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watermark press http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/ en Copyright 2012 Wed, 30 May 2012 13:29:50 +1000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Peter Hall, Architect: The Phantom of the Opera House Peter Webber One of the most controversial stories in the nation’s history is the design and construction of the Sydney Opera House. It was a dazzling concept to fill an ill-considered brief. When the problems inevitably came to a head, the architect who conceived it resigned and someone had to complete the project. That person was Peter Hall, but who was he? This fascinating biography documents the passage of Peter Hall, architect – the phantom of the Sydney Opera House – whose life was at times complex, sometimes adventurous, and finally tragic. ISBN 9780 949284 95 2 144 pp Softcover 235mm x 155mm $25.00 inc. GST ]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/peter_hall_architect_the_phant.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/peter_hall_architect_the_phant.html Architecture Wed, 30 May 2012 13:29:50 +1000 Boorowa Writers 2012 Edited by Sheila Smith Prose and poetry from the pens and keyboards of a writing group that evolved from the Boorowa Library Book Club. The production of this slim volume was made possible by prize money won in the logo and slogan competition run by the Boorowa Council in its quest to find a suitable symbol for the Community Strategic Plan. ISBN 9780 949284 96 9 48 pp Softcover 210mm x 148mm $5 inc GST ]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/general/boorowa_writers_2012.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/general/boorowa_writers_2012.html General Wed, 30 May 2012 12:43:13 +1000 Design with Landscape: A 50 year journey Not so much the landscape that we think we know but more the landscape that we play and work in. Not so much the landscape that we look at but more the landscape that we live with and understand. Learning about our surroundings and wondering how did all that happen? – never by chance. This book is both a record of the life’s work of a passionate Australian landscape architect and also a textbook of how to design and build solutions to living within the landscape of the world. ISBN 9780 64656015-1 (hbk) 372 pp Hardback 245mm x 300mm $95.00 inc. GST ]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/design_with_landscape_a_50_yea_1.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/design_with_landscape_a_50_yea_1.html Architecture Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:29:19 +1000 Reviewing the Performance: The Design of the Sydney Opera House Probably the most important book ever written about the Sydney Opera House, Reviewing the Performance is the first to make a calm and careful analysis of all aspects of this remarkable building. In particular the problems of the brief, the difficulties of matching the design to the site, and the immense problems encountered during construction. Reviewing the Performance also brings startling revelations about seating and acoustic volumes. But it then goes one stage further and examines aspects of ethics and aesthetics in architecture and how a building may become an artistic masterpiece yet never excel in its primary function. The text is accompanied by meticulous drawings from the author and the timeless photographs of the late Max Dupain. ISBN 9780 949284 921 (pbk) 204 pp Softcover 245mm x 245mm $60.00 inc. GST ]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/reviewing_the_performance_the.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/reviewing_the_performance_the.html Architecture Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:37 +1000 Custom & Corporate Publications The Watermark Press is widely recognised for high quality custom book publishing. We specialise in the creation of books for companies, organizations and institutions both in Australia and overseas. Our services include all aspects of publishing from initial concept to research, writing, design, printing and distribution. We have worked with many leading corporate names in Australia and beyond, and across many and diverse industries. In the process, Watermark has won numerous design and print awards but sees no correlation between awards and the success of our books. Our clients include such well-known names as ANZAP, Bovis-Lend Lease, Bernina, Qantas Airways, UNESCO, Driza-Bone, Citadel Investment Group (HK), Dorling Kindersley, the ACT Government, Mirvac, Australian Respiratory Council, University of Sydney, Brookfield Multiplex, Mitsubishi Australia, Pfaff, Shore School and many others. The Watermark Press has been publishing fine books for over 25 years. Just phone or email us and we will respond. It costs nothing. Simon Blackall books@bigpond.net.au Mobile: 0408 810 724

]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/custom/corporate_publications_1.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/custom/corporate_publications_1.html Custom Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:22:18 +1000 Guide to Melbourne Architecture Philip Goad

This new edition of the popular Melbourne Architecture Guide has been updated and expanded to include more than 50 buildings from the last ten years. Now printed in colour, it gives great insight into the gracious city of Melbourne. In particular it examines the issues of preservation versus development and urban planning while charting the features that create a city's spatial character. This guide was awarded the Bates Smart Award for excellence for published works which promote architecture. ISBN 9780 949284 891 (pbk) 2nd Edition 332 pp Softcover 255mm x 135mm Colour throughout $49.95 inc GST]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/guide_to_melbourne_architectur.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/guide_to_melbourne_architectur.html Architecture Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:15:42 +1000 Flugelman: on further reflection Peter Pinson Photographs by David Perry

Bert Flugelman is one of Australia’s best-known sculptors whose large public works in stainless steel have ensured him a place in art history. This beautifully illustrated book traces Flugelman’s work from the late 60s on, through the evolution of his geometric series to the present day. It includes detailed comments from the artist himself, plus bibliography and index. ISBN: 9780 949284839 132 pp Hardback 285mm x 260mm Full colour $75.00 inc GST ]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/general/flugelman_on_further_reflectio.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/general/flugelman_on_further_reflectio.html General Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:06:07 +1000 The Bush Capital: How Australia chose Canberra as its federal city Roger Pegrum

This new edition of The Bush Capital has been published by The Watermark Press with the support of the ACT Government, as part of the Centenary Celebrations to mark the establishment of Canberra as the capital of Australia. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this book provides a fascinating, detailed and often humorous insight into the political machinations behind the selection of our national capital. ISBN: 978 0949284877 168 pp Hardback 297mm x 240mm Full colour $39.95 inc GST]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/general/the_bush_capital_how_australia.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/general/the_bush_capital_how_australia.html General Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:03:23 +1000 Australia’s Government Explained Elizabeth Masters

For students, in fact anyone, even politicians, this new book provides a much-needed explanation of the workings of the Australian system of government. Starting with Magna Carta it takes the reader through a brief history of the Westminster system and on to the formation of the federal parliament. It then goes on to explain exactly how the government of today serves the people of Australia. Australia’s Government Explained is illustrated throughout with photographs, easy-to-follow diagrams and historical etchings. ISBN: 9780949284853 100 pp Softback 297mm x 210mm Full colour $19.95 inc GST ]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/general/australias_government_explaine.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/general/australias_government_explaine.html General Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:00:58 +1000 Shanghai Architecture Anne Warr

The first comprehensive guide to the architecture and history of Shanghai from the original walled city, through the era of the foreign settlements, to the steel and glass skyscrapers of the modern city. It also includes a lengthy introductory section, covering the political and economic history of this amazing city. The book is divided into nine sections, each with a map showing an important area of the city and its nearest Metro station. Addresses are written in Chinese as well as English. This is a new title in the successful Watermark Architectural Guides series. Author, Anne Warr is an architect, academic and founder member of Explore Shanghai Heritage. She is a resident of Shanghai. ISBN: 9780949284761 340 pp Softback 255mm x 135mm Full colour $49.95 inc GST ]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/shanghai_architecture.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/shanghai_architecture.html Architecture Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:05:48 +1000 University of Sydney Architecture Trevor Howells

“The really wonderful thing about guides to campus environments is their ability to uncover treasures of the interior spaces that are not immediately obvious even to staff and students … University of Sydney Architecture allows some of the richness of spaces such as MacLaurin Hall and the colleges to be located. The book invites the reader to seek out the spaces, and to realize that Sydney and its institutions hold treasures to be explored in the most liberal educational sense. It is certainly worth taking when you next walk the grounds.” Desley Luscombe Architecture Australia, September/October 2007

The University of Sydney with its many architectural styles from the Gothic Revival through Italianate, Mediterranean, Modern, Brutalist, Postmodern and Late Modern, is a microcosm of Australian public architecture. From the traditional ‘academic’ Gothic buildings of the early Colonial and Government Architects through to the glass and steel of the new century, all are carefully recorded in this guide. The University of Sydney Architecture lists more than 100 buildings on the various campuses with detailed historical, architectural and anecdotal notes together with brief biographies of their leading architects. Together they tell the history of the university through its buildings. The text is brilliantly supported with original colour photographs, archival drawings and photographs, floor plans, location maps and suggested walks. This is a delightful and much needed guide for students, alumni and visitors alike. Author, Trevor Howells, is a well-known architectural writer and academic. He is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Sydney and one of its graduates in architecture. ISBN 0949284750 240 pp Softback 256mm x 135mm Full colour $40.00 inc GST]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/university_of_sydney_architect_1.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/university_of_sydney_architect_1.html Architecture Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:35:50 +1000 Sydneysider - AN OPTIMISTIC LIFE IN ARCHITECTURE Sydneysider AN OPTIMISTIC LIFE IN ARCHITECTURE Don Gazzard

This book brings a breath of fresh air to the Australian architectural scene. It’s not the usual monograph aimed at impressing clients, but for once tells it as it really is. In fact this autobiography by Don Gazzard goes further, describing growing up in the Depression in a working class suburb of Sydney, on through high school, university and then apprenticeship with Harry Seidler. Gazzard’s reminiscences paint a vivid picture of the austere life in Sydney in the Thirties, Forties and Fifties. But the next decade brought new attitudes and possibilities. Gazzard was outspoken about the sacking of Joern Utzon, architect of the Opera House, fought for the conservation of Paddington, and his early proposals led to the transformation of Circular Quay and Martin Place for pedestrians. Sydneysider gives a brilliant impression of the city’s post-war development. The frank descriptions of the complex way in which buildings are created and the actual business of architecture are refreshing in their candour. Through all this, a clear image of the author evolves. From a reclusive family background emerges an obsessive man with a strong social conscience and this helps to explain the attitudes and ideas that led to his buildings and many urban activities. Sydneysider is an architectural gem. ISBN 0 949284 78 5 232 pp Softback 230mm x 190mm Full colour Plans, sections, elevations $50 inc GST ]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/sydneysider_an_optimistic_life.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/architecture/sydneysider_an_optimistic_life.html Architecture Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:31:13 +1000 How can you appear for someone you know is guilty? JOHN COOMBS QC

Somewhere between a legal textbook, selected memoirs and an autobiography. It’s the story of John Coombs’ career as a barrister, memories of his famous father HC ‘Nugget’ Coombs, and the serious, sometimes poignant, and occasionally hilarious cases that arrive in our courts. The title of the book presents the dilemma faced so frequently by lawyers. The defendant may at first appear to be clearly guilty, but they could just as well be totally innocent. And the examples he gives, are timely reminders to keep an open mind. His paper on the findings of the Royal Commission into the effects of the de-foliant Agent Orange is textbook stuff, extracting the truth from the hyperbole of a painful episode in Australian military history. Elsewhere there are delightful anecdotes about one-legged plaintiffs, a major damages claim settled on the outcome of a horse race, and occasions when one wonders whether the term ‘being called to the bar’ should take the simplest meaning. This is a book of memories of 40 years as a barrister and QC, told in a charming and unaffected way. It is a delightful read. 167 pages, mono, hardback with jacket ISBN 0 949284 79 3 ISBN: 0 949284 79 3 167 pp Hardback with jacket  210mm x 145mm Mono  Drawings by Annette Wallis $35 inc GST]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/general/how_can_you_appear_for_someone_1.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/general/how_can_you_appear_for_someone_1.html General Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:27:25 +1000 Dog Owners Manual The Dog Owner’s Manual On Selecting, Raising and Breeding Dogs Karen Hedberg BVsc

This third edition of The Dog Owner’s Manual brings even more information to both breeders and family dog owners. Evolving as it did from requests from pet owners for a detailed and comprehensive manual on dog raising and breeding it quickly became known as ‘the dog owner’s bible’. Now, almost 20 years later, it is still the foremost all-purpose dog book in Australia and is known and trusted all over the world. Karen Hedberg, the distinguished veterinarian, takes you step by step through the process of choosing a puppy and raising it in the home. She then goes on to breeding and finally the care of geriatric dogs. The book also lists canine ailments and summarises the various treatments. This third edition includes recent developments in veterinary science, new and improved drugs, diet recommendations and the latest worming methods. Clearly written, easy to comprehend, The Dog Owner’s Manual provides an up-to-date one-stop reference for both breeders and all those who really care for their pets. It’s a must for all dog owners. ISBN 0 949284 73 4 565 pp Softback 230mm x 152mm Mono with charts. diagrams and illustrations throughout $49.95 inc GST ]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/canine/dog_owners_manual.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/canine/dog_owners_manual.html Canine Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:18:53 +1000 BAILED UP The painting Bailed Up by Tom Roberts is probably Australia’s best known work of art. However the story about how and where it was painted, is the stuff of legend. In this beautiful and intriguing book Patrick McCarthy shares his painstaking researches into the background of Bailed Up, where it was painted and who modelled for the artist. For years the highway robbery so cleverly depicted, has been a source of dispute but now after careful examination of the evidence, the author gives a probable answer. Even more interesting is the saga of Bailed Up after its completion. For thirty-three years Tom Roberts was unable to find a buyer for this masterpiece and even sent it to London in the hope of a sale. When ultimately it was sold, it went for a bargain price. Then came recognition and, suddenly, Bailed Up was the painting everyone wanted to see. Today Tom Roberts is referred to as ‘the father of Australian landscape painting’ for his ability to portray the countryside as it really was. This book is an important addition to the story of one of Australia’s greatest paintings and includes a foreword by Barry Pearce, Senior Curator, Art Gallery of NSW. ISBN 0 949284 72 6 190 pp Hardback with jacket 240mm x 240mm Full colour $45 inc GST]]> http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/general/bailed_up.html http://www.watermarkpress.com.au/general/bailed_up.html General Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:01:29 +1000