Art, Design & Architecture

Michael Haag / The Durrells of Corfu

 The Durrell family are immortalised in Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals and its ITV adaptation, The Durrells. But what of the real life Durrells? Why did they go to Corfu in the first...

John Hutchinson - James Arthur O'Connor - Artist - PB 1985 - Illustrated

Published 1985 on the occasion of an exhibition in the National Gallery of the work of this important Irish artist.  Paperback 208 pages, with images from O'Connor's work, many in colour, as well as...

Dave Stone / Russell Brand Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know

 The summer of 2006 belonged to Russell Brand. It seemed as if the gangly motor-mouth, who resembled nothing so much as a Dickensian villain with a birdsnest on his head, was a sensation everywhere...

OPW - Building For Government : The Architecture of State Buildings : OPW Ireland 1900-2000 HB 1999 Illustrated

The most comprehensive record yet of the work of the OPW from 1900 to the present ."Building for Government" presents a unique illustrated guide to the important architectural work of the OPW,...

Judith Miller / How to Make Money Out of Antiques

    Assuming no previous knowledge of antiques, this is a guide to learning the tricks of the trade, developing an eye for a bargain, spotting fakes and forgeries, repairing and restoring, and...

Gemma Tipton ( Editor) - des/IRE - Designing Houses for Contemporary Ireland - PB -2008 - Architecture & Design

Should the standard of housing in Ireland reassure us or be a cause for grave concern? Against the 'luxury lifestyle' backdrop of Celtic Tiger Ireland, did we really build the right sort of homes and...

Colm Lincoln & Alan O'Connor - Dublin as a Work of Art - HB - Architecture -Urban History 1992

Dublin as a Work of Art by Colm Lincoln, with photography by Alan O'Connor , published by O'Brien Press, 224 pages. Illustrations. Colm Lincoln brings together the past and present in this...

Nikolaus Pevsner - An Outline of European Architecture - Penguin Pelican 7th Ed 1966

A 7th revised edition of Nikolaus Pevsner's masterful study of the entire scope of European architecture from the early medieval to the mid 20th century. Penguin Pelican edition ( but larger than the...

Peter and Linda Murray / The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists

This magnificant, bestselling reference book finally leaves its old look to join the modern Penguin subject dictionary series. Why exactly did Van Gogh cut off his ear? Was Warhol an original or just...