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At last available in English, this classic text was originally published in Germany in 1951 and has been continuously in print since then. Gunter Bandmann analyzes the architecture of societies in western Europe up to the twelfth century that aspired to...

The first book to uncover Kōjin Karatani’s highly significant ideas on architecture for an architectural audience.Explores Karatani’s Architecture as Metaphor where he introduces a different definition of philosophy.The eighth book from Nadir Lahiji to...

This is the first book to look at this underserved subject in history and theory.Includes contributions from authors in Canada, US, Lebanon, China, UK, France, Spain and Belgium.Fully illustrated in both colour and black and white.Book InformationISBN...

Building with earthquakes is a familiar yet persistent design problem for resilient construction on all continents. This book elaborates on various factors for earthquake-resilient architecture in six thematic chapters that explore the design strategies...

Chester County is one of the three original counties formed in 1682 in southeastern Pennsylvania by William Penn under Charter signed by King Charles II. The greatest number of settlers after 1682 came from the British Isles, and so the architecture they...

Authorship critically examines emergent themes in contemporary architecture by revisiting the seemingly defunct notion of design authorship. As we revel in the death of the master architect, how do we come to terms with the shifting role of creativity in...

Transporting readers from derelict homesteads to imperiled harbors, postindustrial ruins to Cold War test sites, Curated Decay presents an unparalleled provocation to conventional thinking on the conservation of cultural heritage. Caitlin DeSilvey...

Cars, single-family houses, fallout shelters, air-conditioned malls-these are only some of the many interiors making up the landscape of American suburbia. Indoor America explores the history of suburbanization through the emergence of such spaces in the...

Vernacular Modernism challenges the common perception of modern architecture as the example of an internationalism which eradicates local traditions and transforms the globe into a faceless urban sprawl. The essays trace the vernacular in some of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789080818514Author Michelle ProvoostFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint ValizPublisher ValizWeight(grams) 349g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789078088912Author Francesca MiazzoFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint ValizPublisher ValizWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 183mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789078088806Author Indira Van't KloosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint ValizPublisher ValizWeight(grams) 599g

The R.O.M.E. look is presented in this book by a project team at the University of Naples. It is part of a more comprehensive interpretation and design experience carried out in 2015 by twenty-five universities, under the international workshop...

The particular type of "Seaside holiday camp" is a good sample of how the architectural research can solve problems. From 1930 to 1960 this new type is created and declined by Italian architects because many industries wanted to solve the...

The concepts of metabolism, ecosystems, and circular economy are currently challenging the discipline of urbanism. As the shift from linear to circular production-consumption patterns seems to be ultimate for reducing the externalities of our urban...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788496540972Author Mario BallesterosFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint ActarD IncPublisher ActarD Inc

Wright's Writings traces the discursive work of Frank Lloyd Wright through a set of essays by Kenneth Frampton. Originally written as a series of introductions to the five-volume collection of Wright's writing published in 1992, the essays are gathered...

Sean Pickersgill demonstrates that the goal of creating meaningful architecture can take a variety of critical and philosophical paths. The importance of architecture as an expression of broad, complex social drivers is complemented by the equally...

The city is the largest human artefact. It is made by us, yet simultaneously it makes us, as well as all other nonhuman entities. The particular discourse to which this book on the city contributes is the discipline of architecture. It explores a simple...

Exploring the impact of the built environment and design on people with a range of neurological experiences, including autism, dementia, dyslexia and dyspraxia, this comprehensive guide provides project commissioners, architects and designers with all...

Thinking through object-oriented ontology-and the work of architects such as Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid-to explore new concepts of the relationship between form and function Object-oriented ontology has become increasingly popular among architectural...

From the reviews of the first edition of Architecture of New York City. "It should provide joy to anyone even vaguely interested in this city and its artifacts. It is very likely to turn them into enthusiasts." --New York Times Book Review...

This book poses important philosophical questions about the aims, values and purposes of landscape architecture. The editors, highly regarded in their field, have drawn together a distinguished team of writers who provide unique individual perspectives...

Buildings shape our identity and sense of self in profound ways that are not always evident to architects and town planners, or even to those who think they are intimately familiar with the buildings they inhabit. Architecture and the Mimetic Self...

Performing Home is the first sustained study of the ways in which artists create artworks in, and in response to, domestic dwellings.In the context of growing interest in ideas and practices that cross between architecture, arts practice and performance,...

UNESCO aims to tackle Africa's under-representation on its World Heritage List by inscribing instances of nineteenth- and twentieth-century modern architecture and urban planning there. But, what is one to make of the utopias of progress and development...

Reality Bytes is a collection of essays by Bart Lootsma, written in the years from 1998 to 2009. "Byte" is a unit of digital information used in information technology and most commonly consists of eight bits. Reality Bytes is also the title of...

Arguably the future of architecture has increasingly more to do with technology: tiny sensors woven almost invisibly into materials, buildings which interact with their surroundings via the facades, or 'intelligent' houses that adapt to fit their...

Globalisation not only involves the worldwide networking of finance and trade; a new international urban society is also emerging: Cosmopolis. The Internationale Bauausstellung (International Building Exhibition) IBA Hamburg aims to adapt the city to the...

Over the last three decades neoliberal ideology has irreversibly changed our political and economic reality. But what-if any-relationship exists between neoliberalism and our built environment? Is There (Anti-)Neoliberal Architecture? seeks to complement...

The rise of several divisive leaders within contemporary politics, has once again brought action to the foreground. As a new generation makes their voices heard, they are also grappling to find effective platforms for action through design. The notion of...

Architecture Beyond Experience is an interdisciplinary work in the service of one goal: the bringing about of a more relational, 'posthuman' and yet humanist strain in architecture. It argues against the values that currently guide much architectural...

Condensed thoughts transformed to matter with sequence of drawings. With exceptions of the author's other books, no similar published case studies exist. Uniquely relevant in both the education and practice architecture. This book aims to unify knowing...

Lunch is an annual, student-edited design research journal at the University of Virginia School of Architecture that aims to facilitate conversations across disciplines and communities, publishing articles, research, interviews, and projects that...

Not Interesting proposes another set of terms and structures to talk about architecture, without requiring that it be interesting. This book explores a set of alternatives to the interesting and imagines how architecture might be positioned more broadly...

Pressing Matters VI is an exciting compilation of design and research performed at PennDesign's Department of Architecture. It features recent work by students, news, important symposia and lectures, and is printed on recycled paper with non-toxic inks. ...

Across a range of settings - from the dry river valleys of Yemen to tropical high-rise fabric of Singapore - the projects selected for the 10th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture match the cutting-edge design with a deep commitment to place...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787357235Author Urs BetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629632353Author Franco La CeclaFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

This is an intelligent and superbly illustrated reevaluation of the seminal architectural manifesto Learning from Las Vegas. Learning from Las Vegas - published in 1972 by the American architects Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour -...