Lives and times: New art and architecture books

Reminiscing on what has transpired in or before our lives, this month’s picks of the new art, architecture and design books look at the legacy of some of the spaces, places and faces we have behind us. Some deal with temporary works of urban art in the capital; others, the creation of new history in the light of the old. Have a browse and enjoy.

• Melancholy Wedgwood / Moon, Iris
• Here today, gone tomorrow : Wellington street art / Baird, Jaimie D.
• The house of green : natural homes and biophilic architecture
• Station : a journey through 20th and 21st century railway architecture and design / Beanland, Christopher
• Te Pae : the place where we meet / Pearson, Lizzy
• A different light : first photographs of Aotearoa