Bookshop by Uro

Bookshop by Uro Bookshop by Uro is an online and physical bookstore offering a tightly curated selection of specialis

Established in 2009, Uro began life as a specialist publisher of architecture and design books. In 2016, in the face of the closure of Australia's only specialist architecture and design bookstore chain, Architext, we decided it was time to roll up our sleeves and open our very own bricks-and-mortar shopfront. Based in the Collingwood Yards, Melbourne, as well as online, we now operate as both ven

dors and publishers of architecture and design books, with a particular focus on Australian titles, be they new, or rare and out-of-print. In store, we also carry a selection of architecture and design journals from Australia and around the world.

Adrien Verschuere founded Baukunst in Brussels in 2008, after working at both Herzog De Meuron and OMA. Without differen...
08/06/2026

Adrien Verschuere founded Baukunst in Brussels in 2008, after working at both Herzog De Meuron and OMA. Without differentiating between realised buildings and planned projects, Verschuere shows his design and working methods rather than their results. Documented here is the latest exhibition from Belgian architectural firm, titled Performance & Performativity, presented with models, photographs, videos and installations.

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Garage Papers 3: Short Texts on Architecture has arrived 💙Born without insulation, zoning, funding, or permission, Garag...
07/06/2026

Garage Papers 3: Short Texts on Architecture has arrived 💙

Born without insulation, zoning, funding, or permission, Garage Papers begins with a simple insistence: the freedom to talk about architecture for its own sake. What started as conversations in a garage grew into a space for those who believe in buildings as material, historical, and cultural realities—often overlooked by institutions obsessed with the “extra-” of the discipline.

Drawing on a distinctly Melbourne lineage of informal talk clubs and independent publishing, the project reclaims architecture as a confident cultural practice: a hobby, a pleasure, and something fun. Garage Papers offers a partial printed record of these gatherings—an invitation into a necessary, vulnerable space where ideas are tested, obsessions aired, and a shared love of buildings is taken seriously.

In this third edition:

- Louise Wright (Baracco + Wright) calls for the use of ‘real’ structural arches
- Felix McNamara provides an essay on aesthetic judgement in architectural education
- Nyoah Rosmarin shares an appreciation for anonymous architecture and the architect’s duty to the public

Study Trip is a lucid, no-nonsense guide to psychedelics as a genuine practice — covering everything from intention and ...
06/06/2026

Study Trip is a lucid, no-nonsense guide to psychedelics as a genuine practice — covering everything from intention and dosage to art, co-creation, spirituality, and the genuinely strange. Edited by curator and researcher Lucia Pietroiusti, it’s grounded in artistic, scientific and social perspectives, and richly illustrated throughout.

Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner, a curious sceptic, or somewhere in between — this one meets you where you are.

Writing and graphic design by Dirk Vis 
Edited by curator and researcher  Lucia Pietroiusti.
Illustration by Job Wouters 
Proofreading by Johannah Monk 



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What does it mean to design space for a child? 🛝Aldo van Eyck spent decades answering that question — building hundreds ...
05/06/2026

What does it mean to design space for a child? 🛝

Aldo van Eyck spent decades answering that question — building hundreds of playgrounds across Amsterdam from the 1950s to the 70s, each one a quiet invitation for kids to move, imagine, and figure things out on their own terms.

This beautiful book by Denisa Kollarová and Anna van Lingen traces what’s left of those spaces today. The two designers walked the city, sat at the remaining playgrounds, and listened — to children playing, to parents watching, to the particular kind of stillness these simple metal and concrete structures still seem to hold.
Part archive and part fieldwork. 🛹

We’re open tomorrow from 10 til 5 🚰



Structure as poetic device. A new lens on Carlo Scarpa’s (1906–78) practice — examining how self-imposed structural cons...
04/06/2026

Structure as poetic device.

A new lens on Carlo Scarpa’s (1906–78) practice — examining how self-imposed structural constraints became the foundation of his architectural language.

Come visit us in-store tomorrow 10-5 🌂🌂



03/06/2026

Kazuo Shinohara (1925–2006) is one of the most distinguished and influential Japanese architects of the 20th century. Kazuo Shinohara—3 Houses analyzes three of the architect’s key designs: the House in White (1966), the House in Uehara (1976), and the House in Yokohama (1984).

First published in 2019 by Quart Verlag, this large-format monograph on Shinohara’s three private homes - featuring redrawn floor plans, archival photographs, and contributions by David B. Stewart, Shin-ichi Okuyama, and a foreword by Pritzker laureate Ryue Nishizawa.

Tent Poles in the ground back in stock!🌲🌿It is a collection of twenty-one texts by Stephen Bates. Like Papers (2001), Pa...
03/06/2026

Tent Poles in the ground back in stock!🌲🌿It is a collection of twenty-one texts by Stephen Bates. Like Papers (2001), Papers 2 (2007) and Papers 3 (2016), which were written in collaboration with Jonathan Sergison, co-founder of Sergison Bates architects, ‘Tent Poles’ testifies to the importance of writing as part of a form of practice that includes building and teaching.

Alvar Aalto’s work is strongly influenced by his experience of nature – especially in the deep forests of his Finnish ho...
02/06/2026

Alvar Aalto’s work is strongly influenced by his experience of nature – especially in the deep forests of his Finnish homeland. But he also visited the sites of antiquity on several trips to the Mediterranean and the Orient.

This book explores the dominant theme of nature in Aalto’s work in a variety of ways. Interestingly enough, it is little known that he also worked as a landscape architect and created the garden for Villa Mairea together with the architecture as a Gesamtkunstwerk.

Richly illustrated essays describe for example Aalto’s garden art and the influences of the Mediterranean landscape on Elissa, Aino and Alvar Aalto. The wonderful photographs by Elina Brotherus, mostly taken especially for this book, show Aalto’s typical intertwining of interior and exterior spaces and convey the magic of the Finnish landscape.

Some of the world’s most celebrated architecture firms have also built military bases, maintained weapons systems, and f...
31/05/2026

Some of the world’s most celebrated architecture firms have also built military bases, maintained weapons systems, and facilitated invasions.

Architecture for Warfare pulls back the curtain on the multidisciplinary corporations employing architects and former military personnel side by side — designing Olympic parks and war infrastructure under the same roof. In some conflicts, the same firms were contracted from invasion through to reconstruction.

A deeply unsettling interrogation of design, planning, and armed conflict. And of an industry that has never been asked hard enough questions about who it really builds for.

In store now and online now 🧵

Authored by Ed Wall
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🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫How can the mycelial structure of fungi shape the future of architecture and design? 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫Can mycelium-based mate...
30/05/2026

🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫How can the mycelial structure of fungi shape the future of architecture and design? 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫

Can mycelium-based materials replace existing materials or give rise to entirely new categories and forms of industrial material production? This book brings together leading international experts to examine the potential of mycelium for resource-efficient biomaterials. From building materials to textiles, scientific, technological, and practical approaches demonstrate the new perspectives that mycelium, a living material, can offer. Essays, case studies, and interviews report on current developments, address challenges, and explore how renewable materials can be integrated into circular and sustainable design practices.

Including an interview with Merlin Sheldrake, practice oriented case studies and designs
and accompanied by extensive visual material.

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