After the City Lerup, Lars
 MIT, USA, 2000. HB 200pp $A 60.00 NEW TO PAPERBACK 2001 $A 42.00

After the World Trade Centre Rethinking New York City Sorkin, Michael & Zukin, S (Eds.)
Inevitable, this book looks at the theoretical context of the World Trade Centre disaster and the "War Against Terrorism" from the standpoint of the architect and the urban planner. Great, because it is free from American patriotism and naive statements on the state of world politics. Realistic, because it discusses the events of September 11 without any tones of sympathy or empathy and because it deals with the pragmatic issues of constructing the 'city' in the 21st century, not the nostalgic ones. Routledge, New York, 2002, 236pp, HB $A 60.00

After-Sprawl research for the contemporary city Xaveer de Geyter Architects
Reading somewhat like a series of essays, both visual and literal, this is a book where one firm goes in search of the form and meaning of the contemporary city and demonstrate that urbanity today is defined by the state of sprawl. This book documents and analyses the impact of sprawl on the built space and introduces a new conceptual apparatus and puts forward spatial propositions for the hybrid urbanity of the after-sprawl.
NAi Publishers, Rotterdam, 2002 255pp PB $A 48.00

Alexanderpolder: New Urban Frontiers
 Thoth, Netherlands, 1993, 193pp, PB $A 61.00

American City A Social & Cultural History Monti. D
Blackwell, USA, 1999. 391, PB $A POA

American City What Works What Doesn't Garvin, Alexander
McGraw-Hill, USA, 2002, 560pp HB $A119.95

Architectural Pattern Book: A tool for building great neighbourhoods  Urban Design Associates
From the firm that produced The Urban Design Handbook comes a practical guide to developing & using pattern books, a tradition stretching back to Vitruvius & Palladio & the source of many beautiful houses & the design of neighbourhoods today. Documenting the revival of the traditional architectural pattern book as a means of implementing urban design. it describes techniques & working methods for contemporary development & construction processes. Norton, USA, 2004, 230pp, PB. $PA

American Playgrounds, Revitalizing Community Spaces Solomon S
The author presents a seriously under developed topic touching on social history, laws, theories of play and childhood and urban planning.
University Press of New England USA 2005 260pp HB  $A52.00

Architecture and the Urban Environment Vision for the New Age Thomas, Derek
Architectural Press, UK, 2002, 224pp PB $A 89.65

Architecture of the Information Society The World City Expressed Through the Chaos of Tokyo
 Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts & School of Architecture Publishers, Denmark, 2000, 239pp HB $A 86.00

The Art of City Making Landry C
Earthscan UK 2006 461pp PB $A64.95(16/06)

The Art Of Placemaking: Interpreting Community Through Public Art and Urban Design Fleming RL  
This book offers an engaging and comprehensive introduction to planning, funding and designing public art to enhance a sense of place. The author offers a practical approach to tackling public art and community planning in the US. This is an essential and valuable companion for anyone interested in architecture, deisign and the creation of places in which we live and work Merrel 2007 UK 384pp HB $A99.95 (11/08)

Asian New Urbanism Lim, William S. W.
Select, Singapore, 1998, 48pp. HB $A 71.50

Australian Metropolis A Planning History. Hamnett, S (ed.)
A definitive account of the role of planning in the growth and development of Australian cities. Allen & Unwin , Australia, 2000. 230pp HB O/P

Beirut is a Magnificent City: Synoptic Pictures P. Yacoub, M. Lasserre
Fundacio Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, 2003. 127pp PB $A 56.65

Between the Edges: Street building transition as urbanity interface. Bobic, M
The complex phenomenon of urbanity is riddled with the interchange of spatial relationships between the private and public domain. The book’s focus is on a wide overview of spatial forms of transition zones between the built form and the street-interface that take play at different scales whilst including discussions about urban practise today. Thoth Publishers Netherlands 2007 143 pp. PB A$53.90

Bernhard Winking Architecture and the City Weiss, K D (ed.)
 Birkhauser, Switzerland, 1999. 257pp HB $A128.70

The Besos Planning Reform Ajuntament de Barcelona
An account of the Besos redevelopment, which reintegrated degraded areas of Barcelona’s River Besos back into the city with the restoration of public space, and surrounding infrastructures. Actar Spain 2007 PB $A60.00

Between Sea and City Eight Piers for Thessaloniki;   Van Eyck, Geipel, Botta, Siza, Coop Himmelblau, Miralles, Koolhaas and de Carlo
NAI Publishers, Netherlands, 1997.  160pp PB $A 49.50

Beyond the Edge: New York's New Waterfront Gastil, R
Before September 11, 2001, New York City was in the process of transforming its waterfront after decades of neglect. The tragic events of that day brought into sharper focus the issue surrounding the development of the water's edge, along with a host of more complicated issues involving monuments and icons, public space and public safety, reconstruction and renewal. Taking as points of reference the recent reinvigoration of London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, and Bilbao - all cities with high-profile waterfronts, where designers, landscape architects, and artists have been instrumental in creating memorable buildings, parks, and spaces - Gastil proposes an approach to the redevelopment of New York's waterfront that is as visionary as it is pragmatic. PAP, USA, 2002. PB 208pp $A 78.50

Biopolis - Patrick Geddes & the City of Life Welter,V
The Scottish urbanist and biologist Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) is perhaps best known for introducing the concept of "region" to architecture and planning. Geddes's famous analytical triad--place, work, and folk, corresponding to the geographical, historical, and spiritual aspects of the city--provides the basic structure of this examination of his urban theory. His urbanism was informed by his lifelong interest in the theory of evolution and in ecology, cutting-edge areas in the late nineteenth century.  Although Geddes’s work was far-ranging, the city provided the unifying focus of nearly all of his theoretical and practical work. Throughout the book, Welter relates Geddes’s theory of the city to contemporary European debates about architecture and urbanism. MIT Press US 2003 355pp PB $A 49.95

Boiled Frog Syndrome – Your Health and the Built Environment Saunders, T.
A rare insight into the built environment from the physical, human perspective. Not really an architecture book, but incredibly important to the practise and execution of architecture. The book explores the cause and effect process betweens humans and the urban condition. It is based on the notion of a frog continually changing its body temperature in warming water until it is boiled alive. Wiley-Academy, Sussex, 2002, 261pp PB $A 52.95

Boundaries of the City The Architecture of Western Urbanism   Waterhouse, A.
Toronto UP, Canada, 1993. 342pp HB $A P/A

The Boulevard Book: History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards
Following up Allan Jacob's renowned "Great Streets", this edition contains plans, drawings, traffic co-ordination and specifications (without being a dry textbook) detailing the concept and construction of effective and acclaimed projects. Focussing on 5 major boulevards from around the world, the book illustrates the planning of multiway streets and how they have become integral to designing a great city. Also including a few pages on Melbourne's St. Kilda Road, the book offers solutions to designing these streets, more liveable cities and ultimately, a better environment. An important book breaking new ground in how we think about urban planning.MIT Press, USA, 2001, 257pp, HB $A 95.00  Now available in Paperback 2004 $A47.95

Breathing Cities The Architecture of Movement Barley, N. Ed.
A book about the way cities move about the flow of people, objects and ideas which give cities their meaning. With contributions from architects including Foreign Office and Zaha Hadid, and artists including Richard Wentworth, Mark Dion and Nathan Coley, Breathing Cities investigates the ideas which are revolutionising urban space. Birkhauser, Swiss, 2000. PB 127pp $A74.50

Brussels: A Manifesto Towards The Capital of Europe
If Europe is a place of irreducible diversity, than Brussels- a city of unparalleled  social, political and cultural difference- is the capital manifestation of Europe in the form of a city. Against the rhetoric of Europe as a neutral ‘mosaic of differences’, this manifesto uses the unequivocal presence of architecture as the constituent element of a new project for the city- a project that ties the representative role of architecture to the future of Europe .
Nai Publishers 2007 Rotterdam 239pp PB $A70.00

Building Jaipur: The Making of an Indian City. Vibhuti Sachdev & Giles Tillotson
 Reaktion Books, UK, 2002. PB 200pp $A 65.95

Building the 21st Century Home The Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood Rudin. D & Falk. N 
 Butterworth, UK, 1999. 271pp PB $A 83.60

Building Zurich Eisinger A, Reuther I, Eberhard F. &  Lüscher R.
Office for Urbanism is a group of urban planners who has kept up with the shifts and changes in the city of Zurich in the recent years, and have worked on specific concepts and basic rules for the development of new public vicinities. First comparing physical changes from early 19^th century with current conditions and observations, this publication then looks at the group’s formation of strategies through processes requiring the sourcing of information, analyses of data, documentation and ways of communication.  Discussion between various parties involved including politicians, land owners, architects and investors are also featured to provide in insight into the rigorous activities behind the planning of Zurich. Birkhäuser 2007 Germany 312pp HB $A87.50

Canberra 1912: Plans & Planners of the Australian Capital Competition
 MUP, Australia, 1997 494pp, HB $A65.95

Canberra Following Griffin A Design History of Australia's National Capital Ried, Paul
The National archives of Australia have compiled almost all of their material on Canberra and published it in this beautiful definitive volume on our world famous capital. National archives of Australia, Canberra, 2002 378pp, HB $A 90.00

Car Wars Davidson G.
This is the story of our love affair with the car and how it changed a city. Graeme Davison, Australia's leading urban historian, explores the Melbourne he knows so well to show us how the car entered our consciousness - as an object of desire, a symbol of status, a creator of freedoms, a shaper of sexual mores. His is a fascinating journey through landscapes changed and cities redesigned by the car, of mayhem on the road and influence in the world of politics, of communities challenged and the environment threatened, and of an ongoing love affair with a machine. A&U Aust2004 PB308pp $A29.95

Charcos (Puddles) Bernado, Jordi
In this very small and cute book, Bernado explores the relationships between architecture, landscape and bodies of water that lie within and beyond our urban environment. Based on the small island of Tenerife off the North Western coast of Africa, his research extends into a new and unique territory of architectural thinking and is documented in beautiful photographs and contemplative essays. Actar, Spain, 2001, PB, $A 50.00

CHINA Leach N.
Painting a portrait of this gigantic country through short thematic segments this latest offering from Neal Leach (including photography from Laurent Gutierrez & Valerie Portefaix) portrays China as a fast growing industrial nation, but also as a dynamic centre of world culture. Map HongKong2004 PB 128pp $A26.40

Chinese Architecture and Planning: Ideas, Methods, Techniques Guo Q
This book presents a thematic discussion of architectural history and a critical evaluation of city planning, with a focus on the issues of ideas, methods and techniques in the context of the culture, politic and religion of pre-modern China. Axel Menges Stuttgart/London 2005 166pp HB AU$120.00

Cities From Zero Basar S (Ed)
Vision plus Money plus Historical Circumstance Equals Cities From Zero: Unapologetic Expressions of New-Found Economic- and therefore Political- Prowess in the 21^st Century.
A collection of essays about urban design and the 21^st century in response to a select group of cities experiencing rapid growth. AA UK 2008 128pp PB A $40.70

Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems: Principles and practices. Newman, P & Jennings, I
Taking cues from living systems for sustainability strategies and drawing from examples from around the world, Cities as sustainable ecosystems demonstrates how cities and their residents can begin to reintegrate into a bioregional environment and why cities should be planned with nature’s organizing principles in mind. Island Press Washington 2008 284pp PB A $69.95

Cities People Planet: Urban Development and climate change 2^nd Ed Girardet Herbet
Ninety case studies of leading-edge city initiatives are supplemented by a new chapter that looks at how cities are constructively tackling climate change. As the changes to both the biosphere and the atmosphere have become undisputed and as the depletion of natural resources are becoming a major constraint, this book explores in-depth the role urban planning has to play.
John Wiley England 2008 320pp PB AU$64.95

Cities X Lines: A New Lens for the Urbanistic Project Busquets, J & Correa, F
Documents three years of faculty research at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, that focused on the development of a pedagogic taxonomy to frame the methods and tools with which designers currently shape cities and open territories. It examines new techniques in working with the built environment, in multiple settings, interacting with a wide array of cultures, scales and intensities.
Harvard University UK 2006 445pp PB $A100.00

City Edge: Contemporary Discourses on Urbanism Charlesworth, E.
This series of essays outlines a number of case studies from Europe, North America, Australia and Asia and provides first hand accounts of the experiences that planners, architects and politicians have had in reshaping cities. Archil Press, UK, 2005, 272pp, PB. $A 77.00

City of Collision: Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism   Waldheim, C. (Ed.)
Presenting a thorough exploration of the current situation in Jerusalem from a trilateral perspective: Israeli, Palestinian, and international experts air their views. Focusing on the production and use of urban space under the conditions created by the conflict, this book looks to Jerusalem as a prototype in the age of new urban violence. Birkhäuser Switzerland 2006 PB 400pp $A93.50

Cities for a Small Country Richard Rogers & Anne Power
Following on from the popular Cities for a Small Planet, this new book examines the British urban situation and proposes radical solutions. With comprehensive research and information, this book looks as much at the social aspects of a city, as it does at urban infrastructure and planning. Faber & Faber, UK, 2000. 310pp PB $A 40.00

Cities for a Small Planet: Richard Rogers & Gumuchdjian, P
 Faber & Faber, UK, 1997. 180pp PB $A 28.00

City Gardens: Creative Ideas for Small Spaces Nessmann P
An excellent and pictorially comprehensive guide for designing and decorating small outdoor spaces.
Stewart, Tabori & King USA 2008 104pp PB AU $29.95

Cities in Transition Graafland, Arie. Hauptmann, Deborah.
010 Publishing Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2001 430pp. PB $A POA

Cities on Rails the Redevelopment of Railway Station Areas Bertolini, L & Spit, T. 
E & FN Spon, UK, 1998.   236pp $A 115.50

Cities of Tomorrow Updated edition. Hall, P.
Blackwell, UK,, 1996. 502pp PB $A75.00

Cities People Planet  Girardet, H.
Through a fast moving text and ninety case studies, the author presents initiatives and policies on how to make cities around the world both liveable and sustainable. Starting with a concise environmental and cultural history of cities, the book continues as a contemporary global survey and analysis of the challenges of an urbanising world. The ecological redesign of cities, where practiced, is already showing substantial economic and social benefits and is now starting to be implemented across the world. Wiley, USA, 2004, 304pp, PB. $A 57.95 (11/01)

City Reborn: architecture & regeneration in London, from Bankside to Dulwich  Powell K.
Telling the story of one of Britain’s most dynamic & successful areas of regeneration. Highlighting the story of architecture's role in the renaissance and renewal throughout all of the Southwark area, one of London’s most historic districts. Merrell, UK, 2005, 128pp, PB.  $A 49.95 (18/02)

Critical Seventies: Architecture & Urban Planning in The Netherlands 1968-1982  de Vletter M.
NAi The Netherlands2004 PB 258pp $A57.00

City Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the 20thCentury. Scott, J & Soja, E. eds
California UP, USA 1996. 483pp HB $A 76.95  PB $A P/A

City Assembled The elements of urban form through history S. Kostof
Thames & Hudson, UK 1992. 320pp HB $POA

City in Literature an Intellectual and Cultural History. Lehan, R.
Cal UP, USA, 1998. 330pp PB $AP/A

City in History It's Origins, it's Transformations and it's Prospects Mumford, Lewis
Harvest, USA (First Ed 1961) 657pp PB $A 66.00

City Life Rybczynski, W.
Touchstone, USA, 1995. 256pp PB $A P/A

City of Collective Memory Its historical imagery and architectural entertainments M.C. Boyer
MIT, USA, 1994. 560pp PB $A P/A

City of Quartz Excavating the Future in Los Angeles Davis. M,
Pimlico, UK, 1998. 461pp PB $A POA

City as Landscape A Postmodern View of Design and Planning Turner. T
  UK, 1996.  $AP/A

City and Port Transformation of Port Cities - London, Barcelona, New York and Rotterdam. Meyer, H
 International Books, Holland, 1999. HB 424pp $A 125.00

City Reader 3rd Edition. LeGates, Richard T and Stout Frederic
The third edition of the highly successful The City Reader juxtaposes the very best of publications on the city. It has been extensively updated to reflect the latest thinking on globalization, information technology and urban theory. Classic writings from such authors as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs and Le Corbusier, meet the best contemporary writings of, among others, Peter Hall, Saskia Sassen and Manuel Castells. The City Reader provides the comprehensive mapping of the terrain of Urban Studies, old and new. Routledge UK 2003 PB 520pp $A 79.00  

City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History     Kostof, S.  
Thames, UK, 1991. 352pp PB $AP/A

City Space Sculptures and Installations Made for Copenhagen 96
City Space, Denmark, 1996. 120pp PB $A P/A

City of Tomorrow and Its Planning Le Corbusier
Dover, USA, 1987. 302pp PB $A 36.50

City Transformed - Urban Architecture at the Beginning of the 21st Century Powell, K
Investigating specific urban projects divided into Urban Regeneration, Urban Extension, Transport, and Cultural Developments. Each of the 4 chapters is prefaced by an introduction examining historical causes, the views of critics and reformers, and the symptoms and problems of each urban space. Laurence-King, UK, 2000. HB 255pp $A POA

Civic Realism Rowe, P.
 MIT, USA, 1997. 255pp PB $AP/A

The Co-Housing Book: Building a Place for Community Scotthanson C & Scotthanson K
A wealth of information and practical hints on how to put an end to the isolated suburban home. This book shows how to create a modern village within an urban or rural setting, with a balance of community and personal privacy NSP 2005 Canada 290pp PB $A45.00

Jo Coenen: From urban design to architectural detail
The first comprehensive monograph on the Dutch architect Jo Coenen. He is not only an architect, but also a city planner, university lecturer, artist & until very recently, the Dutch Government Architect. Comprising of six interviews with him, each are on central themes to do with his work & extensive documentation. It is an inspiring reference book on an highly individual architect. Birkhauser, Switzerland, 2005, 448pp, HB. $A 170.00 (23/03)

The Compact City A Sustainable Urban Form?  Jenks. M, Burton. E and Williams. K ed.  T
 UK, 1996.  $A P/A

Consuming Architecture   Diller & Scofidio, Alsop & Stormer, OMA, Martin Pawley etal  Sandercock, L, (forward),
Academy Editions,UK, 1998. 96pp PB $AP/A

Consuming Cities Urban Environment in the Global Economy. Low, N (ed.)
 Rouledge, UK, 1999.  315pp PB $A 54.95

Contemporary (Greek) City Metapolis 2001 Yannis Aesopos, Yorgos Simeoforidis
Metapolis Press, Athens, 2001, 300pp, PB $A96.80

Copenhagen Spaces Dirckinck-Holmfeld, K. (Ed.)
This book looks at the city of Copenhagen in four sections: The harbour, The city centre, The bridge quarters and the new ørestad quarter. Between these sections are three themes: the city's squares, parks and environmental engineering complexes.The Danish Architectural Press, 1996, 176pp, PB $A 61.60

Creating a Vibrant City Center, Urban Design and Regeneration Principles Paumier Cy
Written by a leading expert in urban design who has worked with more than 50 cities in the USA, UK and continental Europe. A comprehensive action plan for creating a lively and appealing city centre.
ULI 2004 USA 206pp PB $A85.00

Creeping Conformity. Harris, R
A major contribution to North American urban history, Harris analyses the transformation of Canada’s suburbs between 1900-1960. Everyone with an interest in class, gender and metropolitan building patterns should read this remarkable book. University of Toronto Press. Canada 205pp. PB A$43.95

Cross-Cultural Urban Design: Global or Local Practice? Bull C (ed)
Through a series of short essays this book explores how urban design has responded to recent trends toward global standardisation. Following an analysis of practice in many places and at many scales the book suggests how urban design and planning could move towards the future.
Routledge UK 2007 241pp PB AU$90.00

Death and Life of Great American Cities Jacobs, Jane
Vintage, USA 1992, 458pp PB $A36.00

De Boompjes: Four Visions on a Waterfront Duursma, Jan (Ed)
010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2002, 95pp, PB $A 38.50

Debating the City An Anthology. Barrett J, Butler-Bowdon D Editors
Debating the City examines current city and urban issues in Australian cities - and specifically Sydney. Organized into 3 chapters titled; City Living & Cosmopolitanism; Urban Visions - Public Space; and Consuming Spaces. Writers include Philip Goad, Kim Dovey, Jane M Jacobs, Michael Mobbs and many more. A very useful text.HHT/Uni of Western Sydney, Aust, 2001. PB 255pp $A 34.95

Decent Homes for All Gallent N & Tewdwr-Jones M
“Decent Homes for All” provides students, planners and researchers with an accessible and comprehensive narrative of the evolving relationship between planning policy and housing provision, showing how we have arrived at our present situation and examining how current issues might evolve in the years ahead.” Routledge USA 2007 300pp PB $90.00

Density Projects (a+t) Arpa J & Fernandez per A
The third book to the a+t Density series, with 36 new concepts on collective housing by architects such as Jean Nouvel, Oppenheim, Steven Holl, MGM Moralles and AOC.
A+T Spain 2007 397pp PB AU $87.45

Design First: Design-based Planning for Communities Walters D. & Brown L.L.
With the objective of reintegrating three-dimensional design, firmly back into planning practice this well-grounded history & theory of Anglo-American urbanism illustrates & sets out objectives, policies & design principles for planning new communities & redeveloping existing urban neighbourhoods. Drawing from their extensive experience, the authors explain how better plans, & consequently better places, can be created by applying their principles of urban design & physical place making. The book is aimed at architects, landscape architects, planners, developers, & students. ElsevierUSA2004PB 277pp$A102.30

Design Out Crime - Creating Safe & Sustainable Communities Colquhoun, Ian
Architectural Press UK 2004 PB 325pp $A92.40

Designing Australia’s Cities: Culture, Commerce and the City Beautiful, 1890-1930 Freestone R
Designing Australias Cities chronicles and celebrates the ideas, influences, outcomes and enduring legacies from the international City Beautiful movement. During this time architects and planners became actively aware of a need to make the country's cities not just efficient, productive and safe to live and work in, but also works of art.UNSW Press 2007 Australia 325pp PB $A49.95

Designing Public, Erlhoff, Heidkamp & Utikal
Designing public looks at different perspectives of our cities and the individual design elements that contribute to these. The book explores the juxtaposition of private and public spheres and the defining factors of the two realms. Birkhauser, Germany, 2008, 200pp AU$54.50

Designing Towards a More Sustainable Urban Form the City Frey. H
Spon, UK, 1999. 148pp PB $A 117.00

Developing sustainable planned communities Gause, J.A
This practical guide packed with examples and lavish illustrations provides down to earth, reality based insights into designing and developing sustainable planned communities that are environmentally responsive, attractive, marketable and profitable. Urban Land Institute. Washington 2007 220pp HB A $130.00

Dimension of Sustainability Scott. A ed.  This illustrated book gives a comprehensive revue of the contemporary ideas, innovations and emerging attitudes to Sustainability and Architecture and Urban design. Spon, UK, 1998. 147pp PB   $A P/A

Dispersion: A Study of Global Mobility and the Dynamics of a Fictional Urbanism D. Barajas.
Episode, Rotterdam 2003. 139pp HB $A 41.80

Eastern Harbour District Amsterdam: Urbanism & Architecture NAi Publishers in association with the City of Amsterdam’s Department of Physical Planning
Amsterdam’s Oostelijk Havengebied or eastern docks consist of a number of artificial archipelagos laid out around 1900. When the once-flourishing docks fell into disuse, it was decided to transform the area in the 1970s into a high-grade residential district. This transformation is now almost completed. Jo Coenen, Sjoerd Soeters & Adriaan Geuze were among those who made the varied assortment of master-plans for the different areas. Many big-name Dutch architects contributed to fleshing out these plans with housing. So the eastern docks area is not just a successful &highly sort-after residential district, it is as much a catalogue of 20 years of Dutch architecture & urbanism of the highest quality. This book gives a complete overview in words a& images of the planning & architecture of these eastern harbour docklands supplemented by themed essays by specialists. NaiPub Netherlands 2003 HB 228pp $A120.00

Eccentric Architecture Casebere, J
The new configurational of the urban space (hypertextual, signing, a space of messages, drifts and paths), the non-places, the large traffic networks and the ceaseless flows, uprooting the traditional concept of a permanent habitat. This book collects 5 artists, and their works commenting on ideas surrounding these ideas in the built environment. Koldo, Spain 2003 PB 152pp $A 44.00

Ecocells Landscapes & master plans by Hamzah & Yeang Leon van Schaik
This pocket-sized book explores the idea of the ecocell as a vertical integrating device to bring landscape elements, daylight, rainwater, natural ventilation and sewage recycling vertically across all levels of the built form. The concept is explained in two master plan projects by Hamzah & Yeang (registered T. R. Hamzah & Yeang Sdn. Bhd, the Amsterdam Center of Science & Technology and the West Kowloon Waterfront Development.Wiley, UK, 2003. PB 144pp $A 26.95

The Economics of Urban Transportation. Small, K.A & Verhoef, E.T
This newly expanded edition of Small’s seminal textbook on the economics of transportation covers new areas of parking policies, reliability of travel times and the privatization of transportation services, as well as updated treatment of congestion modelling, environmental costs and transit subsidies. An essential read for researchers in any aspect of urban transportation. Routledge New York 2007 276pp. PB A $81.00

EcoUrbanism Sustainable Human Settlements: 60 Case Studies.  Ruano, M
 GG, Spain, 1999. 192pp PB $A 95.00

Ecology of Fear Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster   Davis. D
Metropolitan , USA, 1998. 484pp HB $A 60.50

Edgeless Cities: Exploring the elusive metropolis Lang, Robert.E
Americas new metropolitan form is the basis of this book. Examining Growth and spatial structure of suburban office space across the nation. Data, Illustrations, maps, and photos are used to distinguish between two types of suburban office development - bounded and edgeless. Langs conceptual approach reframes the current thinking on suburban sprawl. Brookings, USA, 2003. 149pp PB $A 42.00

Envisioning the City Six Studies in Urban Cartography Buisseret, D.
Chicago U Press, U.S.A 1998. 181pp HB $A P/A

E-topia:"Urban life Jim-but not as we know it."  Mitchell, W
 MIT, USA, 1999.  184ppPB $A29.95

*Euralille the Making of a New City Center. edited by Espace Croise
Birkhauser, Switz, 1996. 191pp PB $A 112.00

European Cities 1890-1930's History Culture & the Built Environment. Meller, H
This book studies urban and city planning at the time of modernisation in Europe. With industrialisation, population movement, and the war and its associated technological shift, this era in its richness and variety was instrumental in the formation of modern architecture and urban planning. With examples of Garden Cities, Seaside towns, housing estates and much more from England, Spain, Germany, France and Eastern Europe, this book is an excellent source for the history of modern urban planning. John Wiley, UK, 2001. PB 287pp $A 69.95

*European Integration and Housing Policy Kleinman. M, Matznetter. W & Stephens. M ed.
 UK, 1998.  $A P/A

Euroscapes Broesi, R., Jannink, P., Veldhuis W. and Nio I. (Ed.s)
This book is an exploration of the landscape of 21st-Century Europe.  MUST, Netherlands, 2003, 217pp $A 53.35

Evil Paradises: Dreamworlds of NeoLiberalism Davis M & Bertrand Monk D (eds)
Evil Paradises is a global guidebook to phantasmagoric but real places being constructed as “utopias” in a capitalist era. These developments-in cities, deserts and in the middle of the sea—are worlds where consumption surpass our worst nightmares.New Press NY 2007 336pp HB $A49.95

Evolution of American Urban Design Gosling, David
Offering a comprehensive survey of American Urban design, beginning with an account of it’s origins from the 17th to early 20th centuries & continuing with a decade by decade analysis of developments from the 1950’s to the present. The author’s far-reaching examination extends beyond architectural &planning issues to a wider picture of the times, & he sets the development of urban planning theory & practise in the context of the cultural shifts that shaped them.JWileyUSA2002 PB $A103.95

A Field Guide to Sprawl Hayden, D.
A small dictionary of urban sprawl; from zoomburbs to rural slammers, with aerial photographs and definitions that convey the impact of uncontrolled growth in America.Norton 2004 USA 125pp HB $A38.95

FLUID CITY: Transforming Melbourne’s Urban Waterfront Dovey K.
Tracing the transformation of Melbourne’s urban waterfront from 1983 to2003. It portrays the fluid city in terms of intersecting flows of “desire” – for identity, views, power & profits, whilst asking how we reconcile these “desires” with public interests. UNSW Aust 2004 PB 277pp $A59.95

Framing Places Mediating Powers in Built Form.  Dovey, K
 Routledge, UK, 1999.  218pp PB $A60.50

From the Suburbs - building a nation from our neighbourhoods Latham, Mark
"From the Suburbs" is a collection of Mark Latham's papers over the past two years, reflecting his work as a creative and assertive Labor frontbencher. It is a fantastic to begin the design process for delivering socially responsible spaces and structures to the Australian public. Pluto Press, Australia, 2003, 150pp PB $A24.95

FUN! – Leisure and Landscape Metz, Tracey
Exploring the consequences of the leisure industry for the physical appearance of the Netherlands. Tracy Metz investigates, describes and analyses how the demand for entertainment leads to changes in the historic city centres, the marketing of nature and the cultural heritage, and the development of leisure centres and attraction parks. NAi Publishers, Rotterdam, 2002, 285pp PB $A60.00

Future City  Read, S. (Ed) et al
Mixing the experience of particular urban places with a more general discourse about the nature of urbanism today and cities as the dominant, even universal, form of human settlement in the future. The book focuses on understandings of inherently dynamic urbanisation processes; from the making of cities, present transformations of cities & our ability to influence or even define the urban future by planning & design. Spon, UK, 2005, 296pp, PB. $A96.00

GENO(V)A: developing & rebooting a waterfront city. Edited by Carnevali G. et al
Of all European cities, Genoa is perhaps the one which has undergone the most radical changes in appearance over the last decade. This book combines the original ideas for the master plan, by the likes of MVRDV, Foreign Office Architects, OMA & Tschumi, with the final international competitions winners UN Studio & their three-dimensional plaza that provided the city of Genoa with both a port and a heart for their city. Netherlands 2003 282pp HB $A100.00

Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape.    Ladd, B.
Chicago UP, USA 1997. 271pp, PB $A P/A

Great Planned Communities The urban Land Institute Gause, Jo Allen ed
Drawing on the pioneering ides of Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. Clarence Stein and j>C. Nichols. These planned communities incorporate a mix of housing types and price points, retail space, offices community gathering places, and open space such as parks and bicycle trails A documentation of gated communities. Urban Land Institute USA 2002 HB 286pp $A160.00

Great Streets A.B.Jacobs
MIT, USA 1993. 352pp PB $A P/A

Green City, The: Sustainable homes, sustainable suburbs  Low, N., Gleeson, B., Green, R. & Radović, D.
In “The Green City” a multi-disciplinary team of Australian professionals explain how ecological sustainability can be embodied in the everyday life of homes, communities and cities. UNSW Press, Aust, 2005, 247pp, PB. $A 39.95

Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment Kahn M.E.
This publication traces the environmental effects of economic, population and geographic growth in cities that are experiencing the expanding dilemma. Are economic growth and environmental health mutually exclusive? Kahn addresses this ongoing debate and defines the idea of a “green” city. Brookings 2006 USA 160pp PB $A35.95

Ground-Up City Play as a Design Tool Lefaivre L & Dőll
Maps the continuing history of an urban design strategy for play in the city. Lefaivre has developed a theoretical model for tackling playgrounds as an urban strategy by focusing particularly on post-war playgrounds realised in Amsterdam. The architecture firm Dőll explored the possibility of applying the model in two urban re-development areas in Rotterdam. 010 Holland, 2007 125pp PB $A64.35

Guide to ECSTACITY Coates N.
In this encyclopaedic book, Nigel Coates unfolds his view of the contemporary metropolis in the form of an hypothetical place described by The Guardian as "a gloriously dynamic vision of what a city might be if only we stretched out imagination". This book constructs an urban kaleidoscope marked by cultural diversity, accessibly written yet vigorous & as complex as the city itself. It is a sourcebook, architectural survey, novel & autobiography. LKing 2003 HB 464pp $A125.00

Halfway to Everywhere: a portrait of America's first-tier suburbs. Hudnut, William H
America's first-tier suburbs that ring large central cities were often left behind during the extraordinary revitalization of the downtown 1990's. This book look at the cycles of first tier suburbs in the USA, and provides his hopes and strategies for rejuvenation of such places. Urban Land Institute USA 2003 PB 478pp $A 37.50

hiCat Research Territories
Analysing every component of a territory, using Catalonia as a case study but saying as much or more about the entire world. Part one of this dynamically designed two-volume set (which holds together magnetically) takes a statistical approach to territorial research. Bursting with inventive charts & graphics, it makes use of statistics to compare the facts of Catalonia to those of territories around the world, from Djakarta to Chicago to Finland. Variables are cross-referenced with others to form suggestive connections between, for instance, education and cultural consumption. ~Part two takes an architectural and urban planning tack, inviting a world of innovative designers to propose projects and strategies, specifically for application in Catalonia, but with obvious relevance to anywhere and everywhere. Participants include FOA, Abalos & Herreros, MVRDV, NL Architects, UN Studio, and West 8, among others. Proposed scenarios consider such issues as senior tourism, sport cities, university campuses, industrial parks, airports, and suburbia. Actar, Spanish, 2004, Vol 1 192pp, Vol 2 704pp, HB. $A 130.00.

HK LAB Gutierrez, Manzini, Portefaix (Eds.)
Hong Kong is one the largest, densest and most fascinating of urban metropolis's. Exploring the condition of housing, planning, development, access, environment, culture and identity. Map Book Publishers, Hong Kong, 2002, PB $A 104.50

Hot Towns: Future of the Fastest Growing Communities in America   Wolf, P.
Rutgers, USA, 1999. 283pp HB $A 55.00

*Housing Policy in Europe Balchin. P ed.
 UK, 1999.  $A P/A

*Housing the Essential Foundations Balchin. P & Rhoden. M ed.
 UK, 1998.  $AP/A

Hybrid Zones: art & architecture in Basel & Zurich Edited by Omlin S. & Frei Bernasconi K.
Kunst-und-Bau commissions, awarded by the state or private developers, are an important means of promoting art in public space. They provide artists with the opportunity to realize projects in a concrete architectural space outside the museum. The artists who create a Kunst-und-Bau project are the first interpreters of the constructed space. The hybrid zones that evolve perform a concrete architectural function while merging with the public artistic sphere & museum space via the artwork. Birkhauser Germany2003 PB 160pp $A42.50

Hyperborder: The Contemporary U.S-Mexico Border and its Future. Romero, F / LAR
The United States-Mexico border is one of the most complex and dynamic areas of the planet today. Fernando Romero provides a multi-disciplinary account of this dynamic region and begins to examine issues faced by other border regions; North-South Korea, Israel and Palestine, France, Switzerland and Germany by using current economic, political, social and environmental trends to project potential scenarios for the border at the midway mark of the twenty-first century. Hyperborder is a non partisan report from the front line of the border debate. Princeton Architectural Press New York 2008 317pp. PB A$59.50

IJburg: Haveneiland and Rieteilanden Claus, van Dongen & Schaap
As MVRDV created the imaginary Meta-City/Data Town, the authors of this book have documented the actual statistics and designed conditions of this part of the Netherlands - IJburg. Dealing with both the discussions surrounding Holland's "Artificial Landscape" and the need for highly sophisticated urban planning, the strength of this book is the beautiful graphics and images used to describe the architecture in question.  010 Publishers, Netherlands, 2002, 155pp, PB $A 84.15

Japan. Towards Totalscape Kira M, Terada M Eds.
Locating Japanese architecture, urban design and landscape architecture in the social and cultural context of present-day Japan. More than a collation of contemporary work, this book seeks to examine the relationship between the architectural work and its surroundings. There is also discussion and analysis of the Metropolitan, Urban, Rural, Natural and Artificial Landscape and how it influences architecture. NAI, Holland, 2001 PB 332pp $AP.O.A

Idea of the Functional City a Lecture with Slides 1928. van Eesteren, C.
NAI, Holland, 1997. 160pp HB $A P/A

In Search of Public Space Four Architects from London  Fretton, T. Parry, E. Ronalds, d'Avoine, P.
The British Council Catalogue, UK, 1997. PB 278pp $A 104.50

Ideal Cities: Utopianism and the (Un)Built Environment Eaton, Ruth
Thames & Hudson, UK, 2002 HB $A 140.00

IImages of the Street Planning, Identity and Control in Public Space  Fyfe, N.
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