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It was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that the physicist Wallace Clement Sabine developed his theory of reverberation, which has remained fundamental to architectural acoustics to this day, and has subsequently been applied to many...

Swan & Maclaren were the most prominent and prestigious architectural practice working in Singapore during the latter part of the British era, that is to say, from 1892, when the firm was founded, through to independence in 1965. As such, the history of...

A fascinating new take on the architecture of Sir David Adjaye OM OBE, exploring how he chooses, uses, and combines materials, and the extraordinary buildings and structures that result David Adjaye is one of the most in-demand architects today, known...

Wineries across the globe now regularly engage leading architects to create extraordinary, original constructions that complement the winemaking and tasting experiences. In Europe, world-renowned studios have rejuvenated winery and cellar-door...

What do the Bari Pork Store (King of the Sausage), the Los Doctores Tires Shop, the Great Eagle Photo Company, and the St. Jude Religious Articles shops have in common? If you were Paul Lacy, they would be among the hundreds of storefronts you...

Liverpool has gained a national and international reputation for popular music, most recently recognised in its designation as a UNESCO City of Music. This book examines Liverpool's popular music through the history of the places where it has been...

The book takes the reader on an architectural discovery tour of Berlin. It gives an impressive insight into the latest architecture of the German capital: Distinctive buildings, urban spaces and places characterising urban everyday life in the city are...

Every time you wheel a shopping cart through one of Walmart's more than 10,000 stores worldwide, or swipe your credit card or purchase something online, you enter a mind-boggling logistical regime. Even if you've never shopped at Walmart, its logistics...

The Palais de Tokyo, built for the 1937 International Exhibition of Arts and Technology, is an icon of French Art Deco architecture. Located prominently on the northern bank of the Seine near the Eiffel Tower, the vast complex today is a hotspot ...

The ISO 9000 family of quality standards has been adopted world-wide as a framework for building better relationships between suppliers and customers. Originally a manufacturing-industry concern, quality is now acknowledged to be a key issue for the...

This new edition of John Illingworth's popular book provides a thorough introduction to the selection of construction methods, their planning and organization on site. Thoroughly revised and updated, Construction Methods and Planning takes a practical,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753305288Author Lina GhotmehFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

Today, nearly a century after the National Fascist Party came to power in Italy, questions about the built legacy of the regime provoke polemics among architects and scholars. Mussolini's government constructed thousands of new buildings across the...

Reshaping Museum Space pulls together the views of an international group of museum professionals, architects, designers and academics highlights the complexity, significance and malleability of museum space, and provides reflections upon recent...

The task of designing a large aquarium pre sents architects with a multiplicity of challenges: the fundamental elements of interior design - light, colour, and surfaces - must be meshed with special requirements concerning building technology. This...

Gasholders became one of the most instantly recognisable and iconic features on the landscape since they first appeared in the early 19th century. Their simple but precise engineering, durability and flexibility allowed then to operate over a span of 200...

This book charts a twenty-year period in theatre design that maps the growth of large-scale adaptable theatre through Charcoalblue’s work, alongside the world's leading architects. From the remaking of London’s Young Vic Theatre in the mid-2000s, through...

Empty Pedestals uses a design perspective to explore how monuments to the Confederacy speak to regionalism, racist political agendas, and residual collective pain. Many designers and artists working in the public realm have created innovative projects to...

World Zoo and Aquarium Architecture Vol. 1 provides an overview of current trends in planning zoos and aquariums. As the curator of this series, the Institute of Zoo Architecture is committed to inspiring both decision-makers and visitors in favour of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615815664Author ,Susan,J. MontgomeryFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Two Red Roses FoundationPublisher Two Red Roses FoundationWeight(grams) 0g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462087057Author Marco LannaFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers)

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462086760Author Niek VerdonkFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Nai010 PublishersPublisher Nai010 PublishersWeight(grams) 1111g

Recent history of mega-projects has largely been written as a record of disasters. Well-known examples have turned into icons of planning failures, costly overspending, and excessive delays. Despite these systemic risks inherent in top-down massive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892074907Author Stephen HobanFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S.Publisher Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S...

Every time you wheel a shopping cart through one of Walmart's more than 10,000 stores worldwide, or swipe your credit card or purchase something online, you enter a mind-boggling logistical regime. Even if you've never shopped at Walmart, its logistics...

Archigraphia ReduxA beautifully curated collection of the best of environmental graphic design today, Archigraphia Redux is an essential reference for anyone interested in effective communications in the built environment.Graphis is proud to announce the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789056628529Author Koos BosmaFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers)

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by His Highness the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage excellence in architecture in societies where Muslims have a significant presence. The Award is given every three years and recognises all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462085411Author Meta Knol, Koen van SynghelFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi...

Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) After refurbishment and restructuring as a house with an open concept, the Kulturpalast Dresden in the center of the city has been given a new lease of life. gmp devised a...

This interdisciplinary account of the different types of flexible living presents work by Modernist and contemporary architects and designers such as; Charles and Ray Eames, Buckminster Fuller, Jean Prouve, Joe Colombo and Shigeru Ban, contrasting them...

The Walker Art Center recently opened its expanded space, which includes a new theater, a new restaurant and more galleries, but is best known for being Herzog & de Meuron's first public building in the United States. The project drew national coverage...

Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) On the future Europaallee in the center of Zurich, the three renowned architecture firms David Chipperfield Architects, Max Dudler, and Annette Gigon/Mike Guyer are attempting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802064288Author John I RempelFormat PaperbackPage Count 454Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto Press

The proceedings of the CIB W65 Symposium on the Organization and Management of Construction conference are presented here and in the companion volumes as state-of-the-art papers documenting research and innovative practice in the field of construction. ...

The book introduces six topics that pervade this journey. It is the story of how these designers acquire knowledge and expertise in what they haven't done but are doing, by making buildings, spaces and things. Navigating from how small things can have...

The third publication to come out of the renowned firm, Ronald Lu & Partners celebrates the breadth and creativity of their work in honor of their 35th anniversary. Rather than a retrospective since day one, it illustrates both their recent works and...

Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Design "Daniel Williams's Sustainable Design is . . . a thoroughly practical call for the design professions to take the next steps toward transformation of the human prospect toward a future that is sustainable and...

Intent on realising her late husband's vision, Dorothy de Rothschild first offered to provide funding for a new building housing the Supreme Court of Israel in the 1960s. In 1983 the offer was seriously considered and accepted. Renowned architects from...

Text in English and German. Despite their usually very large volumes, works by Eckhard Gerber's Dortmund practice are structurally light and transparent, precise in their detail, and make an unmistakable impact on the urban space. Presenting the new...