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The American Skyscraper: Cultural Histories by Roberta Moudry 9780521624213
RRP: $175.50$158.79More than any other phenomenon, the skyscraper has determined the character of the American city, altering its physicality and land use patterns; prompting design, technological, and infrastructure developments; creating internal work environments; and... -
Hascher Jehle Architektur: Kunstmuseum Stuttgart by Kaye Geipel 9783936681062
RRP: $62.40$44.67Text 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... -
Coop Himmelb(l)au, Musee des Confluences, Lyon: Opus 79 by Frank R. Werner 9783932565793
RRP: $58.31$40.83Since 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... -
Steidle + Partner, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Bremerhaven: Alfred-Wegener-Institut Bremerhaven by Gert Kahler 9783932565601
RRP: $48.56$34.44Text 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... -
Unidentified / Nicht Identifiziert by Martin Rendel 9783932565403
RRP: $25.16$17.34Text 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... -
Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux: Opus 58 Axel Sowa 9783932565588
RRP: $46.80$33.29Text 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 l'Art... -
Stuler/Strack/Merz. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin: Opus 45 Series Klaus Jan Philipp 9783930698455
RRP: $46.80$33.29Text 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... -
Peter Kulka, Opus 55: Bosch-Haus Heidehof, Stuttgart Peter Walser 9783930698554
RRP: $46.80$33.29Text 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... -
Collaborative Tools for Community Architecture by Raul Royo 9786078880157
RRP: $58.50$47.13How 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... -
Maxime Delvaux: Château de Chambord, Dilmun Burial Mounds, Joze Plečnik, Río Tinto, Victor Horta. by Maxime Delvaux 9783753304823
$93.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753304823Author Maxime DelvauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther... -
Working Cities: Architecture, Place and Production by Howard Davis 9781138328631
RRP: $263.25$228.70Cities 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... -
The Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of South-Eastern Europe by Aitor Ruiz-Redondo 9780197267509
$195.23Situating 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... -
Hollein Calling: Architectural Dialogues by Lorenzo De Chiffre 9783038603405
RRP: $62.40$40.97Hans 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... -
Photovoltaics in Buildings: A Design Handbook for Architects and Engineers by Friedrich Sick 9781873936597
RRP: $263.25$229.48The 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... -
Learning GIS Using Open Source Software: An Applied Guide for Geo-spatial Analysis by Kakoli Saha 9780367487454
RRP: $263.25$228.70This 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... -
Iran: Past, Present and Future by Michael Hensel
RRP: $56.45$49.67Over the last few decades, Iranian architects have made a significant contribution to architectural design. This has, however, remained largely unrecognised internationally, as architects in Iran have had little exposure in publications abroad and the... -
Peep Land by Jane Dickson
RRP: $34.13$25.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780945558217Author Jane DicksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 63Imprint Illinois State University, University GalleriesPublisher Illinois State University,... -
Mediatecture: The Design of Medially Augmented Spaces by Christoph Kronhagel
RRP: $115.05$104.46Through 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... -
Eric Parry Architects 3+4 Box Set by Rykwert, Merrick, Heathcote, Vesely
$88.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911339328Author Rykwert, Merrick, Heathcote, VeselyFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Artifice PressPublisher Artifice Press -
Invention of Space - All About Space: Volume I Dieter Dietz 9783038600039
RRP: $48.75$32.72ALICE (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... -
And the alley she whitewashed in light blue: The secret of all those timeless places where one feels "at home" by Nili Portugali
RRP: $70.20$49.51If 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... -
Homes in the Heartland: Balloon Frame Farmhouses of the Upper Midwest by Fred W. Peterson
RRP: $38.98$34.20Available 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... -
The Jacobs House by Roger M. Buergel
RRP: $74.10$49.22Built 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... -
Barkow Leibinger: Spielraum by Hal Foster
RRP: $165.75$96.17"In the end Barkow Leibinger are bricoleurs as much as they are engineers. . . . There is always an element of inspired performance in bricolage. And as the greatest philosophers in German aesthetics tellus, such play (Spiel) is also essential to art; it... -
Skyline: The Narcissistic City by Hubert Damisch
$173.76One of today's foremost art historians and critics presents a strikingly original view of architecture and the city through the twin lenses of cultural theory and psychoanalysis. Hubert Damisch-whose work on the history of perspective, the notion of... -
Ghetto: Sanctuary for Sale by Marya Cotten-Gould
RRP: $38.90$24.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772290608Author Marya Cotten-GouldFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint BlueimprintPublisher BlueimprintWeight(grams) 203g -
Move Along by Ilke Gers
RRP: $39.00$23.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789491677847Author Ilke GersFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint OnomatopeePublisher OnomatopeeWeight(grams) 159g -
A Global Response to Elder Abuse and Neglect: Building Primary Health Care Capacity to Deal with the Problem Worldwide. Main Report by World Health Organization
$53.33Apologies 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)... -
SOM Journal 10 by Thomas de Monchaux
$46.90SOM - Journal 10 is the latest in a series of volumes presenting, from a critical perspective, the projects from the architectural offices of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. As in the previous installments, an elected jury of experts in the fields of... -
Environmental Design of Urban Buildings: An Integrated Approach Mat Santamouris 9781902916422
RRP: $214.50$186.24This 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... -
Climate Garden 2085: Handbook for a Public Experiment Juanita Schlapfer-Miller 9783038600602
RRP: $48.75$31.94Global 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... -
New Architecture in South Tyrol 2012-2018 by Merano Arte
RRP: $107.25$69.13Architecture in Italy's northern-most province Alto Adige, or South Tyrol as the largely German-speaking region is also known, has boomed for the past three decades. Many local architects have gained much international recognition and acclaim for their... -
Building simply two: Sustainable, cost-efficient, local Christian Schittich 9783920034676
RRP: $117.00$106.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783920034676Author Christian SchittichFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Edition DetailPublisher De GruyterWeight(grams) 1194g -
Vizinhanca / Neighbourhood: Onde Alvaro encontra Aldo / Where Alvaro meets Aldo Joao Pinharanda 9783775742870
RRP: $50.68$33.11As a response to the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale challenging theme, Portugal presented a site-specific pavilion occupying an urban front in physical and social regeneration at the island of Giudecca. The pavilion exhibited four notable works by... -
Solar Installations: Practical Applications for the Built Environment by Lars Andren
RRP: $93.58$81.53Solar energy will play an important role in our future energy supply, to the advantage of both the environment and the economy. This book focuses on water-based solar heating technology, presenting basic principles on solar radiation and the solar... -
Solar Air Systems: A Design Handbook by Robert Hastings
RRP: $204.75$179.13Active solar systems for air heating are a straightforward yet effective way of using solar energy for space heating and tempering ventilation air. They offer some unique advantages over solar water systems, can offer improved comfort and fuller use of... -
The Middle East - Territory, City, Architecture by Josep Lluis Mateo
RRP: $62.40$40.97'Architectural Papers' is a series of books published by the Chair of Josep Lluis Mateo, department of architecture (D-ARCH) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). Established in 2005, the series covers a wide range of topics... -
Not Once Upon a Time: Verisimilar Architecture Cherubio Gambardella 9788862423021
RRP: $38.98$27.85This is a text born out of defiance. Often, architecture books that are conceived in universities and that collate the results of this or that lecturer's teachings do not succeed in arousing any real interest from the architecturally-minded public, and... -
The Place That Remains: Recounting the Unbuilt Territory Hala Younes 9788857239026
RRP: $83.85$56.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857239026Author Hala YounesFormat PaperbackImprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1280g -
In Detail, Exhibitions and Displays: Museum design concepts, Brand presentation, Trade show design Christian Schittich 9783764399559
RRP: $126.75$114.60From trade fair stands to museum concepts, the successful transfer of information to a wide public audience relies on effective staging and appropriate architectural design. While museum exhibitions focus on the art of communicating content, with...