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Housing for Hope and Wellbeing by Flora Samuel
RRP: $38.98$34.50Housing and neighbourhoods have an important contribution to make to our wellbeing and our sense of our place in the world. This book, written for a lay audience (with policy makers firmly in mind) offers a useful and intelligible overview of our housing... -
Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra-Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the 21st Century by Matthew Soules
RRP: $38.98$27.32"Soules's excellent book makes sense of the capitalist forces we all feel but cannot always name... Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin arms architects and the general public with an essential understanding of how capitalism makes property. Required... -
Inseminations: Seeds for Architectural Thought by Juhani Pallasmaa
RRP: $72.05$64.17A collection of the writing of the highly influential architect, Juhani Pallasmaa, presented in short, easily accessible, and condensed ideas ideal for students Juhani Pallasmaa is one of Finland's most distinguished architects and architectural... -
A Guide to the Buildings of Coventry by Arthur George 9780752431154
RRP: $25.33$18.27In this resource, George Demidowicz looks at the buildings of Coventry, explaining their architecture, their architects, and the original uses of many of the buildings.Book InformationISBN 9780752431154Author George DemidowiczFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
Architectural Guide Venice by Clemens F. Kusch 9783869223629
RRP: $62.40$52.34Venice has developed into a Mecca for international architects in the last few decades. The elite of contemporary architecture gather to celebrate the most prestigious architecture exhibition of our time at the Biennale in the shadows of St. Mark's... -
Modern Architecture in South Asia: The Project of Decolonization, 1947-1975 by Martino Stierli
RRP: $93.60$60.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633451247Author Martino StierliFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 1660g -
Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design by Bob Giddings 9780419236009
RRP: $74.08$65.87Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design analyses the ways in which architects have presented their designs for clients and the public, both historically and contemporarily. It spans a period from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century.Architects... -
Retrofitting for Flood Resilience: A Guide to Building & Community Design by Edward Barsley
RRP: $87.75$73.61This book educates and introduce readers to the ways in which we can adapt to the threat of flooding throughout the built and natural environment. It offers advice on how to better understand the nature of flood risk, whilst highlighting the key... -
Oswald Matthias Ungers, Haus Belvederestrasse 60, Koeln-Mungersdorf: Haus Belvederestrabe 60, Koln-Mungersdorf by Axel Menges 9783932565809
RRP: $58.31$42.00A house is a representation of the idea of the world, of life, of existence. For the Cologne architect Oswald Mathias Ungers (19262007), owner of a famous collection of books on architecture, who also repeatedly addressed the theoretical aspects of... -
Interpretation in Architecture: Design as Way of Thinking by Adrian Snodgrass 9780415384490
RRP: $140.38$121.78Drawing on cultural theory, phenomenology and concepts from Asian art and philosophy, this book reflects on the role of interpretation in the act of architectural creation, bringing an intellectual and scholarly dimension to real-world architectural... -
Architecture and Embodiment: The Implications of the New Sciences and Humanities for Design by Harry Francis Mallgrave 9780415810203
RRP: $93.58$81.53In recent years we have seen a number of dramatic discoveries within the biological and related sciences. Traditional arguments such as "nature versus nurture" are rapidly disappearing because of the realization that just as we are affecting our... -
A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 by Howard Colvin 9780300125085
RRP: $146.25$123.65This authoritative and now classic work of reference on the history of British architecture contains biographical information on some 2,000 architects who practiced in England, Scotland, and Wales from the time of Inigo Jones (1573-1652) to that of... -
Ceilings and Dreams: The Architecture of Levity by Paul Emmons
RRP: $77.98$68.37Where is the space for dreaming in the twenty-first century? Lofty thoughts, like dreams, are born and live overhead, just as they have been represented in Renaissance paintings and modern cartoons. Ceilings are often repositories of stories, events and... -
AphroChic: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home by Jeanine Hays
RRP: $58.50$41.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593234006Author Jeanine HaysFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Touch Wood: Material, Architecture, Future by Carla Ferrer
RRP: $78.00$55.36Wood is the building material of the 21st century. Understanding the renewable raw material and its potential requires recognizing it in its ecological, technological and cultural-historical contexts. These are explored in the publication and presented... -
Spatial Agency: Other Ways of Doing Architecture by Nishat Awan
RRP: $87.73$77.38This book offers the first comprehensive overview of alternative approaches to architectural practice. At a time when many commentators are noting that alternative and richer approaches to architectural practice are required if the profession is to... -
Radical Pedagogies by Beatriz Colomina
RRP: $107.25$71.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543385Author Beatriz ColominaFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Le Corbusier: Ideas & Forms (New Edition) by William J. R. Curtis 9780714868943
RRP: $195.00$146.72An expanded edition on the master of Modernism, Le Corbusier, by award-winning architectural historian William J. R. Curtis.Originally published in 1996 to critical fanfair, scholar William J.R. Curtis has re-issued his classic text with extensive new... -
Bigger Than Tiny, Smaller Than Average by Sheri Koones 9781423658450
RRP: $58.50$39.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423658450Author Sheri KoonesFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc -
Morphosis Thom Mayne: Inspiration and Process in Architecture by Francesca Serrazanetti 9788867325757
$37.46Founded in 1972, Morphosis is an interdisciplinary practice involved in rigorous design and research that yields innovative, iconic buildings and urban environments. With founder Thom Mayne serving as design director, the firm today consists of a group... -
Medieval Bologna: Art for a University City by Trinita Kennedy
RRP: $87.75$55.59Accompanying an exhibition at the Frist Art Museum, this lavishly illustrated catalogue is the first major study in English about manuscript illumination, painting, and sculpture in the northern Italian city of Bologna between the years 1200 and 1400. By... -
Arthur Elrod: Desert Modern Design by Adele Cygelman 9781423648789
RRP: $74.10$50.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423648789Author Adele CygelmanFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc -
Emotionally Durable Design: Objects, Experiences and Empathy by Jonathan Chapman 9780415732154
RRP: $85.78$74.96Emotionally Durable Design presents counterpoints to our 'throwaway society' by developing powerful design tools, methods and frameworks that build resilience into relationships between people and things. The book takes us beyond the sustainable design... -
London 3: North West by Bridget Cherry 9780300096521
RRP: $117.00$97.71A comprehensive architectural guide encompassing three centuries of metropolitan growth spanning an area from Georgian St Marylebone and the riverside terraces of Chelsea and Chiswick to Heathrow Airport and the outer fringes of Middlesex.Book... -
Bhabha for Architects by Felipe Hernandez
RRP: $50.68$44.13The work of Homi K. Bhabha has permeated into numerous publications which use postcolonial discourse as a means to analyze architectural practices in previously colonized contexts, particularly in Africa, Asia, the Middle-East, South-East Asia and, Latin... -
Santa Fe Modern: Contemporary Design in the High Desert by Helen Thompson
RRP: $68.25$52.10First survey of modernist and contemporary architecture and interiors in the richly layered architectural history of Santa Fe Santa Fe Modern reveals the high desert landscape as an ideal setting for bold, abstracted forms of modernist houses. Wide... -
Defining Contemporary Professionalism: For Architects in Practice and Education by Alan Jones
RRP: $74.10$61.62This book is a series of curated essays by high-profile architecture and design leaders and educators on the topic of professionalism. The book first sets out the current agenda - defining professionalism for the architecture sector - before moving on to... -
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys by Kate Fletcher
RRP: $93.58$85.31Praise for the previous edition:"[A] fascinating book." John Thackara, Doors of Perception"Provides the foundations for a radical new perspective." Ethical Pulse"At last a book that dispels the idea that fashion is only interested in trend-driven fluff:... -
Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning by Daniel A. Barber 9780691170039
RRP: $117.00$91.40How climate influenced the design strategies of modernist architectsModern Architecture and Climate explores how leading architects of the twentieth century incorporated climate-mediating strategies into their designs, and shows how regional approaches... -
Multispace: Architecture at the Dawn of the Metaverse by Owen Hopkins 9781394163540
RRP: $58.48$52.73Guest-edited by Owen Hopkins Multispace exists at the intersection of the physical and digital, and in the blurring of their previously clear dividing lines. Multispace is not a single space, but a hybrid space where, in effect, we occupy multiple spaces... -
A Bittersweet Heritage: Slavery, Architecture and the British Landscape by Victoria Perry
RRP: $48.75$42.08The 2020 toppling of slave-trader Edward Colston's statue by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol was a dramatic reminder of Britain's role in trans-Atlantic slavery, too often overlooked. Yet the legacy of that predatory economy reaches far beyond... -
Lefebvre for Architects by Nathaniel Coleman 9780415639408
RRP: $56.53$48.93While the work of Henri Lefebvre has become better known in the English-speaking world since the 1991 translation of his 1974 masterpiece, The Production of Space, his influence on the actual production of architecture and the city has been less... -
Building Services, Technology and Design by Roger Greeno 9780582279414
$135.53Building Services, Technology and Design provides a concise guide to the installation and design of principal services in domestic and commercial buildings. It covers the level 2 module of The CIOB's Education Framework and is officially sanctioned by... -
The Monocle Guide to Building Better Cities by Monocle 9783899555035
RRP: $78.00$55.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783899555035Author MonocleFormat HardbackPage Count 338Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag -
Heidegger for Architects by Adam Sharr
RRP: $50.68$44.13Informing the designs of architects as diverse as Peter Zumthor, Steven Holl, Hans Scharoun and Colin St. John Wilson, the work of Martin Heidegger has proved of great interest to architects and architectural theorists.The first introduction to... -
Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Middle East by Mohammad Al-Asad 9780813040172
RRP: $97.40$81.28Beginning at the end of the first Gulf War, the Middle East entered a new era of architectural and urban development defined by increased levels of globalisation and private sector investment. In the decade that followed, the region was home to a wealth... -
Beauty Matters: Human Judgement and the Pursuit of New Beauties in Post-Digital Architecture by Yael Reisner 9781119546245
RRP: $62.30$55.95Beauty in architecture matters again. This issue of AD posits that after 80 years of aggressive suppression of engagement with aesthetics, the temporarily dormant preoccupation with beauty is back. This is evidenced by a current cultural shift from the... -
Kinfolk Volume 38 by Kinfolk
RRP: $33.13$23.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941815427Author KinfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint KinfolkPublisher Simon & Schuster -
Body, Memory, and Architecture by Kent C. Bloomer
RRP: $63.38$61.58"A valuable contribution."-Paul Goldberger, New York Times"Nearly every page of the book is wittily illustrated with cartoons, drawings, and photographs. If the coming generation or architects-and their clients-pay attention to it, America may someday be... -
Fundamental Building Technology by Andrew J. Charlett 9780415692595
RRP: $93.58$82.31Fundamental Building Technology introduces the technology, methods, and processes fundamental to construction by focussing on what is involved in building a typical low-rise house. Written with the novice in mind, this textbook is the ideal starting...