Main entry:

Metcalf, Andrew.

Title & Author:

Aurora Place, Renzo Piano Sydney / Andrew Metcalf ; photographs by Martin van der Wal.

Publication:

Sydney : Watermark ; [Garsington] : [Windsor] (distributor), 2001.

Description:

151 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Context -- Process: Logistical web -- Architectural analysis: Structural framing ; Geometry ; Ground plane ; Wintergardens ; Residential building -- Technology: Lifts/Elevators -- Light: Commercial tower facades ; Glass -- Product: Commercial lobby ; Terracotta ; Canopy ; Piazza -- Place: Exterior lighting ; BMU -- Expression -- Art.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Viewed from afar Aurora Place is like a shimmering, pearlised shaft of light amidst the other high-rise buildings of central Sydney. This book is the story of the development, design and construction of this remarkable building complex on its historic site."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

094928453X
9780949284532

Subject:

Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
Aurora Place (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Sydney (N.S.W.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Sydney Aurora Place Office Tower and Residences.
Architecture (New South Wales)

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)
architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings.
Dessins d'architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 218059
Call No.: NA44.P581.25 A8 2001
Status: Available