Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. This vivid book is an inquiry into the stagnation between the development of architectural practice and the progress in urban modernization. It is about islands as territories of resistance. It is about dense places where multitudes dwell in perennial contestations with the..... More
New York: Taylor and Francis, 2009. First Edition. Soft Cover (Outsized). This book offers an alternative vision for the future of architecture, a timely and invaluable contribution to the debate concerning emergent surfaces and the next generation of building membranes in this era of extreme computational control. Areas covered..... More
Barcelona: Actar, 2006. First Edition (presumed). Softcover. Architecture needs mechanisms that allow it to become connected to culture. It achieves this by continually capturing the forces that shape society as material to work with. Architecture's materiality is therefore a composite one, made up of visible forces (structural, functional, physical) as..... More
Hong Kong: Blacksmith Books, 2021. Curated by Benjamin Salmon. First Edition. Outsize Hardcover. Heavy item, additional handling fees for local shipping. Imagine an illegally built mini-city formed of multiple 12-storey blocks, taking up only the area of a sports stadium but home to 60,000 people. What was it like living..... More
Padua: The Messenger, 1968. First Edition (presumed). Softcover. Translated from the Italian by Miss Adriana D'Este. More
Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International, Ltd, 1986. First Trade Paperback Edition. Ninth Printing. Softcover. With a foreword by Osamu Tezuka. Frederik L. Schodt received a 2017 Japan Foundation Award in 2017 for his work in bringing Osamu Tezuka and other manga artists to the world! Since first published in..... More
New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. Reprint. Paperback. In Faces in the Crowd Gary Giddins explores the achievements of thirty-seven artists, ranging from Irving Berlin to Spike Lee, Billie Holiday to Kay Starr, Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis, Elias Canetti to Philip Roth. He shows how Jack Benny revolutionized comedy;..... More
London: Laurence King Publishing, 2007. Softcover. Badges, buttons and pins have been around for over a century. Today they're everywhere: on lapels and bags all over the world and in the sketchbooks and on the screens of some of the hottest graphic designers, artists and illustrators. A badge can be..... More
London: Laurence King Publishing, 2007. Softcover. Badges, buttons and pins have been around for over a century. Today they're everywhere: on lapels and bags all over the world and in the sketchbooks and on the screens of some of the hottest graphic designers, artists and illustrators. A badge can be..... More
New York: The Metropolitan Musuem of Art, 2018. With contributions from Ned Blackhawk and Sylvia Yount. First Printing. Hardcover. Heavy item, extra handling fee for local delivery. A fresh exploration of Native American art that positions the work within the broader context of North American art history This landmark..... More
Paducah, Kentucky: Collector Books, 1997. Revised. Softcover. More
London: Penguin Books, 2001. Reprint. Trade Paperback. A fascinating insight into the vibrant culture of Modernism, and the rich artistic world of Paris's Left Bank, Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas includes an introduction by Thomas Fensch in Penguin Modern Classics. For Gertrude Stein and her wife..... More
UK: Watermark Publications, 2014. New and expanded edition. Outsize hardcover with paper slipcase. Very heavy book, additional HKD$30 shipping. After several failed attempts, Kowloon Walled City was finally demolished 20 years ago, leaving behind a legacy of fascination that continues to grow, fuelled in part by the extraordinary communitys many..... More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1979. Unabridged Reprint. Softcover. With a new introduction by David Cathers. Directly influenced by William Morris's Arts and Crafts Movement in England, the Stickley family created what is now known and prized as Craftsman style furniture. This chastely beautiful and functional furniture was..... More
London: Granta Books, 2019. Sixth Printing. Trade Paperback. Shortlisted for the Man Booker International 2018 From the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2016 From the author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts comes a book like no other. The White Book is a...... More
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2004. First Edition. Paperback. An essential, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to the art of Cambodia, and a vivid glimpse into a world that continues to challenge travelers. Legendary tales of kings and princes, wars, conquests, and unions with gods and goddessesall these are portrayed in..... More
Hong Kong: Blacksmith Books, 2019. First Edition. First Printing. Softcover. The book you are holding contains secrets and stories about Hong Kong that have never before been published. Prepare to have your preconceived notions of this bustling Asian financial hub butchered as you journey through crevices, enter hidden portals, clamber..... More
Hong Kong: Urban Council, Hong Kong, 1987. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
Hong Kong: Urban Council, Hong Kong, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Hong Kong Museum of Art from 22 July to 11 September, 1994. More
Hong Kong: Urban Council, Hong Kong, 1982. Softcover (Outsized). More
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Eleven lively essays exploring the human imagination at work across the spectrum of the arts―music, poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, industrial design, and engineering.Mathematician, poet, philosopher, life scientist, playwright, teacher, Jacob Bronowski could readily be referred to as a Renaissance Man. But in..... More
London: Granada Publishing, 1985. Trade Paperback. Softcover. More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1963. Third Edition. Softcover. This Third Edition was revised in collaboration with Margaret B. Freeman and the Staff of the Medieval Department and The Cloisters. More
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