This is just a small sample of the books that are available in the Nettlefold Library. Search the catalogue to find more.
21st Century House
Lavishly illustrated, and complete with detailed architectural drawings, 21st Century House covers all aspects of contemporary house architecture, from grand modernist pavilions to smaller, pragmatic urban and rural schemes, including both the celebrated and the obscure. The book also addresses wider debates of social and environmental obligations, examining how the projects accommodate these increasingly important aspects of house building today. Featuring more than fifty major projects designed, commenced or completed across the world in the last four years, 21st Century House looks at the relationship between the diverse images of the modern house and the technological and aesthetic developments in today's architecture.
Next Houses by
Presenting a collection of 25 houses on five continents, Next Houses is a tour of the finest residential architecture of this young century. Author Ron Broadhurst has selected examples from nine countries, showcasing established superstars and emerging architects, including UNStudio, David Adjaye, and David Chipperfield, among others. The products of dialogue between demanding clients and innovative designers, these houses represent the best and most innovative living spaces, including homes created with sustainability and ecofriendliness in mind--such as Werner Sobek's H16 and Krauss Schönberg's Haus W--as well as homes constructed on challenging sites--such as Tadao Ando's 4x4 House or Alvaro Leite Siza Vieira's Casa Tolo. An authoritative collection, Next Houses demonstrates uniquely of-the-moment architecture, and offers up a vision of how we will think of homes in the decades to come.
The Green House
From the arid deserts of Tucson, Arizona to the icy forests of Poori, Finland to the tropical beaches of New South Wales, Australia to the urban jungle of downtown Manhattan, critics Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne have traveled to the farthest reaches of the globe to find all that is new in the design of sustainable, or "green," homes. The result: more than thirty-five residences in fifteen countries -- and nearly every conceivable natural environment -- designed by a combination of star architects and heretofore unknown practitioners. Six different climactic zones are presented in The Green House -- waterfront, forest and mountain, tropical, desert, suburban, and urban; there is also a section on mobile dwellings. Each chapter features a series of homes that show the diversity and possibility of sustainable design. Projects are presented with large color images, plans, drawings, and an accompanying text that describes their green features and explains how they work with and in the environment. Architects included: Santiago Calatrava, Shigeru Ban, Miller/Hull, Rick Joy, Lake Flato, Kengo Kuma, Glenn Murcutt, Pugh & Scarpa, Werner Sobek, and many others. The Green House is not only a beautiful object in its own right, but is sure to be an indispensable reference for anyone building or interested in sustainable design -- and if you ask us, that should be everyone.
Designing Your Natural Home
One of the pioneers of incorporating the green movement into home design, David Pearson now offers a complete guide for creating an eco-home. Informative, clear, and with factual advice, tips, and beautiful color photos, Designing Your Natural Home takes readers through each step of the process, from defining the scope of the project to choosing materials and building methods to decorating the new abode.
Mini House Style
Following the success of Harper Design’s Mini House, Mini House Style continues to show that size doesn’t matter.Or rather, size only matters when you know what to do with it. Featuring elegant and imaginative homes no larger than 900 square feet, Mini House Style features a variety of projects that incorporate innovative ways to make a small space more livable. It may be a clever storage area, or an unexpected flow to the room's use, or maximizing the impact of window placement or special architectural features to create the illusion of space. Also included is a discussion of foldable, mobile, and multifunctional furniture especially suited to small spaces. Featuring the work of today’s most talented designers, this captivating guide is provides endless inspiration for your own small home, be it single-family house or individual apartment.
National Constuction Code interactive house
Explore the interactive house to discover the relevant building standards.
Browsing the following sections in the Nettlefold Library will enable you to find books on the following topics:
720 - Architecture
728 - Residential and related buildings
Provides access to some magazines relating to Housing and Design, including Houses, House & home worker and House Beautiful and Architecuture Australia. Unfortunately, images aren't available for articles retrieved from this database.
Overdrive/Libby Magazine collection (Libraries Tasmania)
Access a range of popular magazines available through the State Library of Tasmania. Magazines can either be read online or downloaded to a device for offline reading. Access periodicals such as Grand designs Australia, Architecture Australia, and Home design. You need to be a member of Libraries Tasmania to access these magazines.
Print magazines
Architectual product news is available from the Hutchins Design and Technology department
Architecture Australia is available from the Nettlefold Library
Access videos such as Grand design from either of these databases.
Pinterest
Search and save design ideas. An app is available for mobile devices.
Inhabitat
Focusing on sustainable design, this blog covers innovations in technology, practices and materials used in architecture and house design.
Top 10 Australian Green and Sustainable Living Blogs
Provides an annotated list of blogs that discuss different aspects of sustainable design.