Criticism

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782503525815Author Christine SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 536Imprint Brepols N.V.Publisher Brepols N.V.

Writings on Architecture is an anthology of texts by George Baird, focusing on his on-going interest in planning and the built environment, something which is particularly manifest in his attention to the city of Toronto, where he is active in...

With a body of work firmly at the heart of architectural theory and discourse, Robert Maxwell is undoubtedly one of the most respected architectural writers and educators of recent times. Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Princeton University, Robert...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948765008Author Mauro BaraccoFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar PublishersWeight(grams) 1000g

X Agendas for Architecture considers the recent developments in the agendas for architecture, inviting a range of contributors into a structured discourse to highlight issues and extend questions on the necessity of architectural agendas. Considering the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906155339Author Anthony KiendlFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Black Dog Publishing LtdPublisher Black Dog PressWeight(grams) 1361gDimensions(mm)...

Examining architecture’s foundational role in the repression of democracy   Reinhold Martin and Claire Zimmerman bring together essays from an array of scholars exploring the troubled relationship between architecture and antidemocratic politics...

Rwanda, less than a generation removed from the 1994 Genocide, is experiencing a period of economic ascent and population growth. Its capital city, Kigali, is expected to triple in size within a generation, and positioned to become a premiere hub of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992633646Author Barbara PeacockFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint The Highfield Press SouthamptonPublisher The Highfield Press Southampton

Since its opening in the 1920s, Chicago's North Michigan Avenue has been one of the city's most prestigious commerical corridors, lined by some of its most architecturally distinctive business, residential, and hotel buildings. Planned by Daniel Burnham...

The latest edition of the original and best guide to Chicago architecture for tourists and residents. One of the premier architectural cities of the United States--if not the world--Chicago boasts a breathtaking skyline, dozens of architectural...

In the light of the current housing and environmental crisis and increasing social inequalities, there is a growing sense of urgency for architecture as a discipline to engage with the transformation in housing evident in the postwar period. Rather than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788496954243Author Felicity D. ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint ActarD IncPublisher ActarD IncWeight(grams) 960g

Salt Lake City’s oldest residential historic district is a neighbourhood known as the Avenues. During the late nineteenth century this area was home to many of the most influential citizens of Salt Lake City. Built from 1860 until 1930, it contains a mix...

Talking Architecture (Revised Edition) is one of the latest additions in the series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's interviews of prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought. Focusing on the life, work, and ideas of Raj Rewal, one of India's...

Text in English and German. As in 2001, during the 2002 Cologne International Furniture Fair three internationally known designers squeezed themselves into the town's best known building between buildings. There they presented their ideas on the subject...

In 508/7 B.C.E., after years of chaos and uncertainty, the city of Athens was rocked by a momentous occurrence: the passage of a series of reforms that resulted in what has come to be known as the world's first democracy. Exactly how the Athenians did...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916186439Author Andrea CetruloFormat PaperbackImprint Theatrum MundiPublisher Theatrum Mundi

This study looks at the architectural transformation of Cleveland during its "golden age" - roughly the period between post-Civil War reconstruction and World War I.By the early twentieth century, Cleveland, which would evolve into the fifth largest city...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980612387Author David ParkenFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Reveal BooksPublisher Reveal Books

In their growing awareness of the need to keep alive Canada's heritage, individuals, community groups, and small historical societies have long felt the need for a basic guide to the preservation of buildings, particularly buildings which, though they...

More than ever, architectural design is seen as a means to promote commercial goals rather than as an end in itself. Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, for example, simply cannot be considered apart from its intended role as a catalyst for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870238192Author John CoolidgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint University of Massachusetts PressPublisher University of Massachusetts Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781885254856Author David FishmanFormat HardbackPage Count 1374Imprint Monacelli PressPublisher Monacelli PressWeight(grams) 4020g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948742573Author Zach MorticeFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Belt PublishingPublisher Belt PublishingWeight(grams) 1134gDimensions(mm) 257mm * 208mm...

A radical critique of architecture that places disability at the heart of the built environment Disability critiques of architecture usually emphasize the need for modification and increased access, but The Architecture of Disability calls for a radical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732010628Author Florencia RodriguezFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Lots of Architecture LLCPublisher Lots of Architecture LLCWeight(grams) 862g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442655041Author Alan WaterhouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 794g

Follows the architectural journey from the original idea through various refinements to the finished article. The search for the right architectural form could scarcely be presented more convincingly and clearly than it is in The Making of Haus Ideal...

The VIII issue of Dialectic asks the reader to imagine possible ways to subvert architecture. Or to employ architecture as means of subversion. In this issue seven articles from international authors and two guiding editorials invite the reader to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788869773327Author Mimesis InternationalFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint MimesisPublisher MimesisWeight(grams) 170g

Exploring whether there can be development without spatial expansion in the context of cities where the space to expand is limited. Space is a non-renewable resource. What happens when this resource becomes scarce and towns and cities can no longer...

In this collection of idiosyncratic lessons, architect and teacher Pier Paolo Tamburelli engages with the very foundations of arch-itecture, proposing a series of new and open-ended perspectives on how we build the world. Developed for the 'Grundkurs',...

Unhoused: Adorno and the Problem of Dwelling is the first book-length study of Theodor Adorno as a philosopher of housing. Treating his own experience of exile as emblematic of late modern life, Adorno observed that twentieth-century dwelling had been...

A new edition of the bestselling introduction to design styles and movements in architecture. This is an easy-to-use guide to a wide range of architectural styles, from classical times through to the post-modern era. For each style there is a...

Architecture and ekphrasis examines how eighteenth-century prints and drawings of antique architecture operated as representations of thought. Using original archival material, it considers the idea of the past in the period, specifically how it was...

Assessment in architecture and creative arts schools has traditionally adopted a 'one size fits all' approach by using the 'crit', where students pin up their work, make a presentation and receive verbal feedback in front of peers and academic staff. In...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Exits are all around us. They are the difference between travelling and arriving, being on the inside or outside. Whether signposted or...

The author, John Hill, is the founder of the hugely influential architecture blog A Daily Dose of Architecture, which recently shifted course to focus entirely on architecture books of all kinds. His selection for this volume spans centuries, continents,...

The objects of architecture are not simply inert assemblies of material-they are complex entities that unfold their potential agencies (whether political, social, or environmental) in equally complex ways. Exploring these forms of architectural agency...