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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988366272Author Mette Ramsgaard ThomsenFormat HardbackPage Count 427Imprint Riverside Architectural PressPublisher Riverside Architectural Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781485312857Author Pieter MathewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 236g

Provides practical guidance to professional architects interested in designing hotels, alongside a condensed history of lodging, hospitality and the many factors which influence hotel development.Showcases twenty different small hotel projects designed...

Small and mid-sized suburban towns house two-thirds of the world's population and current modes of planning for these municipalities are facing challenges of both philosophy and form. Common approaches that have prevailed in past decades no longer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876294192Author RSMeansFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint R.S. Means Company LtdPublisher R.S. Means Company LtdWeight(grams) 1370gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876293485Author Wayne J. Del PicoFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint R.S. Means Company LtdPublisher R.S. Means Company LtdWeight(grams)...

In 2003, Columbia University began planning an expansion into neighboring Manhattanville, the site of the soon-to-open campus designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The story of the project is a complex one-a...

Industrial archeologists study towns and landscapes created over the past several centuries that were planned to integrate home and work. This ground-breaking book features architectural case studies of company towns in 48 locations - workers' villages,...

Revitalize your architectural visualizations by bringing new levels of realism to your day and night interior scenes. This book features full-color, step-by-step tutorials to develop a firm understanding of the processes and techniques involved in...

When architecture is the subject of an exhibition, there is almost always a dilemma: architecture can only be represented through drawings, models, and photographs; the physicality of architecture per se is missing. The abstraction of architecture for...

This instalment of the Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers Masterpiece Series focuses on Hive Architects' Shibusa Residence on the Big Sarasota Pass in Siesta Key, Florida. In response to the client's brief; for their future home to reflect their simple,...

Performative Materials in Architecture and Design addresses the convergence of several significant and fundamental advancements in the ways that materials and environments are designed, evaluated and experienced within architecture and related...

Amsterdam Castle Muiderslot is not just the oldest castle in the Netherlands. It is a magical place, surrounded by water and vegetation. The castle gardens feature lots of heritage varieties: vegetables, herbs, fruit, herbaceous plants and flowers...

New York City is a metropolis in a constant state of metamorphosis. Amidst continuous construction, the redevelopment of the existing cityscape plays a fundamental role in the evolution of the Big Apple as a place to live, work, and visit. This...

Product of a research cooperation between three Swiss universities - the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne's School of Architecture, the School of Architecture and Technology in Fribourg, and the University of Fribourg - the Smart Living Lab is a...

Source Books in Architecture No. 15: Johnston Marklee includes conversations with the architects and documentation of a range of built and unbuilt works. As the Baumer Visiting Professors at The Ohio State University, Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee engage...

Since the construction of the first skyscrapers in the 19th century, urban environments have been increasingly marked by verticality. The advent of the modern metropolis transformed the experience of gravity in ways which resonate acutely today. At a...

Product of a research cooperation between three Swiss universities - the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne's School of Architecture, the School of Architecture and Technology in Fribourg, and the University of Fribourg - the Smart Living Lab is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389614695Author John RuskinFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 18mm

Interest in living off the grid, i.e. self-sufficiently without relying on public services such as the municipal water supply, electricity, or local sewage and gas systems, has come on the scene as a greener, cheaper, and more independent way of life...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876290170Author Melville MossmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint R.S. Means Company LtdPublisher R.S. Means Company LtdWeight(grams)...

The constant in architecture's evolution is change. Adaptive Architecture explores structures, or environments that accommodate multiple functions at the same time, sequentially, or at periodically recurring events. It demonstrates how changing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940291758Author Ciro NajleFormat HardbackPage Count 397Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784900212824Author A+u PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint S R AgencyPublisher S R AgencyWeight(grams) 608gDimensions(mm) 284mm * 224mm * 10mm

Catalogue of the TECHNOSCAPE exhibition, which will be held at MAXXI in Autumn 2022, focusing on the relationship between artistic and scientific disciplines, nowadays closer than ever, and the consequent contacts between technique, creativity and social...

It positions Suzhou within the context of China’s rapid growth since the 1980s, where the city tells a compelling narrative of the urban relationship between the millennia-old cultural heritage and the booming modern economy. The early part of the book...

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Explore the rich history of Berkhamsted in this guided tour through its most fascinating historic and modern buildings.

In architecture circulation is often seen as a technical requirement designed for easy passage. But what if we viewed these spaces not just as neutral connectors, but as dynamic environments responding to the complexity of human experience? This is an...

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Rickmansworth is an attractive small town in south-west Hertfordshire with its origins as farmsteads owned by the Abbey of St Albans. From this time (in the early fifteenth century) a Great Barn was built. In later centuries, sitting on a road that...

A fascinating illustrated history of the lighthouses around the coast of Wales from their beginnings to the present day.

The town of Malvern grew around a medieval Benedictine monastery at the foot of the Malvern Hills. Great Malvern priory church and the Abbey Gateway are two striking sites of the monastery that can be seen today, the church containing some of the most...

Clapham and Battersea, both mediaeval villages to the south-west of London, enjoy rich and fascinating histories. In time Clapham became home to wealthy City merchants who built grand mansion houses around Clapham Common and Battersea’s fortunes changed...

Medieval Macclesfield was a small market town in Cheshire but industries, particularly button manufacturing, started to develop in the Tudor era. The town's later wealth and rapid expansion was built on the silk industry that followed, with its first...

For much of its history, Bexhill was a small rural town on a hill in East Sussex, a mile or two from the sea. Remains of its manor house can still be seen. The town grew during the Napoleonic wars as thousands of troops were stationed at barracks at...

The inverse design approach is new to the built environment research and design community, though it has been used in other industries including automobile and airplane design. This book, from some of the pioneers of inverse design applications in the...

An illustrated narrative of the construction of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, designed by Thomas Phifer. This stunning large-format book transcends the typical photo album, offering a captivating visual narrative of the construction of the Museum...

In this collection of haunting images, photographers James Lacey and David Gooch have brought to the light the fascination of derelict and abandoned buildings and other structures around Liverpool and Merseyside. These buildings and places have been left...

Boathouses have a story to tell, of invasion and response, of naval expedience, of taste and fashion, competition and industry. A new boathouse was essential to the successful establishment of Cambridge University Women's Rowing Team. They have been...