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Architecture

21st Century House
By Jonathan Bell
728.3709051 BEL
Subject:   Architecture, Modern - 21st century

Architects' Drawings: a selection of sketches by world famous architects through history 
By Kendra Schank Smith
720.22209 SMI
Subject: Architectural Drawing
             Architects
             Architecture - History

Architecture Details: Spain and the Mediterranean
By S.F. Jerry Cook III and Tina Skinner
721.0946 COO
Subject:   Architecture - Spain - Details

Architecture in China
Edited by Philip Jodidio
720.95109051 JOD
Subject: Architecture - China - 21st century

Building the Japanese House Today
By Peggy Landers and Len Brackett
728.370952 RAO
Subject:   Architecture, Japanese - United States

David Adjaye Houses: recycling reconfiguring rebuilding
Edited by Peter Allison
728.092 ADJ:DAV
Subject:  Architecture, Domestic - England - London

Egypt: splendours of an ancient civilization
By Alberto Siliotti
932.01 SIL
Subject:   Art, Ancient - Egypt
               Architecture, Ancient - Egypt

Frank Lloyd Wright
By Robert McCarter
720.92 WRI:MCC
Subject:  Architecture - United States - 20th Century

Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan and the Skyscraper
By Donald Hoffman
920.483092 HOF
Subject:   United States

Freehand Drawing for Architects and Interior Designers
By Magali Delgado Yanes and Ernest Redondo Dominguez
720.284 DEL
Subject:   Architectural drawing - Technique

The Fundamentals of Interior Architecture
By John Coles & Naomi House
729 COL
Subject:  Interior Architecture

Get Your House Right: Architectural elements to use & avoid
By Marianne Cusato & Ben Pentreath
728 CUS
Subject: Architecture - Details

Houses by the sea
Edited by Cinta Marti
728.09146 HOU
Subject:   Seaside Architecture

Key Contemporary Buildings: Plans, Section and Elevations
By Rob Gregory
724.7 GRE
Subject:   Architecture, Modern - 21st century designs and plans

Material World 2: Innovative materials for architecture and design
729 MAT
Subject:  Materials - Technological innovations
              Interior architecture

Modern Traditions: Contemporary Architecture in India
By Klaus-Peter Gast
720.954 GAS
Subject:  Architecture - India - 21st Century
              Architecture - India - 20th Century

New Zen: the tea-ceremony in modern Japanese architecture
By Michael Freeman
720.952 FRE
Subject:   Architecture - Japan - 20th century
               Architecture - Japan - 21st century

Remote Luxury: top resorts down under
Edited by Sabina Marreiros
758.50994 REM
Subject:  Resort architecture - Australia
               Hotels - Australia - Design and construction

Sydneysider: an optimistic life in Architecture
By Don Gazzard
Subject:  Architects - New South Wales - Sydney Biography

Think like an architect
By Hal Box
720 BOX
Subject:  Architectural design

Traditional Construction Patterns: design & details rules of thumb
By Stephen Mouzon
721 MOU
Subject:  Building - Details Drawings

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Building 

Analysis and Design of Shallow and Deep Foundations
By Lymon C Reese, William M. Isenhower and Shin-Tower Wang
Includes CD containing demonstration versions of analytical geotechnical software from Ensoft Inc.
REF 624.15 REE
Subject:   Foundations - Design and construction

Architects' Drawings: a selection of sketches by world famous architects through history 
By Kendra Schank Smith
720.22209 SMI
Subject: Architectural Drawing
             Architects
             Architecture - History

The Art of the Stonemason
By Ian Cramb
693.1 CRA
Subject: Stonemasonry

BCA Awareness Resource Kits
Module One: An Introduction to the Building Code of Australia
Module Two: Understanding the BCAs Performance Requirements
Module Three: Understanding Energy Efficiency Provisions for Class 1 & 10 Buildings
Module Four: Understanding Energy Efficiency Provisions for Class 2 20 9 Buildings
CR 690.0994 BCA
Subject:  Building laws - Australia
              Building specifications - Australia

Best Value in Construction
Edited by John Kelly, Roy Morledge and Sara Wilkinson
624.0684 WIL
Construction industry - Management

Builder's Guide to Stucco, Lath & Plaster
By Max Schwartz
Includes CD-ROM
693.6  SCH
Subject:   Plasterwork, Decorative

Building Construction Illustrated
4th Edition
By Francis D. K. Ching
690 CHI:4
Subject:   Building Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Building Procurement
By Roy Morledge, Adrian Smith and Dean T Kashiwagi
658.15242 BUI
Subject:  Construction industry - Great Britain
              Construction industry - United States
              Construction industry - China

Building the Japanese House Today
By Peggy Landers and Len Brackett
728.370952 RAO
Subject:   Architecture, Japanese - United States

Building Type Basics for Office Buildings
Edited by A. Euguen Kohn and Paul Katz
725.23 KOH
Subject:   Office building - design and construction
               Office building - planning

Chenier's Practical Math Application Guide
By Norman Chenier
690.0151 CHE
Subject:   Building - Mathematics

Construction Waterproofing Handbook
2nd edition
By Michael T. Kubal
693.892 KUB:2
Subject:   Waterproofing
               Dampness in buildings

Cordell Plumbing & Drainage Cost Guide: Victoria 2007/2008
696.10994 COR
Subject:  Plumbing - Estimates - Victoria

Creative Re-use of Buildings Vol 1 & 2
By Derek Latham
720.286 LAT
Subject:   Buildings - Remodeling for other use

David Adjaye Houses: recycling reconfiguring rebuilding
Edited by Peter Allison
728.092 ADJ:DAV
Subject:  Architecture, Domestic - England - London

Dewalt Plumbing Estimating: Professional Reference
By Adam Ding
696.1 DIN
Subject:   Plumbing - Estimates Handbooks, manuals, etc

Dreams of Iron and Steel: Seven wonders of the modern age, from the building of the London Sewers to the Panama Canal
By Deborah Cadbury
620.009 CAD
Subject:   Civil engineering

Faber & Kell's Heating and Air-Conditioning of Buildings
By D.R. Oughton and S.L. Hodkinson
10th edition
697 OUG:10
Subject:   Heating
               Air conditioning

Fire Protection Handbook Vol 1 & 2
20th edition
NFPA
REF 628.92 FIR:20
Subject:   Fire Prevention
               Fire alarms

Green Building Materials: A guide to product selection and specification
2nd edition
By Ross Spiegel and Dru Meadows
691 SPI:2
Subject:   Building Materials - United States

Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies
By Eric Corey Freed
720.47 FRE
Subject:   Sustainable buildings - Design and construction
               Building materials - environmental aspects

The Green Building Revolution
By Jerry Yudelson
720.47 YUD
Subject:   Sustainable buildings - design and construction

JLC Field Guide to Residential Construction: a manual of best practice: electrical, plumbing, HVAC/Energy, interiors
Volume 2
Edited by Clayton DeKorne
690.837 JOU
Subject:   House construction Handbooks, manuals, etc

Planning Australia: An overview of urban and regional planning
Edited by Susan Thompson
307.12160994 PLA
Subject:   City planning - Australia
               Regional planning - Australia

Plumbing: Step-by-step instructions
Better Homes and Gardens
696.1 PLU
Subject:   Plumbing - handbooks, manuals, etc.

Precast Concrete Structures
By Kim S. Elliott
693.522 ELL
Subject:   Precast concrete construction
               Design and construction

Property condition assessments
By Sam A. A. Kubba
333.33872 KUB
Subject:   Commercial real estate - Valuation Handbooks, manuals, etc.
               Buildings - Maintenance

Rainwater Tank Design and Installation Handbook
By Australian Rainwater Industry Development Association (ARID)
628.13 RAI
Subject:  Rain-water (Water supply) Australia

Rawlinsons Construction Cost Guide 2008: for housing, small commercial and industrial buildings
Edited by Rawlinsons Construction Cost Consultants and Quantity Surveyors
REF 692.50994 RAW
Subject:  Building - Estimates - Australia

Residential design, drafting, and detailing
By Alan and Janice Jefferis
Includes CD with exercises
728.0222 JEF
Subject:   Architectural drawing - technique
               Architecture, Domestic - designs and plans

Risk Analysis in Building Fire Safety Engineering
By A. M .Hasofer, V.R. Beck and I.D. Bennetts
628.922 HAS
Subject:  Fire Protection Engineering

Material World 2: Innovative materials for architecture and design
729 MAT
Subject:  Materials - Technological innovations
              Interior architecture

Structural Wood Design: a practice-orientated approach using the ASD Method
By Abi Aghayere and Jason Vigil
624.184 AGH
Subject:   Wood
                Building, Wooden

Structures & Construction in Historic Building Conservation
Edited by Michael Forsyth
7203288 STR
Subject:   Historic Buildings - Conservation and restoration - Planning

Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery
2nd edition
By Charles J. Kibert
Subject:   Sustainable buildings - Design and construction
               Construction industry - Management

Traditional Construction Patterns: design & details rules of thumb
By Stephen Mouzon
721 MOU
Subject:  Building - Details Drawings

Water Treatment: Priciples and Design
2nd edition
By John Crittenden et al.
628.162 WAT:2
Subject:   Water - Purification

Welding: complete coverage of the welding field in one easy-to-use volume!
By Andrew D. Althouse et. al.
671.52 MOD
Subject:   Welding

Wood: Craft, culture history
By Hervey Green
620.12 GRE
Subject:  Woodwork - History
              Building, Wooden - History

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Built Environment (Bachelor of Applied Sciences)

BCA Awareness Resource Kits
Module One: An Introduction to the Building Code of Australia
Module Two: Understanding the BCAs Performance Requirements
Module Three: Understanding Energy Efficiency Provisions for Class 1 & 10 Buildings
Module Four: Understanding Energy Efficiency Provisions for Class 2 20 9 Buildings
CR 690.0994 BCA
Subject:  Building laws - Australia
              Building specifications - Australia

Building Procurement
By Roy Morledge, Adrian Smith and Dean T Kashiwagi
658.15242 BUI
Subject:  Construction industry - Great Britain
              Construction industry - United States
              Construction industry - China

Corporate Property Management: aligning real estate with business strategy
By Victoria Edwards and Louise Ellison
333.33870684 EDW
Subject:  Real estate management - Great Britain

Electric water: the emerging revolution in water and energy
By Christopher C. Swan
333.794 SWA
Subject:   Renewable energy resources
               Water-supply

The Green Building Revolution
By Jerry Yudelson
720.47 YUD
Subject:   Sustainable buildings - design and construction

Pizer's Annotated VCAT Act
3rd edition
By Jason Pizer
342.9450664 PIZ:3
Subject:   Dispute resolution (Law) - Victoria

Planning Australia: An overview of urban and regional planning
Edited by Susan Thompson
307.12160994 PLA
Subject:   City planning - Australia
               Regional planning - Australia

Procurement Systems: a cross-industry project management perspective
Edited by Derek Walker and Steve Rowlinson
658.72 WAL
Subject:  Industrial Procurement
              Project Management

Property condition assessments
By Sam A. A. Kubba
333.33872 KUB
Subject:   Commercial real estate - Valuation Handbooks, manuals, etc.
               Buildings - Maintenance

Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery
2nd edition
By Charles J. Kibert
Subject:   Sustainable buildings - Design and construction
               Construction industry - Management

Structures & Construction in Historic Building Conservation
Edited by Michael Forsyth
7203288 STR
Subject:   Historic Buildings - Conservation and restoration - Planning

The Valuation of Real Estate: the Australian Edition of the Appraisal of Real Estate
12th Edition
346.940437 VAL:12
Subject:   Real property - Valuation - Australia

Valuation Principles and Practice
2nd edition
333.332 VAL:2
Subject:   Valuation - Australia

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 Interior Decoration & Furnishings        

The 20th Century Artbook
By Rachel Barnes
709.04 TWE
Subject:   Art, Modern - 20th century

1001 Ideas for Trimwork: the ultimate source book for decorating with trim & molding
By Wayne Kalyn
694.6 KAL
Subject:   Trim carpentry
               Finish carpentry

30,000 Years of Art: the story of human creativity across time and space
Phaidon
REF 709 THI
Subject:   Art - History

400 Traditional Tile Designs in Full Color
Selected and arranged by Carol Belanger Grafton
745.4 GRA
Subejct:   Tiles

1100 Decorative French Ironwork Designs
Denonvilliers Company
739.40944 ONE
Subject:   Ironwork - France - 19th Century

Architects' Drawings: a selection of sketches by world famous architects through history 
By Kendra Schank Smith
720.22209 SMI
Subject: Architectural Drawing
             Architects
             Architecture - History

Architecture Details: Spain and the Mediterranean
By S.F. Jerry Cook III and Tina Skinner
721.0946 COO
Subject:   Architecture - Spain - Details

African Symbols
By Heike Owusu
704.946096 OWU
Subject:   Art, African

The Art Atlas
Edited by John Onians
Includes CD with text and maps
709 ART
Subject:   Art - History Maps
               Civilization - History Maps

The art of segmented wood turning: a step-by-step guide
By Malcolm Tibbetts
684.08 TIB
Subject:  Woodwork

Art Nouveau
By Gabriele Fahr-Becker
709.0349 FAH
Subject:   Art nouveau

Australian Colonial Art 1800-1900
By Ron Radford and Jane Hylton
759.994074 ART
Subject:   Art, Colonial - Australia
               Painting, Australian - 19th century

Bath & Spa
By Sibylle Kramer
747.78 KRA
Subject:  Bathrooms
               Health resorts
               Interior decoration

Bathroom Ideas That Work:   creative design solutions for your home
By Scott Gibson
747.78 GIB
Subject:   Bathrooms
               Bathrooms - remodeling

Bedrooms: creating and decorating the room of your dreams
By Mary Gilliatt
747.77 GIL
Subject:  Bedrooms

Best designed flagship stores: shops, showrooms, brand centers
By Jons Messedat
725.21 MES
Subject:  Store decoration

Beyond Sacred: Recent paintings from Australia's remote Aboriginal communities in the collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty
Collated by Colin Laverty
704.039915 BEY
Subject:   Art, Aboriginal Australian

Building the Japanese House Today
By Peggy Landers and Len Brackett
728.370952 RAO
Subject:   Architecture, Japanese - United States

Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)
Edited by Helen C. Evans
709.0214 BYZ
Subject:   Art, Byzantium

Claude Monet 1840-1926: A feast for the eyes
Taschen 25th anniversary edition
By Karin Sagner
759.4 MON:SAG
Subject:   Impressionism (Art) - France

Claude Monet: the colour of time
By Virginia Spate
759.4 SPA
Subject:   Painting - France

Colour Power: Aboriginal art post 1984: in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria
By Judith Ryan
759.994 RYA
Subject:   Painting, Aboriginal Australian

Creating Stained Glass Lampshades
By James H. Hepburn
748.5028 HEP
Subject:  Glass painting and staining patterns
               Glass lampshades

Creative Re-use of Buildings Vol 1 & 2
By Derek Latham
720.286 LAT
Subject:   Buildings - Remodeling for other use

Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt
By John Baines and Jaromir Malek
932 BAI
Subject:   Egypt - Antiquities

David Adjaye Houses: recycling reconfiguring rebuilding
Edited by Peter Allison
728.092 ADJ:DAV
Subject:  Architecture, Domestic - England - London

Decorative Glass of the 19th and 20th Centuries: a source book
By Nance Fyson
748.59 FUS
Subject:   Glass painting and staining - History - 19th century
               Glass painting and staining - History - 20th century

Designer's Guide to Color
By Ikuyoshi Shibukawa & Yumi Takahashi
5 Volumes
701.85 SHI
Subject:   Color - Psychological aspects

Egypt: splendours of an ancient civilization
By Alberto Siliotti
932.01 SIL
Subject:   Art, Ancient - Egypt
               Architecture, Ancient - Egypt

Exhibit Design: High Impact Solutions
By Bridget Vranckx
725.82 VRA
Subject:   Exhibit booths - design and construction
               Trade shows - Exhibition techniques

Frank Lloyd Wright
By Robert McCarter
720.92 WRI:MCC
Subject:  Architecture - United States - 20th Century

Freehand Drawing for Architects and Interior Designers
By Magali Delgado Yanes and Ernest Redondo Dominguez
720.284 DEL
Subject:   Architectural drawing - Technique

The Fundamentals of Interior Architecture
By John Coles & Naomi House
729 COL
Subject:  Interior Architecture

Furniture Design
By Jim Postell
749 POS
Subject:   Furniture Design

The Furniture Network: A new furniture industry
By Ken Susnjara
338.76841 SUS
Subject:   Furniture industry and trade - United States

Get Your House Right: Architectural elements to use & avoid
By Marianne Cusato & Ben Pentreath
728 CUS
Subject: Architecture - Details

The Glory of Byzantium: Art and culture of the middle Byzantine era, A.D. 843-1261
Edited by Helen C. Evans and William D. Wixom
709.0214 GLO
Subject:   Art, Byzantine
               Architecture, Byzantine

The Home Zone: making the most of your living space
By Judith Wilson, Vinny Lee, et al
747.75 HOM
Subject: Interior decoration

Houses by the sea
Edited by Cinta Marti
728.09146 HOU
Subject:   Seaside Architecture

Illustrated Cabinetmaking: how to design and construct furniture that works
By Bill Hylton
684.104 HYL
Subject:  Cabinetwork: Amateurs' manuals
              Furniture making: Amateurs' manuals

John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque
By David Hansen
759.994 HAN
Subject:   Landscape painters - Australia
               Art, Colonial - Australia

Material World 2: Innovative materials for architecture and design
729 MAT
Subject:  Materials - Technological innovations
              Interior architecture

Mountains and Streams
By Mae Anna Pang
758.151074 PAN
Subject:   Painting - Chinese - History

The New Munsell Student Color Set
2nd Edition
By Jim Long and Joy Turner Luke
CR 701.85 NEW:2
Subject:  Color guides

New Zen: the tea-ceremony in modern Japanese architecture
By Michael Freeman
720.952 FRE
Subject:   Architecture - Japan - 20th century
               Architecture - Japan - 21st century

One Sun One Moon: Aboriginal art in Australia
Curatorial editors Hetty Perkins and Marjie West
709.94 ONE
Subject:   Art, Australian - Aboriginal

Remote Luxury :top resorts down under
Edited by  Sabrina Marreiros
758.50994 REM
Subject :  Resort Architecture - Australia
               Hotels - Australia -Design and construction

Residential design, drafting, and detailing
By Alan and Janice Jefferis
Includes CD with exercises
728.0222 JEF
Subject:   Architectural drawing - technique
               Architecture, Domestic - designs and plans

Sanctuary: living your best life at home
Edited by Australian House & Garden
747 SAN
Subject:  Interior Decoration

Scandinavian Furniture: a sourcebook of classic designs for the 21st century
By Judith Gura
Includes CD with images
749.0948 GUR
Subject:   Furniture design - Scandinavia

Sidney Nolan: Desert & Drought
By Geoffrey Smith
759.994 NOL:SMI
Subject:   Painting, Australian - 20th Century

Singer Upholstery Basics Plus: complete step-by-step photo guide
By Steve Cone
645.4 CON
Subject:   Upholstery

The Splendour of Islamic Calligraphy
By Abdelkebir Khabtibi and Mohammed Sijelmassi
745.619927 KHA
Subject:   Islamic Calligraphy

The stained glass classroom: projects using copper foil, lead & mosaic techniques
By Vicki Payne
748.5 PAY
Subject:   Glass painting and staining
               Glass craft

Structural Wood Design: a practice-orientated approach using the ASD Method
By Abi Aghayere and Jason Vigil
624.184 AGH
Subject:   Wood
                Building, Wooden

Tile Style: creating beautiful baths & interiors with tile
By Heather E. Adams and Earl G. Adams Jr.
747.9 ADA
Subject:   Tile laying
               Tiles in interior decoration

Top Shops
By Phil Chueca
725.21 CHU
Subject:  Store decorations

Traditional Construction Patterns: design & details rules of thumb
By Stephen Mouzon
721 MOU
Subject:  Building - Details Drawings

What is exhibition design?
By Jan Lorenc, Lee Skolnick and Craig Berger
659.152 LOR
Subject:  Exhibitions - Design

Wood: Craft, culture history
By Hervey Green
620.12 GRE
Subject:  Woodwork - History
              Building, Wooden - History

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Videos and DVD’s 

A Safe Site: health and safety in domestic construction
DVD690.22 SAF
Duration: 16 mins. Includes training guide
Subject:   Construction industry - Victoria - Safety measures

Design
DVD 745.4 DES
3 Discs. 17 x 26 minutes. Total duration: 442 minutes
Subject:  Design - social aspects

The Eric Sykes Collection: featuring "The Plank"
DVD 791.4572 ERI
Duration: 4 x 30 mins. Total duration: 165 mins
Subject:   Industrial safety - humour

How Art Made The World: How humans made art and art made us human
DVD 709 HOW
Duration: 290 mins. 2 discs
Subject:   Art - history

Inside the Mason's Toolbox
DVD 693.1 INS
Duration: 23 mins
Subject: Masonry - Equipment and supplies

Masters of Design
DVD 729 MAS  
2 Discs. 16 episodes
Subject:  Architects
               Interior decorators

Waste Water Treatment: Various options for effluent disposal
DVD 628.3 WAS
Duration: 30 mins
Subject: Water quality management - Australia
Co-produced with the NSW Public Works Department, this eye-opening program discusses various types of waste treatment processes, and the different ways of disposing of the treated effluent

 

Last updated 13/9/08