Rogue: Art of a Garden is published by Uro Publications and available in store and online. We are open Friday and Saturday, 10am6pm. @rogue_artofagarden #muskcottage #australiangardens #cathyquinn

24.01.2022 Figures of slippage and oscillation by Izabela Pluta is the winner of the 2019 Perimeter Small Book Prize. Drawing on a series of darkroom contact prints titled Spatial misalignments which were conceived by shining light through the pages of three long-out-of-print editions of The Readers Digest Great World Atlas Sydney-based photographer and artist Izabela Plutas debut book bears witness to the turbulence, mutability and power structures that both prop up and undermine... the static dogmas of the global map. In these richly and elusively detailed images, the world as we knew it blurs and collapses in on itself, flow and miasma gently erasing the borders and demarcations the strategic fictions and mythologies to which weve anchored our semantics of place. Underscored by a collaborative text work by Melbourne poet Lisa Gorton and an experimental essay by Art Gallery of NSW Senior Curator of Contemporary Australian Art Isobel Parker Philip, Figures of slippage and oscillation reappraises our philosophical and conceptual grappling with geography and cartography. Here, the fog of arbitrariness bankrupts the law and lore of our oceans and lands; the echo of violence, migration and climatic shift belies our borders. In the process, Pluta whispers to the fragility of our geological, environmental and societal condition. As the oceans wash through our now quaint delineations, she archives our loss. @izabelapluta__studio @ipp____ @perimeterbooks

24.01.2022 Congratulations to @architecture_architecture on a very well deserved commendation at the 2020 Architeam Awards (commercial architecture) for Bookshop by Uro. It’s a beautiful space. Posted @withregram @architeam_cooperative Congrats to #CommercialArch commendation recipient @Architecture_Architecture @bookshop_by_uro in the #ArchiTeam2020Awards... #ATAWARDS2020 #ArchitectureAwards #ArchiTeamAwards #AustralianArchitecture See more

23.01.2022 Highlights from ‘Luxury for All’. For those with an interest in design strategies for high quality, high amenity multi-res, a ripper of a book. Why don’t we have more affordable housing of this calibre and type here in Australia? (??) #apartmentliving #terracehouse #urbandesign #gardencity

23.01.2022 New in store is Dense + Green Cities: Architecture as Urban Ecosystem by Thomas Schrpfer, architect, Singapore University of Technology and Design. Following up on his 2015 book on greening techniques for high-rise buildings such as vertical gardens and green facades, Dense + Green Cities broadens its scope to the city scale. How does a "green building" contribute to the ecology of its surroundings? How can ecologically designed urban districts, with their green and blue n...etworks, link up with the elements and technologies of building design? This title investigates these questions from a conceptual, planning, design and experiential point of view. @birkhauser_books #architecturebooks #architecturebookstore

23.01.2022 Bookshop by Uro is looking for a part-time sales assistant to work with us in our Collingwood bookshop. We welcome applicants with bookselling or retail experience and since we are a specialist art, architecture and design bookstore, an interest in, or knowledge of, design in the built environment is preferred. Head to our website to view the position description (link in bio) or https://www.uropublications.com/blogs/news/we-are-hiring

23.01.2022 New in store is this publication from acclaimed Amsterdam-based design/art collective Metahaven, whose work you may have caught at @ngvmelbourne during the 2020 Design Week. Led by Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden, Metahaven works between filmmaking, art, research and design. The collective has produced documentary-based works, music videos, books (such as Can Jokes Bring Down Governments? and Black Transparency) and lectures that investigate matters of propaganda, truth ...and identity, especially with regard to the structuring of our symbolic realm. This book is designed and illustrated by Metahaven in their recognisable style. Both textual and illustrative work offers critical takes on the collectives work and examines its recent shift to moving-image work, thinking through the various ways in which its sprawling oeuvre is embedded in the sociopolitical challenges of the present. This is the only review of Metahavens work currently available. @metahaven #metahaven #designbooks #artbooks

22.01.2022 Machiya are traditional wooden townhouses found throughout Japan and typified in the historical capital of Kyoto. From private residences to renovated properties operating as businesses, this book introduces Machiya, also including never-before-seen cultural properties, with detailed and accessible commentary in bilingual text. It doubles as an architectural reference and photography book. Machiya in Kyoto have kept their traditional architectural form and community, creatin...g a historic and traditional cultural atmosphere that attracts many tourists from all around the world. Machiya have become valuable cultural heritage, as many machiya have disappeared and have been replaced by modern houses. In this book readers can see and feel the ideas and wisdom of the people in Kyoto, who made full use of Machiya design and the architectural characteristics of that optimise space and practicality, while keeping within the tradition. Text in English and Japanese #piebooks #architecturebooks #japanesearchitecture #machiya #kyotoarchitecture

22.01.2022 Thank you to @thedesignfiles for the great write up! And to everyone who dropped in over the weekend, it was great to see you. Posted @withregram @thedesignfiles A beautiful new design bookshop opens in @collingwood_yards ! _ .... . . Pic @tomross.xyz Shop @bookshop_by_uro Architect @architecture_architecture https://thedesignfiles.net/news/bookshop-by-uro-open See more

22.01.2022 For those of heading back to their desks this week, inspo from Macguffin Magazine’s latest, ‘The Desk’. Captured: Desk chickens, Desks as globe-spanning Continuous Monuments, Desks with the freshness sealed in

21.01.2022 The Brutalist Calendar 2021 delivers, as expected, some concrete heavweights from around the world. Featuring works by heavyweight proponents of the stye, captured by the leading photographers of Brutalism today. Plastic-free and printed on heavy-weight environmentally friendly paper. Available in store (3 copies only) and online uropublications.com

20.01.2022 Im proud you call us gangsters, nevertheless you are wrong. We are worse, we are situationists. - Jacqueline de Jong, 1962 The Situationist Times was an exuberant, multilingual, transdisciplinary magazine focused on counter culture. Edited and published by Dutch artist de Jong between 1962-1967, it became one of the most exciting and playful publications of the 1960s.... This publication provides a history of the magazine, also probing its contemporary relevance. The book is rounded out with material compiled for a never published 1970s edition, which was devoted to none other than pinball machines. Published by Torpedo Press. #situationisttimes #jacquelinedejong #situationist

20.01.2022 The Age (print & online) has published a wonderful review of Rogue: Art of a Garden by @rickeckersley with photography by Will Salter Photography Rogue: Art of a Garden... emphasises what Eckersley calls "the sensory". Rather than go into detailed explanations, the book serves to evoke a mood. It includes not just images of the Musk Cottage garden and the plants it contained but works by a string of artists inspired by the place. @meganbackhouse Find the online version h...ere https://www.theage.com.au//remembering-musk-a-gardener-s-s Rogue: Art of a Garden is available through uropublications.com or in any good bookshop. #rickeckersley #muskcottage #gardendesign #gardenbook

20.01.2022 New in store is Hand & Mind: Conversations on architecture and the built world. In Hand & Mind architects and designers reflect on the parts of their practice that are often hidden - their inspiration and genesis of projects, and the problems they encountered. This book profiles a series of projects by University of New South Wales alumni, staff and students including Glenn Murcutt, Sam Marshal, Felicity Stewart and Matthias Hollenstein.... Published by @newsouthbooks and available through our online store.

19.01.2022 Back in stock is this monograph on @studiogang, architecture and design firm founded by Jeanne Gang in Chicago. This is first monograph of the practice, bringing together 25 signature projects including the twisting Mira Tower (San Fransisco), Chicago River Boathouses, the Studio Gang Rooftop Ecosystem and more. Swipe -> to see inside the book and the contents.... Published by @phaidonsnaps and available in store and online uropublications.com #architecturebooks #studiogang #womeninarchitecture #chicagoarchitecture #usaarchitecture

19.01.2022 Bookshop by Uro is thrilled to be hosting a live Q&A with Penny Craswell discussing her new book Design Lives Here next Friday, 11 September at 5.30pm (via zoom). Design Lives Here (Thames & Hudson 2020) considers design in its contextAustralian design objects, specifically, in rooms and houses designed by local interior designers and architects. From a reimagined Californian bungalow with a dining table inspired by the humble HB pencil to a monumental inner-city residence f...urnished with more than 100 custom pieces, these objects and the houses they sit within offer a compelling snapshot of contemporary Australian design in place. Penny is a Sydney-based editor, writer and curator, former Editor of Artichoke, Deputy Editor of Indesign, Creative Strategy Associate of Australian Design Centre, Co-Director Sydney Craft Week and editor of blog The Design Writer. EVENT DETAILS Friday 11 September 2020 5.30pm Zoom link will be posted in the Facebook event https://fb.me/e/bZdZO0vFq Cant wait to see you (virtually) there.

19.01.2022 At the end of the Second World War, the Ministry of Reconstruction in France commissioned Jean Prouvé to design moveable pavilions as temporary housing for those who had lost their homes in eastern France. Jean Prouvé: 6x9 Demountable House, 1944 documents the design and construction of Jean Prouvé's famous 6 x 9 demountable houses. Prouvé was a self-taught architect, metal worker and designer who was praised by Le Corbusier as an engineer-architect. This book is available ...through our online store uropublications.com @galeriepatrickseguin @jeanprouvearchitecture #jeanprouve #jeanprouvé #architecturebooks #architecturebookstore

19.01.2022 Buckminster Fuller reconsidered for 21st century conditions, covering not just structural solutions, but composite materials and social and economical contexts @ Collingwood Yards

17.01.2022 "Collingwood book business has designs to expand online" https://connection.vic.gov.au/collingwood-book-business-has The Victorian Connection has just published a profile of Uro & our bookshop!

17.01.2022 We are open! A long-awaited shipment from our international supplier @ideabooksnl has just come in too, including several copies of this pretty fab poster. Well be giving them away to anybody who buys a book instore today. Cmon over :)

16.01.2022 The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums has over 2,500 of the worlds rarest pigments. Started in 1928, the collection has grown into a huge apothecary of bottles and beakers, as more and more pigments are donated to the impressive selection. Visually excavating the museums extraordinary collection, this publication examines the contained pigments and artefacts their provenance, composition, symbology and application. Museum dire...ctor Edward Forbes started the collection at the turn of the 20th century, in order to preserve the early Italian paintings he had begun to collect. Today the collection continues to grow, and regularly helps experts across the world to research and authenticate paintings. This publication also explores the larger related fields of chromatics, the historical narratives of art and chemistry, and the innovations with which we have sough to better illustrate our aesthetic and expressive compulsions.The book is authored by Narayna Khandekar and includes a foreword by renowned British colour author Victoria Finlay. @ateliereditions @harvardartmuseums

16.01.2022 Open 10am6pm today at Collingwood Yards. Case Study Houses is back in stock. These Taschen primers are an excellent introduction to architects and ideas. This compact guide includes all of the Case Study Houses built as part of the Case Study House program (1945-1966). Includes over 150 photos and plans, as well as a map showing locations of all sites, including those that no longer exist.... @taschen #architecturebooks #architecturebookstore #Melbournebookstore #CaseStudyHouses

16.01.2022 Italian designer, architect, and theorist Alessandro Mendini played a crucial role in the development of Italian, postmodern, and radical design. This book is published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition of his work at the @groningermuseum in the Netherlands, which he helped to plan and curate in great detail prior to his passing in 2019. Mendini is also responsible for the design of one of the museum’s three main pavilions, making the exhibition a fitting tribute... to his influential legacy. This catalogue forms a map of the diverse cultural streams and inspirations Mendini encountered and absorbed throughout his career, illuminating his humanistic, utopian attitude. Available through our online store uropublications.com @nai010_publishers @mendinialessandro #mendini #design #italiandesign #designbooks

16.01.2022 Back in stock is Our Voices: Indigeneity and Architecture by Dr Rebecca Kiddle, Dr Patrick Reid Stewart and Kevin OBrien. This 2018 book represents one of the only books to bring together First Nations and architectural perspectives, offering multiple ideas on architecture and design theory and practice. Architecture, as a framework rooted in Western thought and practice, is made richer by the expertise of Indigenous practitioners of architecture and design. Contributors... from Aotearoa NZ, Canada, Australia, and the USA explore the making and keeping of places and spaces that are informed by First Nations values and identities. Alongside valuable international authors, Australian contributors include editor Kevin OBrien, Brisbane-based architect and Professor of Creative Practice at the University of Sydney who is of Torres Strait descent, and Jefa Greenway, Wailwan / Kamilaroi architect of @greenwayarchitects. @oro_editions

16.01.2022 Do it Ourselves documents the work of a new generation of Dutch designers who are, as the book puts it, committed and optimistic, but also pragmatic and in possession of an eye for beauty. Craftsmanship and local production are examined as realistic alternatives to deadlocked systems of production and distribution. The latest generation of designers is looking to substantiate the content of the profession and make positive contributions to social issues.... Author, design writer and critic, Jeroen Junte, describes this generation as a post-crisis generation. The crisis in mind is the economic crises of the late noughties. We can only imagine what the current crises will produce in future years. This book showcases 197 surprising, innovative, thought-provoking projects and products. Published by @nai010_publishers and available in store & online now.

15.01.2022 New in store is Do You Read Me? Bookshops Around the World, which features some local classics including Readings and our Collingwood neighbour, Happy Valley. This title considers the bookshop as a cornerstone of the community, where subcultures have the physical space to thrive. It seeks out the most innovative and beautiful bookshops in the world, sharing their concepts and celebrating book culture in all its glorious forms. Published by Gestalten and available in store & online

14.01.2022 Designing landscapes requires a holistic approach and an extensive amount of specialist knowledge. This title offers a fundamental reference work, which is as comprehensive as it is practical and as holistic as it is detailed. The entire field of landscape design is dealt with in five individual thematic volumes totalling 1000 pages. Landscape for Architects by Gabrielle G Kiefer and @anika_neubauer is available through our online store UroPublications.com... @birkhauser_books #architecturebooks

14.01.2022 We have a number of classic books from the Architectural Association London back in stock. A mainstay of architectural reading since their launch in 1981, the AA Files are the AAs journal of record. Edited by Thomas Weaver, the journals showcase original, critical thought drawn from the schools own programs and research. We have a selection of AA Files 67-75 back in stock online & in store.... @aaschool @aa.publications #AAFiles #architecturebooks #architecturebookstore

14.01.2022 Stunning new book in store Living Outside: Reviving the Australian Modernist Garden The mid-century modern aesthetic has seen a revival in recent years, with contemporary garden designers reinterpreting the optimism, innovation and independence of that era. The gardens in Living Outside speak to an Australia that draws on the confidence of the last century while pushing the boundaries of experimentation, all to rise to the environmental and social challenges of today. The f...eatured projects embrace their unique landscapes, from coastal cliffs and expansive grassland to tropical forest and even urban neighbourhoods. They also reflect a return to modernism not just the look and feel, but also the functionality and values of invention, conservation and wellbeing. These gardens are more than just ornamental backdrops: they provide shade for neighbourhoods, food for pollinating insects, habitat for wildlife, hubs for both social interaction and moments of respite. They are platforms for research into resilient futures, experiments in sustainability and places for families to grow. They have been designed in response to their contexts and exemplify the singular and joyous spaces that can result from a deep appreciation of place. @thamesandhudsonau @diannasnape @shaza_gram Available in store and and online uropublications.com

13.01.2022 Our Q&A with Design Lives Here author Penny Craswell is now live! You can order this wonderful celebration of contemporary Australian design via our website here: https://www.uropublications.com/products/design-lives-here

13.01.2022 HAPPENING TODAY: Well be hosting a live Q&A with Penny Craswell discussing her new book Design Lives Here next Friday, 11 September at 5.30pm (via zoom). Design Lives Here (Thames & Hudson 2020) considers design in its contextAustralian design objects, specifically, in rooms and houses designed by local interior designers and architects. From a reimagined Californian bungalow with a dining table inspired by the humble HB pencil to a monumental inner-city residence furnished... with more than 100 custom pieces, these objects and the houses they sit within offer a compelling snapshot of contemporary Australian design in place. @pcraswell is a Sydney-based editor, writer and curator, former Editor of Artichoke, Deputy Editor of Indesign, Creative Strategy Associate of Australian Design Centre, Co-Director Sydney Craft Week and editor of blog The Design Writer. EVENT DETAILS Friday 11 September 2020 5.30pm Zoom reservation link https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_j0Cu13cIQZ-aCNf_6h1DXQ Cant wait to see you (virtually) there

11.01.2022 TONIGHT: 30 minute Q&A with Design Lives Here author Penny Craswell. Join us on Uros Facebook Live, 5.30PM (AEST)

10.01.2022 We love this different take on landscape writing. Landscape is a new journal produced for Institute for Land and Environmental Art (ILEA), edited by Johannes M. Hedinger and Hanna B. Hölling. Alongside essays, interviews and a dossier of further reading on landscape, this journal catalogues the artwork entered in the outdoor biennale, Art Safiental. #artsafiental #landscapejournal #landscapeart

09.01.2022 A photographic exploration all of five of Corbs Unite apartments, as lived. An excellent substitute for visiting the real thing! @ Collingwood Yards

08.01.2022 Postmodern Architecture: Less is a Bore by @owenhopkins One of the 20th centurys most controversial styles, postmodernism began in the 1970s, reaches a fever pitch of electric non-confirmity in the 1980s and 90s, and after nearly 40 years is now enjoying a newfound popularity. This book showcases examples of the movement from around the globe.

08.01.2022 Its back to online only folks. Unfortunately due to the resurgence of the coronavirus and the re-instated restrictions Bookshop by Uro will be closer to the public from Thursday 9 July until 20 August 2020. Well still be here and online as always so stay strong and stay reading. Well continue to deliver our books to you. Thank you to everyone who has dropped in over the past couple of weeks, it has been a pleasure to have you. We hope to return to it shortly.... UroPublications.com

07.01.2022 Cooking with Scorsese, Vols 1-3, from indie printers & publishers @hatopress. A sustained homage to food in film. I can feel a second breakfast coming...

07.01.2022 Robin Boyd curated and produced the Australian exhibits at the World Expos in 1967 (Montreal) and 1970 (Osaka). In both, Boyd endeavoured to challenge the 'cultural cringe' that tinged Australian culture of the mid-20th century that sense that everything exciting happened elsewhere. As the authors of Robin Boyd: Late Works unveil, the Expo commissions involved an immense amount of work beyond what would typically be considered architecture and saw Boyd become a furniture des...igner, script writer, engineer, curator and more. In his Expo exhibits, Boyd showed off the best of Australian culture, design, science and innovation. The ‘sound chairs’ for Expo '67 (images 13), created by Boyd and Grant Featherston, were a particular feat. Each chair activated speakers in the headrest as a visitor sat down, playing a dialogue between two Australians that, in essence, debunked myths about the country. Find out more in Robin Boyd: Late Works, by Peter Raisbeck and Christine Phillips, now available through uropublications.com Image 4virus display at Expo '67 Image 5 brain display, Expo '70 #architecturebooks #architecturebookshop #robinboyd

07.01.2022 Bookshop by Uro is reopening on Wednesday 28 October. Can't wait to see you in store. Opening hours 10am6pm TuesdaySaturday... 5/30 Perry Street, Collingwood 3066 Enter via the laneway under the arrow-shaped Collingwood Yards sign. You'll see us just to the right. #bookshop #melbournebookshop #architecturebookshop #designbookshop

07.01.2022 Thank you @thedesignfiles for the great write up & thank you to everyone who popped in over the weekend. Posted @withregram @thedesignfiles A beautiful new design bookshop opens in @collingwood_yards ! . .... . Pic @tomross.xyz Shop @bookshop_by_uro Architect @architecture_architecture https://thedesignfiles.net/news/bookshop-by-uro-opens/ See more

07.01.2022 Back in stock is GA Houses 164: Shimada, Welsh + Major, Barclay & Crousse This instalment features thirteen projects and design collaborations by various architects, located in Japan, Australia, and Peru. A showcase of new residential architecture from around the Pacific, this issue features the sweeping curves of @chenchowlittles Glebe House and the open elegance of Twin Set by Welsh + Major, both in Sydney; the multi-layered interior of Kazuyasu Kochis Strip House in Aich...i, the outdoor-indoor aesthetic of the House in Tarumi (Hyogo) by @yo_shimada; the hard-edge orthogonal forms of the House in Toyonaka (Osaka) by Shinatro Fujiwara + Yoshio Muro; and Casa M6 with its cleverly excavated volume in Punta Hermosa, Peru, by Barclay & Crousse. #architecturebooks #gahouses #architecturemagazine

06.01.2022 Please join us for an upcoming discussion of forthcoming publication Robin Boyd: Late Works with authors Peter Raisbeck and Christine Phillips, presented as part of Open House Melbourne. Streaming live on Saturday 25 July, 5pm 6pm.

06.01.2022 Happening tomorrow! Join the authors of Robin Boyd: Late Works for a lecture and discussion of the urban and public architectural works produced in the final decades of one of Australias most iconic mid-century modernist. Christine Phillips (RMIT) and Peter Raisbeck (University of Melbourne) will explore Boyds ambitions and struggles to shape Australias understanding of itself as an urban nation during the late 1960s to the 1970s. Event details... Saturday 25 July 2020 5pm-6pm Streamed live via Facebook Live (link announced on our Facebook and Open House Melbourne) Free, no bookings required Presented by Uro Publications and @openhousemelb with @x10phillips and Peter Raisbeck. See you then! #openhousemelbourne #openhousemelb #architecturelecture #robinboyd #melbournearchitecture

05.01.2022 Parliament by @xmloffice is back in stock. This book documents and compares the parliament halls of all 193 members of the United Nations. Each country's' hall is documented in drawing alongside its name, type of government, building typology, architect and more. Available through our online store (only 2 available) uropublications.com... #architecturebooks #designbooks

04.01.2022 ‘Preventive Urbanism: The Role of Health in Designing Active Cities’ considers urbanism as a fundamental preventive discipline, one which has the capacity to enhance the health and living quality of urban populations. It investigates the relationships between urbanism, urban health, and the built environment, with a specific focus on physical activity as one of the principal contributors to health conditions in the city. From an urban design and planning perspective, author... Elena Dorato tackles the complex relationships and cause-and-effect processes that link the characteristics of cities to the well-being of their populations. A particular focus of her essay is on the dichotomy between the urban and human bodies. This publication is currently in stock (only one available) through our online store uropublications.com #urbanism #urbanismbooks @quodlibet_edizioni

04.01.2022 Oscar Wilde claimed that progress is the realisation of utopia. This new book, Dreamscapes, illustrates utopian visions, idealised worlds, architecture so perfect it is kitsch. The works blur the lines between practical applications for architecture and design, abstract artistic expressions, and expand the possibilities of architecture, interior, and set design. The book presents the work of leading creatives from across the globe, exploring the infinite ways to visualise l...andscapes and the built environment. With their roots in spatial design, their ideas present a new creative current defined by the fusion of digital techniques such as computer rendering and 3D art, and an aesthetic that moves between fantasy and reality. Artists include @charlottetaylr (slide 6), @pzzzastudio @hoodass (slide 3) @petertarka (slide 4) @sixnfive (slide 5) and Melbournes own @paul_milinski .

03.01.2022 Jon Setter - The Urban Text just landed in store. This publication from Sydney-based, Detroit-born photographer reveals the often overlooked aspects of urban spaces. Setters photographs abstract he urban environment, removing context to offer micro-level intimacy in corners, patterns, textures, colours and materials. Authored by @jonsetter ... Published by Emblem Books. #architecturebooks #photographybooks

03.01.2022 Forthcoming publication Robin Boyd: Late Works unveils the urban and public architectural projects designed by Robin Boyd, one of Australias most iconic mid-century modernists, in the final decade before his untimely death in 1971. Join the books authors Dr Peter Raisbeck and Dr Christine Phillips as they explore material buried deep in the archives of several national institutions, and unpack Boyds ambitions and struggles to shape Australias understanding of itself as an urban nation during this time.

03.01.2022 French architectural studio Brunet Saunier Architecture is known for their hospital designs. The studios process, described as Phlyum H, integrates the formal and functional aspects of their hospitals; finding balance between demands of medicine, technology, social requirements and aesthetic possibilities. This publication discusses Brunet Saunier Architectures unique creative process using sketches, plans, 3D models, blueprints, photographs and interviews.... @brunetsaunierarchitecture @hatjecantzverlag #architecturebooks #hospitalarchitecture #brunetsaunierarchitecture

03.01.2022 It’s out first Saturday back open, so cmon over! If browsing books in an ACTUAL BOOKSHOP isn’t already enough of an incentive, we have these two beauties to giveaway. Going to the first two customers who ask...

02.01.2022 Back in stock is Humanitarian Architecture: Shigeru Ban. In 1994, after seeing photographs of the plastic sheets given to Rwandan refugees to live under, Shigeru Ban went to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to propose ideas for better shelters. Since then, Ban has been critically heralded for his innovative approaches to environmentally sound architecture and his devotion to humanitarian efforts in the wake of some of the most devastating natural and man-mad...e disasters. His temporary housing has employed everything from plastic beer cartons to paper tubes to create ingeniously flexible spaces. These works stem from empathy and have restored shelter and gathering places, offering comfort, protection and dignity to stricken communities around the world. This book includes essays and discussions of individual projects, drawings in the artists hand, instruction manuals, diverse photographs and a timeline and map. It makes for an essential compendium for the most personal and relevant aspect of Bans work. #architecturebooks #shigeruban @shigeruban

01.01.2022 Our selection of books for kids (big and small) is growing. Two new additions by Indigenous authors Young Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe and Welcome to Country (youth edition) by Marcia Langton. Both are available in store & online uropublications.com We're open until 6pm today at Collingwood Yards.

01.01.2022 Penny, Director of Customer Relations, hard at work in store today...

01.01.2022 DIY furniture for the Stijl-ish home... Reminds us a little of Clement Meadmores crafty How to Make Furniture without Tools, sadly long out of print

01.01.2022 There is arguably a lot of discard about 18th century garden designperhaps smooth lawns that need frequent watering are not ideal for drought-prone citiesbut the glass house conservatory retains charm. This title is dedicated to the history of the conservatory, tracing its history through the United Kingdom, Europe, its export to North America and dispersal around the globe. Australia's own Adelaide Botanical Gardens is featured among others including the bizarre Dunmore P...ineapple (images 4&5), located in the Scottish highlands. @papress @tanglewoodconservatories #architecturebooks #architecturebookstore #greenhouses #glasshouses #publicconservatories #historicconservatories #conservatories

01.01.2022 Batia Suter is a swiss-born, Amsterdam-based artist who works with digitally manipulated images, often scanning and layering images to change their context. This publication, Hexamiles, is part of her expanding archive of scanned landscape images. Many of the images depict wastelands, alternating between romantic and menacing views which create simultaneous sensations of majesty and disorientation. Through layering, a variety of disparate geological and biological environment...s merge into composite, dreamlike landscapes in a kind of adventurous journey. Available in store & online.