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Why Architects Matter examines the key role of research- led, ethical architects in promoting wellbeing, sustainability and innovation. It argues that the profession needs to be clear about what it knows and the value of what it knows if it is to work...

Seismic Design for Architects shows how structural requirements for seismic resistance can become an integral part of the design process. Structural integrity does not have to be at the expense of innovative, high standard design in seismically active...

This is the only publication that presents a modern interpretation of the Classical Orders. The new edition of this successful title now includes the proportions in both metric and imperial measurements to make the orders more accessible and to provide a...

Climate Responsive Design provides a unique source for students and practising architects requiring guidance on climatic design. Covering theory and application it provides examples of innovative and best practice in 'responsive architecture' through...

Design technology is changing both architectural practice and the role of the architect and related design professionals. With new technologies and work processes appearing every week, how can practitioners be expected to stay on top and thrive? In a...

Text in English and German. The prize-winning design, of which all can be seen from the outside is a glass cube making an impact over a distance and defining the urban situation, solved the enormous space problem of a collection of contemporary art...

Since the end of the 20th century, an unprecedented number of remarkable museums have been built. None have had bigger worldwide implications than Frank Gehrys Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (199197). Until, that is, the new Musee des Confluences in Lyon...

Text in English and German. The building for the Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung is near the city centre by the commercial harbour. What is striking is the unusual facade: a pattern is made with glazed tiles in white, grey and...

Text in German & English. In Cologne's narrowest building, which is also one of the best known examples of modern architecture in the city, special installations have been staged during the International Furniture Fair for several years. Well-known...

Text in French and English. Mouans-Sartoux, a small community near Cannes, has become a Mecca for concrete art. Since 1990 two collectors from Switzerland, Sybil Albers and the artist Gottfried Honegger, have been working to establish the Espace de lArt...

Text in English and German. The building has been totally restored for the 125th anniversary of the Museum's opening in 1876. Merz's basic idea was to reveal the various historic layers of this building.About the AuthorKlaus Jan Philipp studied art...

Text in English and German. Early in the 20th century, Robert Bosch, the founder of the Stuttgart electrical business, built a large villa on the hills east of the city. It was half Palladian, half in the reform style of the period before the First World...

How architects can collaborate with communities in the creation of a more meaningful civic architecture: a user's guide As community becomes a more dominant paradigm in how architecture is produced, more people become involved in its creation. This...

Cities have historically supported production, commerce, and consumption, all central to urban life. But in the contemporary Western city, production has been hidden or removed, and commerce and consumption have dominated. This book is about the...

Situating the South-Eastern European region at the crossroads between the Near East and the rest of Europe, The Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of South-Eastern Europe provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the Balkan record of prehistoric foragers in...

Hans Hollein (1934–2014), Austria’s only Pritzker Prize laureate (1985) and a self-proclaimed avant-gardist of the 1960s, was a meticulous curator of his own work throughout his life. At the same time, the reception of this work was often overshadowed by...

The integration of photovoltaics (PV) into buildings goes beyond energy saving by providing a clean and elegant way of actually generating electricity. There are already numerous successful examples and rapid technological improvements promise expansion...

This book introduces the usage, functionality, and application of data in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for geo-spatial analysis. It offers knowledge on GIS tools and techniques and explains how they can be applied in real-world project to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561586806Author Eric OlsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Taunton PressPublisher Taunton PressWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 234mm * 10mm

Highlights key issues in contemporary urban design through a discussion of its origins, current state, and futureFifty years ago a landmark conference at Harvard University established urban design as a distinct architectural and planning practice...

Through the growing importance of electronic media and the services provided by the internet, the delimitation between physical and virtual spaces is becoming increasingly fuzzy. This volume explores the phenomena known as "mediatexture" by...

ALICE (Atelier de la conception de l'espace) is an innovative educational laboratory affiliated to the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne's (EPFL) School of Architecture. Its objective is to provide students with the first essential tools for the...

SynergiCity: Reinventing the Postindustrial City proposes a new and invigorating vision of urbanism, architectural design, and urban revitalization in twenty-first-century America. Culling transformative ideas from the realms of historic preservation,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911339335Author Peter ReesFormat HardbackPage Count 324Imprint Artifice PressPublisher Artifice Press

After many years of planning, a visionary and attention grabbing building has taken shape in Munich in the form of the Oskar von Miller Forum. The centre was designed by the well known architectural office Herzog + Partner for international encounters...

If someone asked me: what is the film about, I would have to say: It is really about the essence of human life! I find it incredibly beautiful! It is really a moving experience ... I think it is obviously art built and master full ..." (Prof. Howard...

Available for the first time in paperback and with a new preface, Homes in the Heartland offers a captivating explanation of the revolutionary balloon frame house construction that swept across Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin...

Northwestern University Library presents the first monograph devoted to the architect Walter Netsch, an early partner in Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and chief designer of the U.S.Air Force Academy and Cadet Chapel. This illustrated book includes a...

Built in 1913 for a local politician and engineer and beautifully situated on the shore of Lake Zurich, this handsome villa today is home to the Jacobs Foundation and the Johann Jacobs Museum. It was acquired in the 1980s by the Jacobs family, who had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945150890Author Elisa CattaneoFormat HardbackPage Count 600Imprint ActarD Inc.Publisher ActarD Inc.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781991016348Author Elizabeth CoxFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint Massey University PressPublisher Massey University Press

One of the field's most innovative thinkers reconsiders the purpose and practice of architecture. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, architecture is in a state of crisis. Numbed by an ugly and shoddily constructed built environment and outraged by...

Archipelago is A. Richard Williams's summation of his life in architecture, enriched by his reflections on all that architecture has meant to him. Looking back on a career spanning seven decades as an architect and educator, not only does Williams...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789241563581Author World Health OrganizationFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint World Health OrganizationPublisher World Health OrganizationWeight(grams)...

Outstanding architects of our time at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University Munich spoke under the heading Architects on Architects about their predecessors from previous generations who influenced the way they see architecture. Viewed...

This book provides a review of environmental and energy research with respect to urban building projects. It describes how to overcome related challenges in environmental design of urban buildings. The book discusses the passive and active environmental...

All architects hoping to design to the Passive House standard need to know how to use The Passive House Planning Package (PHPP). This book provides much needed supplementary guidance for purchasers of the PHPP, placing the standard within the UK context,...

Global climate change is a frequently and controversially discussed topic. Yet apart from natural disasters that tend to be interpreted in any number of ways to serve vastly differing interests, it has so far hardly been a tangible phenomenon in our...

Between the well-documented development of colonial Bombay and sprawling contemporary Mumbai, a profound shift in the city's fabric occurred: the emergence of the first suburbs and their distinctive pattern of apartment living. In House, but No Garden...

Approved Document M has been divided into two volumes. ADM volume 1 covers dwellings and this volume - ADM volume 2 - covers buildings other than dwellings. This document provides guidance on the ease of access to, and use of, buildings other than...