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OMA’s Kunsthal in Rotterdam: Rem Koolhaas and the New Europe by Tibor Pataky 9783038603214
RRP: €53.55€34.81Opened in 1992, the Kunsthal in Rotterdam is a key design in the portfolio of Rem Koolhaas and OMA, the renowned firm Koolhaas co-founded in 1975. It is part of the Museumpark, a park designed by OMA as well and the location of the Nederlands... -
Merleau-Ponty for Architects by Jonathan Hale 9780415480727
RRP: €33.31€28.89The philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) has influenced the design work of architects as diverse as Steven Holl and Peter Zumthor, as well as informing renowned schools of architectural theory, notably those around Dalibor Vesely at Cambridge,... -
A Vision of a Living World: The Nature of Order, Book 3: An Essay of the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe by Christopher Alexander 9780972652933
RRP: €76.16€63.56In Book Three of this four-volume work, Alexander presents hundreds of his own buildings and those of his contemporaries who have used methods consistent with the theory of living process.Containing nearly seven hundred pages of projects which have been... -
2G / #84 MOS by Moises Puente
RRP: €45.22€29.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960989646Author Moises PuenteFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,GermanyPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther... -
Radical Pedagogies: Architectural Education and the British Tradition by Ms Harriet Harriss
RRP: €44.03€36.18The anticipated reduction in the duration of architecture education in the UK and across Europe has encouraged a sense of collective openness towards exploring other models of professional education delivery. There's never been a better time to be... -
Creating Winning Bids by Basil Sawczuk
RRP: €38.08€31.46'Creating Winning Bids' sets out the key stages in the production of a winning bid. Based on tried and tested methods, and using a simple step-by-step process, it will improve your chances of success in what can otherwise seem a daunting and complex... -
Approved Document R: Infrastructure for electronic communications - Volume 2: Physical infrastructure for high-speed communications networks (2022 edition) by HM Government
RRP: €11.90€9.73This Approved Document provides guidance on how to comply with requirement R1 of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010 and on how to comply with the requirements for in-building physical infrastructure for high-speed electronic communications... -
Event-Cities 2 by Bernard Tschumi
RRP: €21.41€17.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262700740Author Bernard TschumiFormat PaperbackPage Count 691Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 1565gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 165mm *... -
Colonial Modernities: Building, Dwelling and Architecture in British India and Ceylon by Peter Scriver 9780415399098
RRP: €73.77€64.27A carefully crafted selection of essays from international experts, this book explores the effect of colonial architecture and space on the societies involved - both the colonizer and the colonized.Focusing on British India and Ceylon, the essays explore... -
The Architecture of the Screen: Essays in Cinematographic Space by Graham Cairns 9781841507118
RRP: €28.50€27.08With the birth of film came the birth of a revolutionary visual language. This new, unique vocabulary - the cut, the fade, the dissolve, the pan and the new idea of movement - gave not only artists but also architects a completely new way to think about... -
HR for Creative Companies by Kate Marks
RRP: €27.37€22.31There is an increasing realisation that small businesses, including architecture practices need to pro-actively engage with HR rather than simply firefighting when something goes wrong. Good HR practices can help with business efficiency and... -
The Story of Post-Modernism: Five Decades of the Ironic, Iconic and Critical in Architecture by Charles Jencks
RRP: €36.83€33.14In The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. By breaking the narrative into... -
Modern Architecture Kuwait: 1949 -1989 by Roberto Fabbri
RRP: €41.65€27.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783721209488Author Roberto FabbriFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Niggli VerlagPublisher Niggli VerlagWeight(grams) 1400g -
The Landscapists by Ed Wall 9781119540038
RRP: €36.83€33.14Who defines the landscapes around us? What practices are employed as contemporary landscapes are produced? This issue argues that landscapes are made and remade through interrelations between people and the worlds around them - from geographers... -
Cinematic Aided Design: An Everyday Life Approach to Architecture by Francois Penz
RRP: €59.49€52.24Cinematic Aided Design: An Everyday Life Approach to Architecture provides architects, planners, designer practitioners, politicians and decision makers with a new awareness of the practice of everyday life through the medium of film. This novel approach... -
Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures. A Handbook by Andrea Deplazes 9783035626650
RRP: €101.15€90.43The English 5th Edition of the Handbook Systematically structured and didactically prepared, the book conveys in one volume the necessary basic technical and constructive building knowledge to enable readers to implement a wide range of designs. or... -
2G / #83 - Smiljian Radic by Moises Puente
RRP: €45.22€29.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960989639Author Moises PuenteFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,GermanyPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther... -
Paris - The Architecture Guide by Chris van Uffelen
RRP: €29.69€19.93For centuries, Paris has been the undisputed center of France. Just as the capital has always dominated the country's fortunes, it has also played and continues to play a unique and trendsetting role in the story of French architecture. Two proven... -
Mario Bellini by Enrico Morteo
RRP: €71.40€53.48The first comprehensive monograph on Mario Bellini, one of Italy's most versatile and influential designers.A key figure in the emergence of Italy as an important centre fore design in the 1960's, Mario Bellini is renowned for his elegant, dramatic and... -
Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture by Ulrich Conrads
RRP: €34.51€29.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262530309Author Ulrich ConradsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 11mm -
The British Building Industry since 1800: An economic history by Christopher Powell
RRP: €47.59€41.72This scholarly and well-researched study of the building industry documents the interplay of new materials and technologies, costs and the changing social and economic forces that affected the decision-making about our built environment over the last two... -
Tall Buildings: A Strategic Design Guide by Mr Nigel Clark
RRP: €49.98€41.38Tall Buildings: A Strategic Design Guide is an authoritative guide to the key issues and considerations associated with planning, creating and living with tall buildings. Thoroughly reworked to reflect industry developments and experiences gained over... -
Confucius' Courtyard: Architecture, Philosophy and the Good Life in China by Xing Ruan
€29.33For more than three thousand years, Chinese life - from the city and the imperial palace, to the temple, the market and the family home - was configured around the courtyard. So too were the accomplishments of China's artistic, philosophical and... -
Places of the Soul: Architecture and environmental design as a healing art by Christopher Day
RRP: €39.26€34.70For Christopher Day, architecture isn't just about the appearance of buildings but how they're experienced as places to be in. Occupants' experience can differ radically from designers' intentions as their concerns and thinking differ. Additionally,... -
The Projective Cast: Architecture and Its Three Geometries by Robin Evans
RRP: €61.88€54.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Winner of the 1997 Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 1997.Book InformationISBN 9780262550383Author Robin EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint MIT... -
Arts and Crafts Houses by Steven Paul Whitsitt 9780764336706
RRP: €48.78€32.21Tour sixteen beautifully restored homes built and decorated in the Arts and Crafts style, an early twentieth century movement to counter the increasing urbanization and mechanization of human life. Nearly 300 color photos detail links between nature and... -
Short Stories: London in Two-and-a-half Dimensions by C.J. Lim 9780415573580
RRP: €39.26€34.70Combining place and fiction in an imaginative interpretation of ten sites in the city of London, CJ Lim and Ed Liu take well-known institutions, epochs and lifestyles in the British capital and renders them fantastic in a string of architectural short... -
The Roman House and Social Identity by Shelley Hales 9780521735094
€52.85Examines a diverse range of house types in an effort to understand how people imagined and articulated their place in the Roman world, from Britain to Syria. Shelly Hales considers the nature and role of domestic decoration and its role in promoting... -
Sverre Fehn and the City: Rethinking Architecture’s Urban Premises by Stephen M. Anderson
RRP: €148.75€128.35The urban attentions of Pritzker Laureate Sverre Fehn (1924-2009) are extensive, but as yet virtually unexplored. This book examines ten select projects to illuminate Fehn's approach to the city, the embodiment of that thinking in his designs, and the... -
Smart Buildings: Technology and the Design of the Built Environment by Ron Bakker
RRP: €53.55€44.21How is technology shaping our built environment and changing the practice of architecture?This book explores how buildings and spaces are designed, built, used, and better understood through technology. A practical guide to technical advances including... -
Performance-Oriented Architecture: Rethinking Architectural Design and the Built Environment by Michael U. Hensel 9780470973318
RRP: €35.64€31.67Architecture is on the brink. It is a discipline in crisis. Over the last two decades, architectural debate has diversified to the point of fragmentation and exhaustion. What is called for is an overarching argument or set of criteria on which to... -
FutuREstorative: Working Towards a New Sustainability by Martin Brown
RRP: €45.22€37.13This book aims to further the debate on new sustainability thinking in the built environment, by bringing together a selection of short contributions from thought leaders in the UK and the rest of the world (USA, China, India, Australia, NZ, Indonesia)... -
Sears Modern Homes, 1913 by Sears, Roebuck and Company 9780486452647
RRP: €20.22€13.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486452647Author Sears, Roebuck And Co.Format PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
128 Colors: A Sample Book for Architects, Conservators and Designers by Katrin Trautwein
RRP: €36.30€35.02Dealing with color is a complex subject: influenced by standards, fashions, and trends, we derive our ideas and concepts from color theories, intuition, and personal preferences. The color swatches and systems for describing color common today are based... -
Structures for Architects by Bryan J. B. Gauld 9780582236585
RRP: €70.20€66.88Demand from building control officials for structural calculations - even for very simple projects - means that today's architects must have a thorough understanding of everyday structural concepts.Structures for Architects satisfies the need for a basic... -
The Production of Heritage: The Politicisation of Architectural Conservation by Alan Chandler 9780367078010
RRP: €54.73€48.23In this important book, the authors unpack the theoretical and practical issues around the development of heritage sites, critically dissecting key conservation benchmarks such as the ICOMOS guidelines, BS 7913 and the RIBA Conservation Plan of Work to... -
Working Drawings Handbook by Keith Styles
RRP: €67.82€58.80Covering every aspect of drawing preparation, both manual and computer-aided, this comprehensive manual is an essential tool for students, architects and architectural technologists. Showing what information is required on each type of document, how... -
Ecosystem Services Come To Town: Greening Cities by Working with Nature by Gary Grant 9781405195065
RRP: €76.10€65.78The need to find new approaches to the development of cities is becoming increasingly urgent in this age of continuing population growth, demographic transition, climate change, fossil fuel peak and biodiversity losses. Restoring ecosystem services and... -
Healing Spaces, Modern Architecture, and the Body by Sarah Schrank
RRP: €52.35€45.74Healing Spaces, Modern Architecture, and the Body brings together cutting-edge scholarship examining the myriad ways that architects, urban planners, medical practitioners, and everyday people have applied modern ideas about health and the body to the... -
Ugly, Useless, Unstable Architectures: Phase Spaces and Generative Domains by Miguel Paredes Maldonado 9781032085203
RRP: €47.59€41.72Ugly, Useless, Unstable Architectures traces productive intersections between architecture and the discourses of Post-Structuralism and New Materialism. It investigates how their unique 'ontological regimes' can be mobilised to supersede the classical...