The prices in this catalogue are in Australian dollars
Urban Design & Town Planning
22496. Alderson, Stanley
BRITAIN IN THE SIXTIES HOUSING. 8vo., A Penguin Special; pp. 175. paperback, fair, Penguin Books, UK, 1962.
A detailed and critical survey of housing in Britain at the time of publication. . Click here to order
$15
21829.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITIES. Historical Essays, edited by C.B. Schedvin & J.W. McCarty. 8vo, pp.201. paperback, good, Sydney University Press, 1974. Click here to order
$20
15112. Brown & Sherrard, A.J. & H.M.
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING. large 8vo., 2nd.Ed., revised, enlarged and reset; pp.392. many text figs., 134 plates; v.good in sl.rubbed d/w, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1969.
The classic Australian text, revised by the original authors, with J.H. Shaw, Assoc. Professor of Town Planning, University of NSW.. Click here to order
$50
17752.
CIVILIA. The end of Sub Urban Man, a Challenge to Semidetsia. folio 300 x 240, pp.156. 159 ills., photos, sketches, maps & plans; fine in d/w, Architectural Press, London, 1971.
Civilia was an low-rise high density imagined city of revolutionary concepts and a million people - a challenging concept which should be a talking point amongst non-professionals who want to have a say in the way they are made to live. Perhaps "Utopia would be a more appropriate title.. Click here to order
$70
22511. Cole, G.D.H.,
BUILDING AND PLANNING. The Re-Planning & Re-Building of Great Britain to Fit its Industrial and Demographic Structure to the Requirements of the Modern World. 8vo., pp.287. some graphs and tables; hardcover, good in prot., torn d/w, Cassell, London, 1945.
An important reconstruction study, surveying the post-war building needs of Great Britain. . Click here to order
$40
17771.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF TODAY. Papers given at the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, Sydney, 1971. large 4to., wrappers, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Sydney , 1971.
Printed and separately bound as a supplement to Architecture in Australia. Includes the A.S.Hook Memorial Address by Chermayeff, and "The Environmental Crisis" by McHarg. This was a landmark conference which alerted people to the increasing environmental problems, and was perhaps the progenitor of much of the green movement of today.. Click here to order
$40
17692. Costonis, John
SPACE ADRIFT. Saving Urban Landmarks through the Chicago Plan. large 8vo., pp.207. ills.; stiff wrappers, University of Illinois Press for the National Trust, 1974.
Bookplate David Earle. Click here to order
$15
17737. Crosby, Theo
HOW TO PLAY THE ENVIRONMENT GAME. Based on an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, April-June 1973. pp.268. Ill. with many photos, drgs., diagrams; Paperback, Spine sl.worn, else good, Penguin, U.K., 1973.
An analysis of the many elements that make up "the most fascinating and important game in the world...in which the players win in proportion to their involvement". Now three decades on and still worthwhile reading.. Click here to order
$15
16420. Cullen, Gordon
THE CONCISE TOWNSCAPE. sm.4to., pp.199. hundreds of ills. incl. photos & author's sketches; paperback, good, Architectural Press, London, 1971.
The first paperback edition, ten years after the first edition. This has an added Introduction, with very interesting comments on what has happened - or not happened - since the original edition.. Click here to order
$45
11727. Frank Lloyd Wright,
THE LIVING CITY. paperback edition; pp.255. ills.; New American Library, New York, 1963. Click here to order
$12
22545. Girouard, Mark
CITIES & PEOPLE. A Social and Architectural History. 4to., , pp.397. richly illus.; hardcover, v.good in d/w, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1985. Click here to order
$45
20720. Le Corbusier,
CONCERNING TOWN PLANNING. Translated by Clive Entwistle from the French "Propos D'Urbanisme". 8vo., 1st.Eng.Ed., reprinted; pp.127. over 60 Corb sketches; v.good in prot.d/w, Architectural Press, London, 1948 (1947).
First published in France in 1946.. Click here to order
$85
17762.
'METROPOLIS - THE PROBLEM OF THE EXPANDING CITY. Proceedings of the Fifth Australian Planning Congress, Sydney, August 1958. 4to., pp.129. wraps., Australian Planning Institute, Sydney, 1958. Click here to order
$30
17773. Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl
MATRIX OF MAN. An Illustrated History of Urban Environment. Sm.4to, 1st Ed.; pp.318. Ep.maps, 299 ills., incl.plans & maps; V.good, lacking d/w, Pall Mall, London, 1968.
A famous analysis of the urban environment that man has shaped, and that shapes him. Stimulating reading, whether dismissing the government buildings of New Delhi ("of a monumental ugliness that cannot be matched") or dealing with ancient Rome, the medieval city or twentieth century city planning originating in England - "romantic and regressive".. Click here to order
$100
15127. Mumford, Lewis
CITY DEVELOPMENT. Studies in Disintegration and Renewal. pp.199. hardcover, good in like d/w, Secker & Warburg, London, 1946. Click here to order
$20
17772. Mumford, Lewis
THE CULTURE OF CITIES. 8vo., Reprint Ed.; xii, pp.530. 32 pages ills.; v.good copy in price-clipped d/w., owner's stamp ffep., Secker & Warburg, London, 1946.
This edition is an unabridged reprint of the text of the original 1938 edition and includes all the original illustrations but omits the long bibliography.. Click here to order
$55
22500. Neuburg, Victor E.
THE PAST WE SEE TODAY. 8vo., pp.142. illustrated with photos, maps and diagrams; hardcover, prev. owner's name on ffep, else v.good in prot. d/w, Oxford University Press, London, 1972.
Chapters include discussions on villages and towns; church architecture; battlefields; and the impact of the Industrial Revolution.. Click here to order
$35
22456. Olsen, David J.
THE CITY AS A WORK OF ART. London Paris Vienna. 4to., pp.341. richly illustrated with 142 figures; hardcover, v.good in d/w, Yale University Press, New Haven , 1986.
A look at public buildings and private dwellings of the nineteenth century and how the architectural tastes, social aspirations and political stratgeies of the period produced urban environments that continue to meet the needs and delight the spirits of the present day. . Click here to order
$65
17721.
STREETS AHEAD. Large 4to., U.S. Ed.; pp.110. copiously ill.; good in d/w, Whitney Library of Design, New York , 1979.
Published in the U.K. simultaneously by the Design Council. A sort of "Townscape" with photos instead of sketches.. Click here to order
$20
17714.
SYDNEY REGION: GROWTH AND CHANGE. Prelude to a Plan. 4to., pp.80. ill.; wraps., State Planning Authority of NSW, 1967. Click here to order
$20
17725.
THREE PAPERBACKS. Architecture in a Crowded World, by Lionel Brett (now Viscount Esher), 1971; The Limits to Growth, Club of Rome Report, 1972; After the Planners, by Robert Goodman, 1972. Click here to order
$20
17681.
TOMORROW'S CANBERRA. Planning for Growth and Change. large 4to., pp.244. good in d/w , NCDC, Canberra, 1970. Click here to order
$20
22495.
TRAFFIC IN TOWNS. A study of the long term problems of traffic in urban areas. Reports of the Steering Group and Working Group appointed by the Minister of Transport. Preface by Sir Geoffrey Crowther. 8vo., A Penguin Special shortened edition of the Buchanan Report; pp.263. 84 maps, diags., photos; paperback, fair, owner's name on ffep, Penguin Books, London, 1964 (1963).
In 1960, the Minister of Transport appointed Mr Colin Buchanan to make a 'study of the long-term development of roads and traffic in urban areas and their influence on the urban environment.' An important document. . Click here to order
$15
17760. Tunnard & Pushkarev, Christopher & Boris
MAN-MADE AMERICA. Chaos or Control?. 4to., 5th.prtg.; pp.479. well ill.; paperback, sl.rippling to top r.h.corner, else good, Yale University Press, 1967 (1963).
A prize-winner in the National Book Award. "An Inquiry into Selected Problems of Design in the Urbanised Landscape".. Click here to order
$30
11326. UNESCO
THE CONSERVATION OF CITIES. 8vo., pp.186. ills.; Good in d/w, Croom Helm and Unesco Press, London, 1975.
Contributors from Europe, The United States, Japan, Tunisia, Iran and Italy offer the experience of the dilemmas facing their cities of whether to preserve or rebuild.. Click here to order
